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Originally Posted by Glice
I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but can you even conceive of the fact that some people might find statements like 'that's only the record company theieves talking, they have convinced you...' patronising? I mean, you're saying the counterpart of Rob's (equally patronising, and hereby paraphrased) 'all religions dupe people into giving them money when they should be getting stoned and failing to approach physics in the appropriate academic fashion'.
Having said all that, if I read this in my own voice there's no way it wouldn't sound patronizing. But then, I am all your fathers. So suck it up yo.
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I thought about that yes, but it remains true does it not? Is not all the that big money in album sales going to the record companies? How much money do people who sell thousands of copies an album make, even if they get high industry standards such as a dollar an album divided amongst like 4-5 bandmates, the promoters, the managers, the studio technical folks etc etc? The money is in tours, I am sorry if the truth comes across as condescending, but it remains the truth. I only used that tone cuz Rob was insinuating that people who do not buy albums are terrible, which is wrong.
further, what difference is downloading from tape trading or passing out CD-Rs? Am I stealing if I ask a friend to give me a copy of a really good album I hear at his house? Am I hurting the artist? Where do we draw the line?