If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[Alex S. Garcia]

> Personally, I'm happy with the concept that those 1s and 0s, or that
> particular arrangement of 1s and 0s belongs to the artist -- that the
> arrangement of 1s and 0s constitutes, in effect, something concrete

I would totally agree with this if THAT was what we were sold in stores.
Meaning if I buy a CD and what I'm buying is actually the 1s and 0s (ie
the music, not the CD itself) then if I lose it or it wears out or
whatnot, I should be able to get another copy without paying for it. This,
however, is not currently the case.

So things need to change. Either make us buy the physical object (and stop
bugging us about downloads) or make us buy the 1s and 0s regardless of the
medium. Right now it seems to me like the labels are just being greedy
bastards, wanting it both ways (surprise surprise).



Alex.