On Wed, July 25, 2007 5:15 am, David Powers wrote: > Richard Lynch wrote: >> At no point did I intend to sound unsympathetic to your plight! >> >> I only wanted to make it clear that 99.99999% of musicians are in >> the >> same boat with you, despite what you read in the newspapers. > > Understood. I simply want to lay to rest the idea that piracy is > "somehow OK" because it's getting back at the big boys, who "can > afford > it anyway". Piracy also hits hard-working individuals, to whom the > loss > of income usually does make a difference.
Piracy does not hurt the big boys in the least bit. They simply jack up the price for honest folk. You're only stealing, yes, Larry, actual money :-), from hard-working individuals who pay MORE for their legit copy when you pirate. That is the end effect. That is why it really IS theft. :-) :-) :-) -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
