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Originally Posted by Robbie
You do realize I was a professional musician and touring from 1978 until the mid 1990's? I'm the LAST guy to ask if he ever stole music.
Having said that...you know goddamn well that a group of friends sharing a cool mix of songs on a cassette tape doesn't equal a fucking thief putting it online for MILLIONS of people to steal for free.
HUGE difference. But then again, you already knew that and apparently have zero respect for me or Steve or anybody else trying to make a living in this business. So I guess that seemed like a cool and funny thing to say to troll. Real classy of ya.
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Not trying to troll you at all.... but where do you draw the line?
Like you said... stealing IS stealing. I'm sure back in the day record executives didn't consider it "sharing". But now when all of a sudden since its more widespread and more people have access to it, it is a problem.
It'd be like me breaking into 1 house and comparing myself to someone who breaks into 1000, and saying hey... I only broke into 1 house.
My point is if people are going to start going after downloaders... there has to be a line drawn. What all of a sudden people will start being sued because they downloaded a image when they visited a website. Pay me XXXX or I will take you to court and expose you as a ______. Pretty soon extortion will be the new way to make money.
Edit: Also I think it's great you are putting a foot forward to protect your content, and going after people who steal it and republish it.