I think there would be many musicians who would disagree with your "willing hands" arguement. In so much that the record industry is a voracious beast that rips off the public, and exploits the musician until he's no longer the cash cow.
Then said musician has years of court room fights for whats legally his, dispite holding out his willing hands.
but i do take your point.
> I wasn't denying any illegality, by those who share or
> those who take. What I'm saying is that if it's possible
> to get music legally, then there is no excuse not to.
> That way royalties are paid and eventually land in the
> willing hands of those who produced the music. Sharing
> songs from TV shows hardly affects that income stream, so
> I don't see anything wrong *morally* though of course it
> is illegal, as almost everything on sites like youtube
> is.
>
> Dave
>
> > Ah just slightly illegal, thats a very fine line you walk
> > there Dave.
> >
> >
> >
> > > My standpoint is that if it's available to buy, and you
> > > want it, then buy it. Bootlegs and TV shows are fair
> > > game.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > > I don't want to point fingers, but, it's just as illegal
> > > > as distributing songs & video that you do not own the
> > > > rights to, so don't preach.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > This is for tight-arses who download commercial CDs from
> > > > > dodgy free sites rather than pay for them, right?
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave
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