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Originally Posted by big screen satellite
thats kinda like seeing a car crash and not helping, imo
its ok for someone to distribute it and then everyone to grab it, but those people who do grab it cannot then share it... its backwards logic really... but i kinda get the point here on this site specifically
also its kinda like someone smashing the window of a shop, the first crime, then everyone else (looters) running in and grabbing the goods, the second crime...
i agree it shouldn't be shared on a site 'partly' linked with the band, and its not hard for people to find a leaked copy... so sharing here is wrong, but sharing the wealth elsewhere - thats a matter of moral conciousness for the individual -
if i had something worthwhile i'd share with a friend, but wouldn't wholly upload an album to a random site for all and sundry, because that to me personally would be damaging to the band...
the second issue is sharing after the album is officially released - is that more or less damaging???
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i dont agree with your analogy about a car crash at all. people maybe dying in a car crash. and it has nothing in common with file downloading. or maybe youd care to elaborate.
as for the looting, that analogy doesnt work either. it would only work if you were stealing something from the window that you might have purchased in the near future, and the stuff that youve stolen isnt as easily replicated as an mp3.
If you want an analogy, then this is like busting the end-drug user and not the dealer. downloaders are drug users. if you start distributing the album then you become the dealer.