Views on piracy. Honesty please

On 2010-03-17 03:09, *eLliSDee* wrote:
it reminds me of a South Park episode where cartman start a christian gospel band..
and People are made to feel sorry for Lars Ulrich because he would not be able to afford his 40 carat gold bar (actual drinking BAR) because there music is being downloaded for free on the net. and it is a BIG DEAL

dhrama lab ,u'r a south park fan, r you not?
know which episode i'm talking about?

On 2010-03-25 01:08, willsanquil wrote:
Man, the 90s must have been so awesome. From what I hear on this forum, everything produced in those days was amazing and bad music didn't exist...and nowadays nothing good is produced and everything new is disposable and horrible.

give me a fucking break with this garbage you're spouting - there was atrocious music in the 90s, there is atrocious music now (and the same with good music). It will always be that way.

The only difference between now and then is that it is easier and cheaper to make music, so more people have a shot at it, meaning more music overall...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a lot of the old school releases from mid to late 90s, but there is so much good *new* music out there! You just have to look and not be such a cynical bitch about it.

On 2010-03-25 04:34, djsabreblade wrote:
cool. i miss the 'kiddie rave' days personally. from about 92-95. quite a short period actually.

On 2010-03-25 16:50, Maine Coon wrote:
...Going back to the piracy issue (and away from the dreadful 90s topic)...

I think that laws can not serve as a beacon here, since laws are always written to the advantage of a lobbying group. Since large industry associations are better organized than consumers or petit bourgeois producers, laws will always be skewed in favor of the former. Well, politics are banned on this forum (luckily!), so I move on.

Morals can be thought of as a “natural law”. And this is where it gets interesting. There are plenty of moral maxims that are not moral at all – they are actually laws, masquerading as ethical principles by invoking some divine authority. And people regurgitating this stuff usually don’t give much thought to what they are saying. No sex before marriage – end of story!

Really moral attitude and behavior come from your own heart – not from the Constitution or the Bible. There is a moral compass in every one of us – we just need to pay attention to it (and not shake it too much). The easiest way to get into this habit is to think about intentions of your actions.

Intentions.

Do you install that cracked copy of Sonar or Ableton to learn about EM production? Maybe to compare the programs in hope to identify the best buy? Or do you want to crank out endless kbbb repetitions with ping-pong delayed clicks and squelches in hopes to catapult yourself to stardom - and not pay a dime?

Do you download pirated albums to familiarize yourself with a new style, artist, label? Or do you plan to play this music in your next party set? Do you intend to buy the album(s) you liked? Why not? What’s wrong with supporting the music you love by voting with your $? If you are a DJ – why not give the original artist his/her due?

And I already hear all these reasons: “it’s just a copy”, “they get free publicity from me”, “they are big and mean and charge $25 K per concert” etc. These are all nothing but rationalizations – attempts to bend that compass needle when we don’t like where it is pointing. Forget all this lawyer crap! Save it for the court room. Look inside, stop shaking your compass – where is it pointing?

Are you really wowed by that new CPC album? Did you hear that tiny voice in your head suggesting that you buy 2 copies (one for yourself and one for your friend’s birthday)? Then just do it. I know I will. Did you like Ableton’s features? Read the reviews, see how much they progressed from one version to another. Look at all the bug fixes they did in their fractional upgrades. Would this be possible if they just went out of business after version 1, because every smart ass Tiesto wannabe decided to get fresh and not pay? If you appreciate all the work these guys have done – why not give something back to them?

I believe in “try before you buy”. You like something – you trade it for something of yours. There is no free lunch, no matter what Lenin might have told you. No amount of rationalization can change that. You do not steal hotdogs from Uncle Joe on a street corner because “it’s your right to not starve”. You do not break into a pharmacy and get a load of antibiotics because “everybody has a right to health care”. You do not squat in your neighbor’s guest house because “he is a rich pig and does not really suffer from you living on his property”. And you do not steal a copy of Sonar because you “should be able to create music”.

And not because the law says so, or the Bible or your mom. Because it’s easy to distinguish the intention to explore from the intention to steal. And everybody who is not completely screwed up in their head should be able to figure out this difference for themselves.

The little guys (FL etc) offer fair pricing.
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Steinberg, Cakewalk (sonar), Sony Acid, Logic, Ableton all have very inflated price tags in this ever growing population of producers.

One main key point that I point out is. It is EASIER to pirate than it is to purchase. That is one huge hurdle these companies are going to have to overcome. In today's world everybody wants everything as easy as possible.