I feel strongly that I'm banging my head against a brick wall.The modern morality is not one I was raised with. It's basically "if you can't protect it I'll nick it".
All this about corporations, prices etc is like listening to some young kid trying to excuse his crime. It's boring. if a song is played on the radio or tv the writer etc gets royalties. If a book is borrowed from the library the writer gets lending rights. If a million copies of a song are downloaded from the Internet the creator get not one penny. Not one. Battles were fought for years to get rights for creative people...read about the struggles of Blues singers in the early days of recording.I don't know what you do for a living but I wish I could steal your time and skills without payment and see how you like it.
I'm speaking here not for myself but for all the creative people who try to bring pleasure and music in to people's lives in a decent and fairly paid way. They deserve respect and fair payment for their work.
I won't post on this issue again as it just makes me angry and I don't like to get angry.The way people have treated those who have created some of the most wonderful things in this world makes my blood boil. It's been going on since time began.
But please no more attempts at reasoned arguement or justification.
Theft is theft and if you're happy being a thief just say so and realise that that's what you are.