A Rant About the Pirate Bay

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Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• rant
• filesharing
• the
• pirate
• bay
• lawsuit
• riaa
• music
• industry
• napster
• metallica
• copyright

[williamjaba]

that guy is entirely missing the point. its not the fact that the thing you are taking is 'gone' its the fact that you are depriving the owner of money that is rightfully theirs. Regardless of whether it is 'art' or not, it is still peoples job. I remember seeing that about 90% of musicians earn less than twenty thousand pounds a year. If people like you steal music without buying, you are depriving them of what little income they have!

[xygni]

But if you're solely dependent on income from a band, then you're an idiot.

[dady5000]

It was Moreso Lars, than most of the band that started the whole Metallica Vs Napster thing.

[xygni]

This is true. And I have to say that recently they've eased up on being jerks about filesharing. The reality is that filesharing only impacts the top 10 percent of artists financially, and that 10 percent doesn't need the money anyway. I mean, I downloaded some Tool music, but if I hadn't, I wouldn't have bought the limited edition Lateralus vinyl or 2 t-shirts or DVDs or stickers. I've given them more money than the fraction the record company would have given them if I'd bought a CD.

[Intricatename]

Once again, copyright infringement and stealing is two separate crimes even if you insist on using CAPITAL LETTERS!

People who who mix them together are either ignorant or trying to avert attention from the topic. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thank you, and good night!

[ugaboj]

why the hell do you have 2 tiny plastic babies?

[LedZeppelin4ACDC]

@williamjaba A small town band once said: "We would rather have 100 people buy our music and 100,000 people listen to it than 100 people buy our music and 100 people listen to it."

[KingsIsleTv]

I hate when pirate bay put gross photos on it

[KingsIsleTv]

girls are not chicks ok?

[nerdypielover]

@Epica124 what makes it illegal though?

[nerdypielover]

wait, if pirate bay is stealing then so is listening to music on youtube to, right? is theyre really a difference?cause i dont see one, but yet artists promote theyre music on here, and what about downloading music videos off of youtube? they havent made that illegal yet i dont understand, someone please explain

[jeroeniskoning]

@williamjaba You dont know what you are talking about.

Why do Musicians get 2-3% of all incomings from an album?

[splitka1996]

@xygni It doesn't mean they're an idiot! They put time, work, and effort into their music and do not deserve to be stolen from. Williamjaba has a very good point.

[Amebixfan]

@Epica124 I have a band on a label, we make a decent amount. People download our music, but I don't care because I know if they really enjoy it, then they'll purchase an available copy, which is what I myself do.

[Napalmxxx2]

doesnt anyone even think for 1 second what the pirate bay turned into? the pirate bay turned into a front for pirates who sell illegal copies of top cds, dvds and games to STUPID people.