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From: | Zoolook |
Subject: | Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war |
Date: | Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:03:24 -0000 |
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On 05/10/2010 07:41, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
In gnu.misc.discuss Ben Pfaff<blp@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:I don't download music or films (legally or illegally). Why should I pay such a fee?To support your country's musicians and film makers. It might seem a bit (or even a lot) unfair, but it's not all that much money. Would you rather that general taxes be used to support them (as others have suggested), or that the current "system" continue as it is?
Isn't the right way to support the artists to BUY it... thats like saying anyone who lives in (for example) China, should pay a fee to (for example) the furniture industry (which China are a pretty major player) even if they live in the middle of nowhere with nothing but the same table and chairs for the last 20 years!
Its a totally ridiculous way to fund an industry!
If you're not downloading music or films, do you really need a high capacity net link? Wouldn't a thinner connection do?
Ever tried to stream a FREE AND TOTALLY LEGAL YouTube clip on 56k dial-up... Thought not!
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