Think of the Musicians!
Thanks to Ryo for this link:
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The Barenaked Ladies, One of the Best-Selling Canadian Bands Of All Time: "When the Gap went online, T-shirts didn't become free."
Because other, similar T-shirts of equal or better quality were available for much less, BOZOS.
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3. Stealing music stifles the careers of new artists and up-and-coming bands. Another rationalization for stealing music is that illegal copying is a victimless crime that really doesn’t hurt anyone.
Tell that to the struggling young musicians in a garage band who can’t get signed because record sales are down."
Nevermind all of the small indie labels that have died because they couldn't compete for shelf space with the multinational music corporations, or were bought up and now exist only as appendages of a larger corporation. Fuck it, if we cause recession in the music industry maybe music will no longer be such SHIT.
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"It’s about putting food on the table and covering the rent."
Serves you right for buying a $500,000 house then doesn't it?
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Scott Stapp, Frontman and Songwriter for Creed: "These file sharing services are sneaking in the back door and robbing me blind."
GOOD.
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Eminem, Grammy Award Winning Rapper: "If you can afford a computer, you can afford to pay $16 for my CD."
Then make music that's WORTH $16 you greedy fuck.
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Carl Sturken & Evan Rogers, Grammy-Award Winning Songwriters/Producers: "Most of the teenagers we know today are far more interested in buying a CD burner and downloading whatever music they want for free. We think that pretty much says it all."
Why don't you think of the boost they're giving to the CD-writer and blank CD industries? Hypocrites.
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Mark Knopfler, Member of Dire Straits: "You might as well walk into a record store, put the CD's in your pocket and walk out without paying for them."
Kids! Go ahead and tell them Mark from Dire Straits told you to do it. What? Oh don't worry, your parents will know who he is.
But seriously, Mark's jst saying that because he sells about ten CDs a year and you stealing them probably wouldn't make that much of an impact on his income anyway.
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John Rzeznik, Member of the Multi-Platinum Award Winning Group, the Goo Goo Dolls: "If you rob artists of their means of earning, eventually there will be no art of consequence or substance."
Two points -
1: Current big sellers like Brittney Spears, Shakira and Clitring Aguilera would lead me to conclude that much of the music produced these days is of little consequence anyway.
2: You're in the GOO GOO DOLLS. What the fuck would you know about art of substance?
So to conclude:
Current Music: eminem-lose-yourself.mp3 
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