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well, don't get me wrong mbr, i wasn't saying it's not helpful to the artist. I'm not even going to argue as to what's fair use and what isn't.
Accroding to current american law, though, you're a thief.
Now, as I also said, that's not a judgement, and some people here know exactly why not.
My point is that electronic 'fair use' has been made illegal. So 95% of the arguements I hear are excuses. Just like looting is an excuse.. similar to well, the window was already broken and if i didn't take it someone else would.
2 years ago, it was fair use, but unfortunately lobbyists and their rich buddies made us into theives...
what i'm really trying to get at though is an excuse is a short term approach, and waiting for them to come up with more ways to rob us is just bad...
i mean they make 35 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR (not yelling, just emphasizing the size of that amount). They are NOT going away because we think they suck. they CAN afford to sue as many people as they deem necessary. Unfortuantely, nobody is really stopping their music purchases.
the true, long term solution is to make the current players obsolete as well as convincing the government that their laws on fair use are too incredibly strict and are now helping the big guy, and not so much the little guy they were intended to help.