I can't stop listening to the new Adele Album 25

[DARKSEID]

so you can steal a product or a service based on how you feel [and how little you understand] about how it is produced?

NE how do you get laid man, seriously

[!! Anorak]

NE how do you get laid man, seriously

They have to get close.

[BostonGuy]

Gum is manufactured in a factory it was shipped and employed hundreds of people in the process.

An audio file can be duplicated and remanufactured an infinite amount of times by an 8 year old with a cellphone.

Let me give you a point of comparison and then I'm gonna sign out of this thread. When you buy intellectual property like Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, Quickbooks, Grand Theft Audo or other software, you are buying a license to use that program; you cannot simply make an infinite amount of copies for other users; there are copyright laws in place to protect against that. If the software engineer was not afforded protection of his intellectual property by law, he would not have any incentive to create new programs for commercial endeavor.

The same logic is present with artists creating music and selling 'rights' i.e. downloads or physical CDs to that music. If you are unlawfully making copies and or on the receiving end of someone making copies of that music, then you are pirating it i.e. stealing it.

[krazyn8tive]

so you can steal a product or a service based on how you feel [and how little you understand] about how it is produced?

Feeling has nothing to do with it. That is where you are missing the boat.

[DARKSEID]

Let me give you a point of comparison and then I'm gonna sign out of this thread. When you buy intellectual property like Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, Quickbooks, Grand Theft Audo or other software, you are buying a license to use that program; you cannot simply make an infinite amount of copies for other users; there are copyright laws in place to protect against that. If the software engineer was not afforded protection of his intellectual property by law, he would not have any incentive to create new programs for commercial endeavor.

The same logic is present with artists creating music and selling 'rights' i.e. downloads or physical CDs to that music. If you are unlawfully making copies and or on the receiving end of someone making copies of that music, then you are pirating it i.e. stealing it.

i'm just playing BG. The bottom line is i'm not gonna throw hundreds away on music when I can procure music by other means.

I made an investment on my sound system, and I expect to get a return from it.

I prefer to be intelligent with my resources and divert them towards better ventures.

[krazyn8tive]

Let me give you a point of comparison and then I'm gonna sign out of this thread. When you buy intellectual property like Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, Quickbooks, Grand Theft Audo or other software, you are buying a license to use that program; you cannot simply make an infinite amount of copies for other users; there are copyright laws in place to protect against that. If the software engineer was not afforded protection of his intellectual property by law, he would not have any incentive to create new programs for commercial endeavor.

The same logic is present with artists creating music and selling 'rights' i.e. downloads or physical CDs to that music. If you are unlawfully making copies and or on the receiving end of someone making copies of that music, then you are pirating it i.e. stealing it.

The overwhelming majority of artists DO NOT own the rights to their music. The record labels have made sure of that.

[!! Anorak]

I think we're all missing the REAL issue that someone's a fan of Adele.

[DARKSEID]

I think we're all missing the REAL issue that someone's a fan of Adele.

lmfao... I forgot how funny it was that there's an adele fan in the lounge.

[krazyn8tive]

I think we're all missing the REAL issue that someone's a fan of Adele.

Good point. Who is the beta that said he/she can't stop listening to that beached whale?

[!! Anorak]

I can appreciate WHY she's liked, and if your name's Julian, you wear pringle sweaters and want to host a cheese and wine party, put her on. I even liked some of the last album, the songs weren't bad, and she can sing.

But... when I heard the preview track of the new album, that "Hello". I can appreciate the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", but even Floyd Mayweather doesn't play it that safe.