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icebraining on March 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Paul Graham has lost the plot

Asking musicians to produce music for nothing more than the sheer joy of it is exploiting them, and impolite

Don't fall for their mental trap: questioning copyright doesn't mean that: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pira...

besides. If someone gives you value, you ought to give value back.

And people shouldn't be dicks, doesn't mean we should make it a crime. Morality != Law.

zasz on March 22, 2012 [–]

That's cool, but some people in this thread are arguing that you shouldn't have to pay for music at all, beyond a small Kickstarter investment. I disagree with that. And apparently, so do the majority of pirates.

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