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Back in high school, after reading Space-Time and Beyond for the umpteenth time and drinking one too many zombies with my friend Henry, we came up with a theory:
In the infinite set of universes, there had to exist a particular universe in which the events in our lives were being watched as a TV show.
We then made a solemn vow to live in a way to keep our ratings up.
This is the continuation of that story.
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Law Students Everywhere
Consider the same question about clothing and fashion -- likewise protected by neither copyright nor trademark.
Certainly, there are reasons music is different. But is music so different that it deserves 100% lockdown?
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A Law Student Somewhere
Downloading music is more similar to shoplifting an Armani jacket than it is to using a pattern to copy an Armani jacket.
-- Lara
This is an important distinction - it doesn't make music sharing right or wrong, it simply must be considered.
some people download music as raw material in order to make more music. Others download it to check it out before spending money on the full album.
What does Armani have to do with it? it could just as easily be shoplifting a rubber band from the five and dime.. especially as far as the harm goes, statistically speaking as far as the quality goes.
plus buying a major label album fund the label and in many cases no money reaches the artist at all, and only strengthens the ability of the label to exploit artists for little or no money, so it is parallel to funding indentured musical servitude for thousands of newly-signed bands.