Since its obviously stealing do you still do it?
Not paying an artist for his/her work may be an affront to their light bill!:help:Originally posted by White
Personally, I think restricting free access to art is an affront to art itself.
So you are asserting that art musems should charge no addmission fee?Originally posted by White
Personally, I think restricting free access to art is an affront to art itself.
May I recommend a great alternative?Originally posted by Shaun
I have tons of songs on my computer from before Jesus found me. I personally view it as stealing--back then, I just didn't care.
Now I download only to learn the music for the worship band I play in. I plan on going on a buying spree here shortly.
Best Buy won't know what hit 'em.
That wouldn't hold up in a court of law.Originally posted by White
Obvious, my butt.
Sure, it may be copyright infringement. But, suppose you download Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. There is no copyright, and therefore, no law against it.
Personally, I think restricting free access to art is an affront to art itself.
Originally posted by White
Obvious, my butt.
Sure, it may be copyright infringement. But, suppose you download Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. There is no copyright, and therefore, no law against it.
Personally, I think restricting free access to art is an affront to art itself.
I hope you're deleting those songs then...Originally posted by Shaun
I have tons of songs on my computer from before Jesus found me. I personally view it as stealing--back then, I just didn't care.
Originally posted by Knight
May I recommend a great alternative?
Apple's Music Store
They have hundreds of thousands of songs all for .99 each and they add more songs daily!
Completely legal and the artist also benefits!
Not to mention you don't have to buy a whole CD just to get one song you like. :up:
Originally posted by Knight
May I recommend a great alternative?
Apple's Music Store
They have hundreds of thousands of songs all for .99 each and they add more songs daily!
Completely legal and the artist also benefits!
Not to mention you don't have to buy a whole CD just to get one song you like. :up:
Originally posted by october
It's not stealing. It's sharing. I use a service called "Kazaa." It creates a folder on your desktop that you can fill with songs. So not only do you download songs, but people download from you. It is no worse than using a double tape deck. You take, you give in return. It has a rating system so that it gives lower priority to people who don't offer much to share. So I keep about 60 songs in my shared folder, and I'm still considered pretty low. Most of the songs I download are from the 70s and 80s, and they are songs that I have once owned on tape or CD but then sold, so in a sense I have paid for a lot of this stuff before in the first place.
It is no different to me than asking someone if I can read a novel after they are done with it. You don't have to buy your own copy of the book.
If I sold the CD's I burned, then I think it would be illegal and stealing, since I am trying to make a profit from free copies of the music.
Originally posted by Rav_Yeshai
Shalom,
We live in a day and age where the deceit of wealth determines what is "stealing". When technology grows, so will the law to protect the pocket of corp america.
I have many friends that are signed to "christian, meesianic jewish and secular" labels. Bottom line.
artists are pawns.
anyone remember when metallica was "anti-napster"?
Years from now (maybe even now) people will say "metalli-who?"
many of my friends have told me even the "christian- messianic " labels are run by the all unmighty dollar.
but is it stealing to download music under the digital millenium act ?
No!
is it a breach of Torah?
Yes!
how so? you might ask
It is not a sin to share materials. if it is i would ask where do you draw the line?
truth is consistent. truth is true the world around I always say
take a look at the following and tell me 1 where the line of theft is, 2 which one is theft and 3 WHO determines what is theft to begin with!
downloading a song
hearing a song from someones stereo across the street and recording it
playing your best friend a song over the phone
playing a song in a chat room
strange how cultural varience and social construct bends perceptual ordanience.
however it is a sin to download music that has a copyright.
NOT BECAUSE ITS STEALING.
Because its breaking the law. which we are commanded to uphold, as long as it does not negate the word of Yahweh Eloah.
Shalom