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I think we're at the point that copyright can no longer be respected, or certainly close to it.

I think we have there a long time. Respect the artist, the middleman less so. Go see that band you pirate live, or send em a fiver. Buy a some merch. Find out what prifit goes to whom. To vote with your dollar means you have to intelligently spend, not just withhold.

> Find out what prifit goes to whom.

I was wondering about that the other day. See, I just discovered Moshe Koussevitzky a few months ago (Wikipedia says "a lyric tenor with a spectacular and perhaps unparalleled upper register among cantors. Koussevitzky is regarded as among the greatest Cantors of the 20th century.") and I bought a track of his and I was wondering about just that: he died in 1966, who the heck gets that money now?

Ps. https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Various_Artists_Th... Christian/Gospel slowclap

"Copyright" is a broad term but broadly, I agree - with the internet's instant transmission of information it seems absurd to block things based on country or persecute pirates, etc

If copyright was justifiable before the internet was available, back when copying was difficult and costly, I don't see how the internet changes that...unless you believe that the reason for copyright back then was to prevent people wasting time and money on copying when it would be cheaper and quicker for them to use that time to earn money to buy a copy?

When copying was more difficult, the opportunity cost to the public of banning it was less.

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