I'm genuinely mystified by this mindset. If I copied an mp3 that you originally authored, you apparently wouldn't care.
But the minute I make money, it somehow bothers you. Why?
But the minute I make money, it somehow bothers you. Why?
Sharing culture is much more complicated than just monetary values.
If you then go out and sell that same MP3 then every sale you make is a sale that _I_ should have been paid for. The people you are selling to are willing to part with money and instead of it coming to me, the original author, it is going to a 3rd party.
When the copy is free, there's a non-zero cost associated with making that copy. 20 years ago, it was the cost of a cassette tape. Even now, there is a bandwidth cost associated with giving away a copy.