Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

gswerner2002 wrote:
>>It's funny how this computer based world we live in has brainwashed us 
>>all into believing that it's a crime to share. That's not what my mom 
>>and dad taught me.

To which Kamm Schreiner replied:
> What most people do is not sharing. If you have a car and let your neighbor
> borrow it, that is "sharing". There is only one car (yours). If you make a
> copy of your car by sticking it in the automobile duplicator slot of your
> computer and *give* your neighbor the copy, that is stealing.
> 
> If you want to share, go right ahead. Let your neighbor *borrow* your CDs.
> If you find that you miss those CDs, make your neighbor buy his/her own CD.

Ex-bloody-actly! Well put, Kamm!

I find it mind-boggling that people try to defend the theft of music by 
giving it a puerile euphemism like "file sharing". I think it's about as 
stupid as saying bank robbery's not a crime because you've given it a 
different name, like "taking out a permanent, free loan" or something, 
and then saying "My mom and dad taught me it's OK to take out a loan".

gswerner2002 then added:
 >>As for the artists, I've not seen any one of them attend
 >>the grammy's looking like he stepped out of a refrigerator box
 >>located on homeless avenue and onto the red carpet.

I'd probably say exactly why I think that's a stupefyingly ridiculous 
argument, if I could only figure out where to start...

 >>When I purchase something, it's mine!

Yep. Yours. Not the whole world's.