On 22/01/2011 10:48 PM, andrel wrote:

> There is also the problem of finding an artist if I don't yet know
> her/him. What seems to be missing from the whole IP debate is the role
> of the person that recommends the music/book/fashion. These people are
> vital, but how do we pay them for sifting through the bulk of mediocre
> stuff?

Yeah, there is the argument that by "illegally" showing people music or 
whatever that they didn't pay for, they might well go out and buy a copy 
themselves.

I still find it slightly weird that if I ask a friend to copy a CD for 
me, that's illegal. But if I turn on my radio and listen to the exact 
same music, that's completely legal. Either way it costs me nothing, and 
it's the exact same music. WTF?

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