Da Realist
Master Don Juan
Not everything is cut and dry. You may have some big superstar complaining how everybody is bootlegging their stuff, but then you have that one guy who is fighting just to get heard on the radio. What happened with Napster is that guys who normally wouldn't get a nod from any record company got to spread their music for basically free. I'm not going to lie and say nobody did anything illegal, but it also provided another way to get noticed.
As far as the stealing goes, I think some of it is a refusal to pay for a crappy product. It's rare you find a cd now that you can sit all the way through or can turn it on any song and you'll just listen. For the most part, companies are hoping you download a few singles or a song for your phone and that's it. That and they throw some idiot out there who can't rap or sing and want you to buy his stuff eventhough he's going to be gone after a couple of albums. So, I say until artists put effort into their music or the companies start pushing decent foks, find what you want for cheap and make your own cds.
As far as the stealing goes, I think some of it is a refusal to pay for a crappy product. It's rare you find a cd now that you can sit all the way through or can turn it on any song and you'll just listen. For the most part, companies are hoping you download a few singles or a song for your phone and that's it. That and they throw some idiot out there who can't rap or sing and want you to buy his stuff eventhough he's going to be gone after a couple of albums. So, I say until artists put effort into their music or the companies start pushing decent foks, find what you want for cheap and make your own cds.