Raepdog Posted:

The idea that record companies are losing money from bootlegging is bull****. The idea that everyone that illegaly downloads a song or movie would have paid for the song or movie is an utter lie. If anything people are listening to music they never would have before.

You really live in your own world, don’t you.

51% of the music downloaded last year was done illegally. That’s 51% of the revenue they should’ve made. What other industry tolerates theft like that?

That means to just make the same amount of money they would have prior they’d have to DOUBLE the prices on the CDs or mp3s. Not only are you screwing over the company by stealing from them but you’re screwing over the law-abiding people who want to actually support the artists in question.

I’m a Music Business major here in Nashville. I get to see firsthand how crippling piracy is for these labels. As a result of mbumive amounts of money lost to internet music pirates, record labels are having to dip more and more over into the artists’ income, that they get from touring and merchandise sales.

So by being too cheap to pay for your own music, you’re simultaneously screwing over the record label, the artist, and everyone else who buys music legally.

And you think that no money is being lost here? Open your frickin’ eyes dude.