I'm not assuming anything. You said you steal music because you're too poor to pay to purchase it. I merely reminded you that music isn't a right and that you don't NEED it (thus do not need to steal it if you can't afford to buy it).

Oh, honey, no. I wasn't insulting you. I don't think you can reach that high.

Wow, you just don't get how things work. Where do you think a salary comes from? The government? A lighting crew gets paid because a studio is making profits that make it worthwhile for that studio to continue to make movies. You can argue that the distribution of profits isn't equitable among people who are invested…

Are you serious? Do you seriously not understand that a company has to have money in order to pay the people they hire? So if you work for Studio X full time with a salary and benefits SOME OF THE PROFITS OF ALL THE ALBUMS STUDIO X SELLS GOES TOWARDS PAYING YOUR FUCKING SALARY. And keeping the lights on. And hiring…

Any profits you lose are not the fault of the consumer, they're the result of a fucked up system.

Probably most of them, but you might personally benefit from entertaining the notion that sometimes older people might actually know more about some things than younger people, due to actual life experience and all.

Guess again! 24, I just took a class on intellectual property two years ago, with a professor whose work had been torrented (according to the files that were up at the time, which was a very small portion of the total) more than 50 times more than anyone had paid for it. He was actually very mature about it, not…

Well, if you think that the point of marriage is to have sex, and if that is why people get married, then it does seem rather pointless. Maybe it's a fantastic thing that marriage rates are down because only people who are serious about it or who get something out of it besides sex are doing it.

Um no, unlike you, I actually work in the film industry, so you can go ahead and stop trying to educate me on how I get paid. You have no idea what you're talking about. The crew members who get paid a flat fee for their labor are paid with money from a budget that is provided by investors. It's not free money that…

If you can't afford to pay artists for their music, why don't you simply make your own music?

Two words: If you're that poor, listen to the goddamn radio instead of stealing.

My SO works for an independent record label. You have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, you have no idea what goes into making music, how little the artists make, and the state of the music industry, due in part, to fuckwads like you who steal music.

"And I do not consider it stealing because it's not WORTH 10 or 12 bucks. At least back in the day you physically received something for your money, now what are you paying for?"

You may be honest, but you are also wrong, entitled and being shitty. Think of your argument for any other crime (piracy is a crime and you are a criminal) and the logical implications. "Well, everyone else I know is drunk driving/raping/murdering, so obviously it is okay and shouldn't be illegal." That makes zero…

Fuck you. As a musician this is my job. I'm not sure why you value the worth of musicians less than you would of your bartender, plumber or grocery clerk or do you steal from them as well? 10 dollars is not too much for a fucking 10 song album. But then again you probably have no problem spending $5 on a latte at…

That's a straw man argument. One has nothing to do with the other. Yeah, pot's fine; whatever, but there ARE real consequences to stealing music. You just don't care about them. Stop trying to defend your actions and embrace them. It's fine! You don't care that you're breaking the law! It's cool! Just own up…

As a professional musician, thoughts like this make me really angry. My music is how I survive, it is not some kind of altruistic gift I bestow upon humanity. Should there be more precautions in place to prevent illegal downloading? Yes. But that does not even remotely absolve you from being an asshole and stealing…

Please write fifteen more paragraphs and try to obscure the fact that people are taking something that they didn't pay for. I have seen authors bemoan the fact that the first google result for their book is a link to an illegal pdf. Do they feel better that the people who put up her book and download it might not have…

I really do not understand the idea that it's ok for you steal something because you can't afford to buy it. There is lots of stuff I want but can't afford so I just don't have those things.

Ha ha ha; "people should entice me NOT to break the law! The fact that it's the law isn't enough!"