Is it piracy if you can’t find it?
Alright, here is my dilemma:
I found a Music group that I am really interested in. The problem is simple: I can’t find their music anywhere. They are rather obscure to American audiences and iTunes doesn’t have it for legal download. Now I found it over a peer to peer system downloaded it. Is this wrong? I mean, I made a good faith effort to FIND the music legitimate ways. I really did!!! I even sent a request into Apple to include the music in their store. Yet I could be arrested and fined for that action… just doesn’t make sense. I don’t steal movies that are in theaters or that I have access to the DVD of. I’m sure there is a release of King Kong out there (actually, more like 5 separate releases as of this post) but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to go out and see the movie (one of these days) or at the very least watch the DVD.
And to what end does that go? A lot of times I just can’t get to my TV to watch a television show, especially if I am at college. If I miss a show, and they don’t offer an easy way for me to get (a good quality version) of it for 6 months to a year (even longer) on DVD, then is it really WRONG for me to download it? I don’t know that I think it is… Also, my computer plays HDTV-based rips much better than any TV I would have access to. So here is my proposal to FOX: Tell me who is advertising during the first 4 episodes of 24 and I promise I’ll spend 5-10 minutes looking into them and seeing if I want to buy anything from them. Unless it’s a car company, because I can’t afford a car…
