LOL, I forgot about this thread.
Well, radio stations get permission to play certain songs, and TV stations get permission to play certain movies, so that's sorta expected. As far as the radio, that's how bands get their exposure. You hear a few songs from an artist, and if you like it, you may want to go out and "BUY" the CD.
Let's say you get some CDs for Christmas. Is it right to copy them all, then return them to the store for a refund.
Let's say you was in a band and had your own CD. Or maybe you own a record label. If people are downloading your songs right and left, then they aren't buying them. If they are buying them, then you aren't making any (or as much) money. I think some people don't view it as stealing, because the industry is already rich, and is full of evil and corrupt people, for the most part, but that doesn't make it right to take what's theirs without paying.
I use to buy a few CDs a month, before I got a computer. After I got a computer with cable modem, I never bought another CD for years. Also, I have friends who use to buy TONS of CDs, but now they're downloading TONS of songs instead of buying them.
If it's OK to download songs, then why stop there. Is it OK to download video games, and software? Here are a few of the things I've downloaded in the past, and the prices of the programs at the time I downloaded them. Adobe Photoshop 6.0 ($500 - $700), Adobe Photoshop 7.0 ($500 - $700), FrontPage 2000 ($100 - $200), Dreamweaver 4 (around $400), Poser 4 (around $200), Macromedia Flash 5 (around $500), and many video games that go for $50 a piece. Now that's a lot of money I saved with my dishonesty. I wasn't a Christian at the time, but I still knew it was wrong. I just didn't care at the time.
RomeSweetHome wrote:
Alot of things are illegal when they shouldn't be, and a lot of things are legal when they should be illegal.
Its man made laws.
Peace
You're from the UK, and I'm from the US, but for the most part, our laws are similar. I understand that a lot of things are legal when they should be illegal. Just out of curiosity, which illegal things should be legal? I sorta thought as Christians, we're suppose to obey the laws of the government, unless by doing so you're going against the Bible. Then it's void (just my thought). Here's a verse that may have something to do with it....
Romans 13:7 (NIV)
7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
If we like someone's music enough to own it, then I think the least we could do is pay them for it.