Of course I'm refering to legal downloads.
What was the last song you downloaded? If you did more at once as I dare say most of us do feel free to list them. For me it was the new one by Wes Carr. Love Is An Animal.
"legal downloads"... Please.
This battle has already been fought and the record companies lost.
To call violation of the copyright act "piracy" is a joke of the highest order. It was always a civil matter in Australia until the internationals flexed their muscles and it was made a crime under the free trade agreement.
To show you how much outside forces run this country the one aspect of American copyright law in favour of the consumer was left out when they drew it up here.
Technology created an opportunity for record companies and now it is slowly taking it away. The music industry will always make money. The bussiness model will just have to adapt. Alot of musicans were put out of work with the invention of records and CDs. Now record compaines are moving more towards other avenues, such as: merchandising and concert sales.
In summation. f**k Micky Mouse. Trust the Americans to fall for that one then push this crap on the rest of the world.
