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[MarkHastings]

To me it sounds like you were justifyin your 'stealing' because you purchased the songs afterwards.

Isn't that like taking a car from a car dealership, then (a month later) returning to the dealership to pay for it. Then saying that you don't believe you stole the car because you were only 'testing' it out before purchasing?

The only way that's legal is if the original party agrees to it. So no matter how rare the song is or whether you replaced every song you 'took' with purchased material, it was still stealing.

Like DaveF has been asking, how do you plan to educate people when you yourself are guilty of the very same thing?

I'm not trying to sound holier-than-thou, but that's the reason why you're getting these responses. It's like a carjacker being upset that someone stole his car. I tend to not feel much sympathy for someone like that.

 

[DaveF]

Mea culpa; I missed your reference

 

[Al.Anderson]

Somewhat tangential to the main topic - but I think this idea by Microsoft is interesting:

Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes (AP) by AP: Yahoo! Tech

They're going to allow you to keep 10 songs a month when using their subscription service.

I've never liked the idea of the all-you-can-eat rental, because I don't like to pay money and not have permanent access to my music. But this is a nice compromise, you can sample as much as you want (which posters have been saying was a primary benefit of the old Napster) and then keep approximately an albums worth a month.

If this gets people to sample more, it might also drive up additional sales - a darn clever idea.

 

[Bryan X]

That's a nice plan, but I think the $14.99/mo fee is too high. I don't put much value on subscription music (there's just too much uncertainty and no permanance to it), so for me it's like $14.99/mo for 10 songs which isn't a good deal, IMO.