This blog is to anyone who has downloaded free music from the internet, or borrowed a CD from someone, and copied it onto your computer or mp3 player. And I’ve done this before, too; something that I sincerely repent of.
Take the time to think about this. I know from experience what kind of work goes into writing and singing songs. It is truly a line of work, and anyone who says otherwise is simply misinformed.
Do you enjoy listening to popular music? Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is? In order for an artist to provide you with valuable entertainment and edification, it takes a considerable amount of undesirable work, and in our current society, people are entitled to monetary compensation for their work.
If you don’t believe that a musician should get paid for being a musician, then please don’t expect to ever hear one again. But if you like hearing them, then please support them.
The “free internet download” culture is destroying this system. If artists cease to receive sufficient money for their effort, they will either stop working, or find the easy way out. The music business will be left to the ruthless and immoral, and what they write will be cheap and corny.
Please think about this in your daily life: Whenever you give free music to someone or download something “illegally” from the internet, you are harming the artist you love.
-Charlie
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2 comments:
Aye, it's a very tempting thing to do. I've heard many arguments in favor of pirating music, some sound pretty logical, but at the end of the day, it's wrong.
However, is it ok to steal music from artists I dislike or otherwise am annoyed like crazy by? lol, jk.
I guess you could, but why would you want to? jk
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