As for sticking it to the man, I was precisely trying to move the analogy from man-centered (the Amish) to the bigger picture: immoral laws preserving a bad business model that impacts the whole society. Quite the opposite of the Amish actually.
Doesn't make them immoral, either. Next you'll be saying "property is theft".
Indeed. I was just expressing my point of view.
"Next you'll be saying "property is theft"."
No, this wild extrapolation doesn't reflect my views.
As with many things in the real world, it's a murky situation..
If you download the music illegally, then spend money on a concert, guess what? The artist is still out of the revenue of the music you downloaded illegally. Especially if self-published.
And if you could afford going out to a concert, which is typically much more expensive than an album download, you could have also paid for the music.
Nonsense. People sharing files don't take the status of the content provider into account. It's a pleasant story to tell yourself, that you're just sticking it to the man, but it doesn't reflect the reality of file sharing.