russia is shutting down allofmp3 to join the world trade organization

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I agree with all your sentiments regarding DRM, however:

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Information wants to be free, and music is just information.


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as I've said before, I think musicians should get paid for what they do. I am saying this as someone who has worked as a professional musician for almost 15 years. I personally don't have a problem giving away music I make, and neither do many other musicians, however I very strongly believe it should be up to me to make that choice.

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I believe it should be up to the consumer, not the creator of that information to decide if it is worth any amount of money.

I personally have no problem going to concerts and supporting an artist that way, but I will not, ever, buy another CD put out by the big 5 recording studios.

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Kipin change 'information' to 'Frosted Flakes' and 'big 5 recording studios' to 'supermarkets' to hear how odd your argument sounds

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It sounds odd because frosted flakes are not information.

Information flows like water wanting to reach everyone in its path.

The easiest way for this to be achieved is to make the information free. Hence "information wants to be free".