Quote Originally Posted by N8YX View Post
I simply don't consume anything produced by the major labels. Once upon a time, a large portion of my discretionary income went to the purchase of CDs and (back in the day) vinyl...but nowadays there's nothing out there which compels me to spend upwards of $20 for an album. It's not worth searching for on a torrent, either.

I'll buy used CDs from the local shops or from eBay if I absolutely have to have a certain classic disc - but none of my income is directly going to help prop up an industry whose antiquated business model treats its customers as criminals.

So-called indie artists have begun to garner attention (and cash flow) from both of us.
I feel the same way about it. It's not the idea of copyrights that I have a problem with. It costs a lot of money and time and effort to produce many copyrighted works and I have no problem with buying the material. But what I object to is this whole "criminalization" approach that the RIAA/ MPAA, etc have adopted. The idea that I must be treated as a criminal, that it is assumed I am stealing their precious content and that unless my internet connection is continually tracked, monitored, probed, a profiled, I will try and get away with something. If they are that worried about their precious content then by all means they should lock the content up in a vault somewhere such that nobody has any access to it.