>no you are ASSUMING that people think free music is their
>right and that they are mad at artists for wanting them to pay
>for the music
>
>essentially, you're making a bunch of blanket judgments about
>"modern music fans" because it ticks you off that a bunch of
>ingrates don't compensate the artists they listen to
>
>your issue IS at least partially w/ the technology as, absent
>the technology, you'd be directing your vitriol towards hard
>core tape-dubbers and cd-burners instead of
>illegal-downloaders, and it's the technology and how it makes
>it so "easy" that creates these supposed legions of
>sociopathic fans who suck the blood of the poor struggling
>artists

For the LAST time (and I truly mean this) my problem is with the language araQual used in his first series of posts that characterized artists are being assholes for caring about making money and for making him feel bad about downloading.

If you're feeling guilty about downloading, you probably know it is "wrong." (Note that I have consistently used quotes around "right" and "wrong"... there is a reason for it)

And if you feel that an artist is a jerk for wanting to get paid when people consume and enjoy his work, then it is pretty clear that you believe getting the music for free is the consumer's right.