Re: Would it be considered piracy...
The right to control the distribution of one's own creation, and to receive comensation for it, is a basic tennent of a free market economy. The only people with a legitimate "personal choice" in the matter are the people who create the recording. The writers, artists, and producers.
Saying "I've heard it once, so it's mine" is ludicrous. It removes any sort of incentive for the people who produce the art to continue to do so in the future.
I agree that technology requires that some new system of distribution be developed, but the content should remain under the control of the people who produced it.
Geoschmo
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