Quote: "If you give a madman a weapon, and he goes and kills somebody, I think you have some of the responsibility, even if you haven't explicitly broken the law."
I disagree, as weapons can technically be used for legal things (hunting, target practice, etc). TPB is meant for illegal use... period.
Quote: "They don't get nothing, they just get 5% of the income... And that sucks."
5% of something is better than 5% of nothing, which is what they will get if you pirate their music. They will get nothing. Somehow that's better?
Quote: "BTW, Napster is from a film and not reality..."
That's a joke, right
Quote: "I think the way it should be is that you can download the films "illegally" to view them first, and if it is good you then buy it."
Well, the way you think it should be, and the way it is, don't seem to be aligned. A judge will not accept your excuse of "You see, this is the way it should be." Try it if you're ever arrested for copyright violations
Quote: "But You should be able to see in full detail what you are buying first... And that is why the corporations are reacting that hardly."
For most media, there are ways to do that legally. You can walk into most CD shops here and listen to any of the albums. You can go to iTunes or Amazon and listen to a preview of each track before purchase. You can rent a movie or game from Blockbuster and watch it before deciding whether to purchase it. Most software companies have trial versions of their software.
Quote: "They wouldn't release everything for free. It would go on like usual. And I would appreciate the work stuck into those products and happily pay for it."
Well, that's not how the world works. You can't just take something and then pay for it if you appreciate the work.
Quote: "My point to that was that a lot of people go to these corporations to get their products sold."
You see, businesses produce a product or service, and they are paid for it by the customers. A label does a service for an artist (pays for physical CDs, cases, marketing, etc.) and they take a cut of the revenue. This kind of relationship occurs in all business. There are 3rd party companies who are marketing their software on the TGC site, and TGC takes a cut. The company doesn't have to do this, but it gets their product out to a larger audience.
And these so-called "starving artists" don't have to go to these existing record labels. They can start their own label. Sure, the risks are higher, but the reward can be greater. Nobody is forcing an artist to go with a big label and get 5% of the income.
