re: Why is it ok to steal media?

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First of all, what CAD and a lot you sound like the Veruca Salts of internet age downloaders. I want it NOW DADDY!

The internet has totally spoiled all of you. In the 80's, you had to go see the movie, or wait six months for it to come out on video and then rent the movie.

You heard good music on the radio, you either sat around listening to the radio with your blank tape, or you found a friend with it, or you just bought the damn thing.

As far as musicians and songwriters not making money, cry me a river. Shreveport is full of musicians, actors, artists, etc. who are never going to be millionaires. Get a real job like everyone else. I get where you are coming from Baloo. I've seen numerous posts of your concerning this subject and I get it. Musicians are the ones really getting screwed in this war. Adapt with the times or GTFO. No one is crying for the horse and buggy makers or VCR repairmen.

As far as the rest of you...it's still illegal. Wah wah, I can't watch Walking Dead anytime I want to and on whatever device I want to. Oh woe is me.

I want an Oompa Loompa NOW DADDY!

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The point is fair, instant gratification. But that's a small piece of a bigger puzzle.

That simple idea is about getting something or not getting something, which is part of it.

It's also not that I WANT to live that way, but it's how we have to live (if you want to ask the bigger question). Given the amount of responsibilities that have also been tacked on to all of us because of the changes of instantly available everything, we are also pulled in all of those directions. We've fed the beast of impatience, and there's no turning back.

I find it literally impossible to watch any show at air time. Impossible. So am I just supposed to skip them? Do I HAVE to skip Walking Dead because I worked on Sunday. If everyone just watched things when they could, viewership would go down. Advertising would go down, and poof....no more TV.

But I'm not watching next week if I haven't watched this week. Oh and AMC doesn't have online play. It's not on Hulu, and they only play it one other time before the next episode. At 1am.

Ok so I stop watching Walking Dead. They lost me as a viewer.


We can't change.... Unless there's a zombie apocalypse of course, then all bets are off. At that's just the fulfillment of the constant instance gratification of murder and chaos. Fun fun.