Most of the music I listen to is diy stuff and these bands put out their music for free. They want to be heard and they know kids like me don't always have the money to buy every album that they like. These kids also have 9 to 5 jobs and do what they do as a hobby. They don't expect a lot out of it, but do it for fun and most of the time, make their money back buy selling some cds, records, or other merch. It's like, why don't publishing companies track who rightfully owns a books? Wouldn't you consider it stealing if you "borrowed" a book from someone and didn't pay the $10.75 and buy it yourself? There isn't a police officer knocking on my door when I let my friend borrow a book that they never paid the publishing company for. People have been stealing books for all these years and there isn't anything people can do about it. If I bought a cd of some really cool band, I will let my friend borrow it and I know for a fact that they will upload it. I wouldn't tell them about it and then not let them listen to the cd.
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