For example. In the past i used to download “Soundgarden” they had one song called “Jesus Christ Pose”. Which is basically a very blasphemous song.
Now, would it be moral to pay the (Well the artist is dead now). But would it be moral to pay for something that is immorale, even if it was immorale to pirate it in the first place?
Just overall curious?
Does the artist have a good (or at least unobjectionable) song that you could buy instead? Even though the artist is dead there may be heirs who would receive the money.
An alternative might be to make an extra donation to a worthwhile charity.
I tend to buy either 3 CDs each month. Or depending if some anime i watch is out on bluray.
Interms of… saving money but not overspending etc.
But i guess i will just do what is best in my power. Its reason why i decided to stop listening to Metallica since it had too much blasphemous stuff. Whereas other Metalbands such as “Megadeth” or “Iron Maiden” i consider legit good band since they dont go there, overall good stories and good stuff in those songs!
edit: Also. “Wildness” is a Swedish Metal Band. They have some good songs too!
My views on piracy are changing as now when we pay for digital content, they tell us that we do not own it. My Wife payed thirty dollars for some epic Superhero movie on Amazon or some other streaming service when it came out now the film has been removed from our purchased items. Apparently they have the right to do this, because in the fine print, we do not own our purchase. This left a bad taste in my mouth, especially after they have said, by 2030, “You will own nothing and you will be happy!”
Private Property is part of being free. Subscriptions and debt are forms of voluntarily slavery. Am I saying that piracy is therefore moral? I am not.
When I was a kid, I used to tape music off the radio and get upset if the DJ would speak over the tail-end of the song. Next time, I would say to myself : ) I did not think about the moral implications of what I was doing. I saw it as preserving the memories of listening to songs on the radio.
Then in College Napster came out. Though I would use it to discover music I had never heard before, I still was at the music store every New Release Tuesday to buy a CD. I was proud of my album collection and I still have the thousands of CD’s I’ve purchases over the years! I would spend hours flipping through the booklets, looking at the album artwork, reading the song lyrics, and looking to see if the band thanked God first.
Digital has take all of this away from our experience of purchasing music & movies.
Some bands would hide hidden tracks at the end of a CD and DVD Movies would have easter-eggs hidden on the title menus and bloopers and outtakes, along with director’s commentaries. We no longer get this experience. We have lost the memories of discovering and of being able to own something tangible. And not only do we now have to pay a subscription, we are now paying to see advertising as well!!
I do not believe owning nothing will make us happy. It will make us slaves. Much like the artists who were owned by record labels and movie studios.