In article <BxAHL9.B7@brunel.ac.uk>, cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey) writes:
> With the return of the great piracy debate, I just wondered how many people out there have pirated music in their tape collection ? The main reason that I think that piracy of any form will never die is that most people don't think there's any harm in it > (I should imagine just about everyone with a tape recorder has copied a friends CD/Tape/LP at some time or another).
>
> Obviously computer s/ware can't be copied quite as easily, but it's still possible.
There's where you're wrong... Music is HARDER to copy perfectly than computer
software; a copy of a disk is perfect (ie there's no noticeable difference between
it and the original - unless it's cracked, in which case it's less likely to
damage your disk drive...), whereas music ALWAYS loses something (unless you have
a DAT recorder, of course :).
I generally copy music only to see if an album lives up to the standard of the
best track; if I like it, I'll generally get it on CD. Your average pirate won't
do this, partly because software costs more than CDs (of course), but also because
HIS (or 'HER' of course, Paula L) copy is as playable as the original.
