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Instead of protesting the fairness of copyright laws, why don't you just wear a t-shirt that says "I'm a thief" on it? I'm sick of seeing everybody bashing the RIAA just because they're too cheap to go buy CDs. I'm not defending the recording industry by any means—I hate the record companies as much as the next guy. But you've all heard the rants against them, so I'm going to explain why the other side is wrong, too.
First of all, you're hypocrites. The next person who fills his 40 GB hard drive with stolen music and tries to say "But haven't record sales actually increased since peer-to-peer networks became available?" get his fingernails torn off by rabbits. I know you probably wouldn't have bought all of those CDs if you actually had to pay money for them, but when you have such an enormous volume of stolen things, what on earth makes you think that sales are increasing, genius? Maybe they are, but so are things like the population and the amount of stupid teenage girls, that doesn't mean you're not stealing.
Second of all, you're hypocrites. You don't want to pay for CDs because the record companies are evil corporate giants that only care about their bottom line. Let me run that past you again: you don't want to pay money because you think that the people you're giving it to only care about money. You want money, they want money, so you keep your money indignantly. If you're still not picking up on my point then you're a lost cause, and by "lost cause" I mean "brainless wasteland of a person."
Third of all, you're stupid hypocrites. Next person that says the companies need to adapt their business models to fit the changing times gets a lollipop laced with cyanide because that is the worst argument ever. Why don't you go steal from a department store and tell them that if they can't deal with you stealing their stuff, then they're out-dated? Or how about this one: "If your business model can't cope with us assassinating your musicians, then your company definitely needs to change." It's not the fault of the business that people are stealing things from them. I mean, if you've worked at a store, then you've probably learned the first rule, "The customer is always right." But what they usually don't tell you is rule #2, "The only exception to rule #1 is when the customer is STEALING FROM YOU."
So stop your petty little crusade against society because nobody cares about it. If you want to, go right on ahead stealing music, but at least admit that you're stealing it. Don't continue on with this charade that you're some kind of new-age Robin Hood because you aren't, and to prove it to you I will shoot you with a bow and arrow. Then I will steal your kneecaps and give them to the poor. Who's Robin Hood now, huh?
