According to your values, is illegally downloading a song, TV show, or movie immoral?

[LostInAnomie]

117. Might be... But, I genuinely don't care.

My prime for music purchasing was that sweet spot for the music industry when CDs ruled but Napster hadn't been invented yet. In regard to screwing over the consumer, this was the halcyon days for the industry.

Here's just a few examples of their prickery:

1. Price gouging. ($24 for a cd)

2. Collusion. (cds cost less than a cent to make but were ALWAYS priced similarly)

3. Listening to a cd prior to purchase was difficult so albums would be 90% filler songs. This allowed them to spread good songs over multiple albums.

4. Double and Triple cds. So you had to pay +$50 for an album that was 90% filler.

5. Not releasing singles for one hit wonders, so you had to buy the full album.

6. For popular artists, only including a remix version or their popular song on the full album. Forcing you to buy the song you want as a single (usually for as much as you bought the whole album for).

I could go on, but suffice it to say, I do not care one bit if almost every music exec goes bankrupt.