[andrewb]

Originally Posted by jambutty

Whether it is stealing or a breach of copyright is a moot point. If you download the music that is on a CD illegally you are not buying the CD and thus the seller is not making a sale. If you walk into a shop and pinch the CD the seller is still not making a sale. It’s a technicality but the end result is the same. The seller loses a sale! So it is a breach of copyright and also stealing.

I can see where you're coming from, but I really disagree with it. Thats the same reasoning the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) use.

Every person that downloads an album does NOT mean a record label has lost a sale. A lot of people simply will do without having the album if they couldn't download it, because they don't wish to pay the £16 or whatever it is for a cd these days. This is why the RIAA's facts are so wrong, because they use that reasoning.