I agree with your points, but I think the topic of music deserves more nuance.
How would you know what you liked if you never heard it?
Would you pay for music you have never heard before?
At some point artists need to distribute their work, and to try and push their music to people that have never heard it before, so there is always a balance of advertising vs. revenue.
I imagine most people my age recorded songs off the radio onto cassettes. I still don't feel bad about it, because I bought the albums I cared about.
I agree that what we are discussing is piracy, but I don't believe music piracy to be a zero sum game.
How would you know what you liked if you never heard it?
Would you pay for music you have never heard before?
At some point artists need to distribute their work, and to try and push their music to people that have never heard it before, so there is always a balance of advertising vs. revenue.
I imagine most people my age recorded songs off the radio onto cassettes. I still don't feel bad about it, because I bought the albums I cared about.
I agree that what we are discussing is piracy, but I don't believe music piracy to be a zero sum game.