Rain comments on June 2012 Media Thread - Less Wrong

3 Post author: RobertLumley 01 June 2012 01:39PM

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Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 06:32:28PM *  3 points [-]

Copyright infringement == rational music acquisition?

Comment author: gwern 13 June 2012 06:46:54PM 9 points [-]

The legal risk these days is pretty minimal, copyright is a diseased institution, the savings are substantial*... As rational as any other suggestion I know of.

* I have 1851 tracks currently; this would cost, at a minimum, thousands to acquire legally, and worse for me, because so many of them are Japanese doujin music, I would have to pay major premiums for international shipping or simple rarity of the physical release.

Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 08:54:59PM 2 points [-]

I guess my reason is so I can say, "I am the sort of person who follows the rules."

Comment author: gwern 13 June 2012 08:58:10PM 5 points [-]

An expensive preference; wouldn't it be cheaper to cultivate a liking for hookers & blow? But de gustibus, non disputandum est...

Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 09:01:00PM 2 points [-]

It feeds a martyrdom complex. ("I was right; see how much it hurts?")