Wow, I *completely* agree with you. (I'm going to make a post giving my opinion and the basic facts, so I won't go into it all here.)
And I used to tape songs off the radio, back in the day. I asked one of my teachers about that one time and he said that it didn't prove to be a big problem for the industry because it was more difficult to tape the entire song (sometimes DJ's talk over the intros, or they cut the songs short), it was a big hassle (having to wait for the song, or editing what you recorded), and the songs weren't "at your fingertips" like they are now with downloading programs. Really, I think that tape recorders didn't affect music sales...and that's why nobody really made a fuss about it. But downloading programs have...and that's why we're seeing this uproar.
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And I used to tape songs off the radio, back in the day. I asked one of my teachers about that one time and he said that it didn't prove to be a big problem for the industry because it was more difficult to tape the entire song (sometimes DJ's talk over the intros, or they cut the songs short), it was a big hassle (having to wait for the song, or editing what you recorded), and the songs weren't "at your fingertips" like they are now with downloading programs. Really, I think that tape recorders didn't affect music sales...and that's why nobody really made a fuss about it. But downloading programs have...and that's why we're seeing this uproar.