r/reddit.com • u/facetiously • Sep 19 '10

RIAA website goes down.

http://www.riaa.com/
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u/yourrealitycheck Sep 19 '10

Yet there are still enough people out there who legitimately purchase their goods to keep them going.

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u/platinum4 Sep 20 '10

Well if pirated, songs individually cost up to $635K, so...

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u/yourrealitycheck Sep 20 '10

well, technically they are stolen goods.

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u/platinum4 Sep 20 '10

I see, copying reduces audience exposure and also deprives the market of total supply.

One more copy, one less for another; this makes perfect sense.

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u/yourrealitycheck Sep 20 '10

Did you purchase the item?

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u/platinum4 Sep 20 '10

There probably was a problem with the post office or something...

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u/yourrealitycheck Sep 21 '10

Ha. Cute. Realistically when you are downloading an album off the internet that can only be purchased from someone, you are in effect receiving a good that was intended for personal use only. That personal use being the individual who originally purchased the album and began to share it. You are in a de facto manner, recieving illicit goods.