one might say the same of everything for which we pay in our society ...
why is stealing music any different than any other theft
Yes we pay for a lot in society just because a few don't get their throath filled enough.. So you are correct, not everything but a lot, to much IMHO.
Like a socker game, why should i pay for a socker game when there is advertisment during the game where milions go around only to be able to have a billboard in the stadium.. Why should a socker player reseve millions a year.. Why does the EU support Spain with millions from our tax money, while the Spanish goverment is supporting Real Madrid with our money with milions a year to keep them at the top.
As i said its a wicked world.
Microsoft makes bilions of dollars a year from the commersials the sell at Microsoft Social Networks, they make so much they could give their operating system away for free.. No their throath can''t be filled enough.. Mean while it is all over known in the IT world that Microsoft used cracked software to develop their operating systems. The prooof for that is still to be found today, look in the audio files of Windows XP and open them with notepad, scroll down and you'll see the footprint in plain text of a well known hackers name and the name of the hacked audio editing software used to create the files.
STealing music because you can download it, is just a pointing finger of a few people who do not get their throath filled enough.. It aint realy stealing it's like listening radio. It's spreading the word like propaganda..
If the music is good enough people still go and see the concerts and there you can earn your money and that's what happens still. Spread you're music for free and more people will hear it and if you are realy good even more people will come to your concerts.. Also this is a little wickedly put in society, it's not the listener who's making the victim of the musician, it's all those sharks around the musician making it hard.