The existential questions that your generation gets to answer are these: Why do we value the network and hardware that delivers music but not the music itself? Why are we willing to pay for computers, iPods, smartphones, data plans, and high speed internet access but not the music itself? Why do we gladly give our money to some of the largest richest corporations in the world but not the companies and individuals who create and sell music?
David Lowery’s response to NPR All Things Considered’s Emily White over at The Trichordist - an excellent, intellectual, and moral open letter. (via theparisreview)

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  20. touchityouknowyouwantto said: People want everything for free. If there was a way to get the technology for nothing, they’d take it. At the end of the day you know big artists are getting paid by their label- they aren’t going hungry (like their fans might be)
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