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.
Awwwww.
Copyright infringement == rational music acquisition?
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.
I guess my reason is so I can say, “I am the sort of person who follows the rules.”
An expensive preference; wouldn’t it be cheaper to cultivate a liking for hookers & blow? But de gustibus, non disputandum est...
It feeds a martyrdom complex. (“I was right; see how much it hurts?”)