I hear what you said, Johnny. Part of it was the whole "fuck tha man" phase most of us go through. I was going through this phase up until my freshman year of college when I wrote a paper on the RIAA. I kinda went into the paper thinking that the RIAA was evil and pirating wasn't bad. I came out thinking the RIAA is evil, but piracy hurts a lot more than big bad corporations. A month ago one of my favorite music stores, and also the closest to my house, went out of business. I attribute part of it to music piracy. It's sad to see a nice store with a nice owner and nice employees go under for that reason.
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