Hey, that's a great idea! Why not make copies of all of GL's CDs too-who wants to pay all that money, he's got enough anyway...
That's the problem today. We come up with a thousand ways to rationalize stealing. That interview/recording is copyrighted and is owned by the broadcast company. That's taking food out of people's mouths.
Sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay spoke once about meeting a hack magician who was copying one of his performances word for word and telling him how great his act was going over. "What if I came in and stole your television set" fumed Ricky. "What are you talking about?" said the hack. "You stole my television set!" yelled Ricky.
Just because you haven't developed the same imaginary personal connection in your mind with a corporation as you have with GL doesn't give you the right to ask people to help you steal something that doesn't belong to you and or take something you are unwilling to pay for. You wouldn't do it to GL--then again, maybe you would.
You can call it bootlegging, swapping, copying but why don't we call it by its real name. Stealing.
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