To the letter of the law or contextual text, you may be super right. Still does not solve the issue of artists that are getting ripped off left and right.
To the letter of the law or contextual text, you may be super right. Still does not solve the issue of artists that are getting ripped off left and right.
Do you pay every busker you pass by? Or do you block your ears when you pass to ensure you don't "steal" the music?
I think a combination of UBI, abolishment of copyright and a busking model with 100% of the proceeds going directly to artists would improve things no end. We have the technology to do this and have no need for leeches like Spotify.
There is a great difference in consuming art because you want to and consuming art because it was forced on to your senses.