You don't need to convince me; you need to convince the music industry - and to be honest I don't think your arguments are strong enough.
A small percentage of people actually steal music (I believe it's like 9%)
Where did you get that number? Most studies I've seen estimate between 25 and 50% of music consumer pirate at least some. Here's a random article:
Recently Entertainment Media Research conducted a survey with 1,500 UK residents and discovered that the number of music fans downloading music illegally actually dropped to 39 percent, a whopping 4 percent difference from last year’s statistics.
(Yes, it's the RIAA... but that's the music industry.. the people you need to convince)
The % of people who steal isn't likely to go up just because storing files online through Amazon's PAID service (keep in mind these people are stealing because they don't like paying for things) makes it easier to access your music.
That's where you and the music industry disagree very strongly - and in their defense I think they have a case. They look at the precedent of people paying for blank CDs to copy their friends CDs to, and say "well, why won't one person just go to their friends place and let them download their entire collection from Amazon".
A small percentage of people actually steal music (I believe it's like 9%)
Where did you get that number? Most studies I've seen estimate between 25 and 50% of music consumer pirate at least some. Here's a random article:
Recently Entertainment Media Research conducted a survey with 1,500 UK residents and discovered that the number of music fans downloading music illegally actually dropped to 39 percent, a whopping 4 percent difference from last year’s statistics.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Music-Illegal-Download-MP3,news-...
The RIAA says:
NPD reports that only 37 percent of music acquired by U.S. consumers in 2009 was paid for.
http://www.riaa.com/faq.php
(Yes, it's the RIAA... but that's the music industry.. the people you need to convince)
The % of people who steal isn't likely to go up just because storing files online through Amazon's PAID service (keep in mind these people are stealing because they don't like paying for things) makes it easier to access your music.
That's where you and the music industry disagree very strongly - and in their defense I think they have a case. They look at the precedent of people paying for blank CDs to copy their friends CDs to, and say "well, why won't one person just go to their friends place and let them download their entire collection from Amazon".