[newsmania]

Gee if you want music and don’t want to pay for it, learn how to play the guitar. But if you think someone else is better than you and you want to listen to their music, what do you have against them being compensated?

Copyright is different than patents because it’s not ever going to prevent you from making something you would have come up with by yourself like patents do.

[KitDuncan]

I wouldn't have a problem, compensating an artist a reasonable amount for his songs. The problem is that most of my money goes to an (for me) unneccessary distribution channel (iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music,...), when there are superior ones for free (torrent).

[thirdsun]

All I got from that comment is that you prefer not to pay for an artist's work.

> I wouldn't have a problem, compensating an artist a reasonable amount for his songs.

You can. Buy the album. Don't stream it on Spotify, Apple Music or Google Play, which are very different distribution channels that are closer to renting than buying.