June 2008

Ya so Kid Rock. Love him or hate him, he has some tonge and cheek things to say about downloading music. Me I might have downloaded a song or 2 in my day, I will say "Do not follow all his advice!" There are a couple of reasons for this, and while most of my ideas are not well thought out, I think this one is pretty sound. When you steal a iPod a laptop or a tank of gas all your doing is inconvenience someone ... just like YOU! Rock and I are almost the same age and while I do not make as much as he does, I will be dammed if I am gonna inconvenience myself with a run in with the popo cause I think "Well Bill and Steve got lots of dough they wont miss this stuff." They won't ... heck they probably cant even quote accurate sales figures of the latest Windows Pitsa or iCrap w/o 20 assistants telling them where, when, and how. They are so far removed from the sale of each device that it is .... sad. The people who will feel it are you neighbor who works at the local PC place who gets laid off cause PC sales are slacking, or your other mate who works at the Apple Store, or finally your best friend who washes cars at the Toyota dealership for minimum wage. While I totally feel where Rock is coming from and I think he has a valid point that "Corporate America is raping the lower and middle class." Stealing from you Steve and Bill is not going to fix the problem. They will never feel it. Your friends will.