Music for a Rainy Night
One stormy night (tonight) a young man (me) was eagerly seeking new music (John Mayer), as I previewed the music in iTunes I thought how easy it would be to drop $9.99 for a couple of mp3’s. I began debating my boycott of iTunes but quickly got upset because I couldn’t listen to my music on my desktop (linux) or my audiotron (mp3 player) I then slammed my laptop shut and grabbed my rain coat. I leisurely strolled down the rain drenched sidewalk to my neighborhood music store. Standing there soaking wet I paid my $11.99 while the cashier informed me that this was a great CD and he had downloaded it last night on Limewire. Lighting danced around me during the 5 block walk home and I thought to myself maybe I should give in and just download my music. Now I have this ethical dilemma, I believe I should pay for my music, but there is no legal way for me to buy the music I want to buy. Until the music industry figures what people really want I guess I’ll just keep my raincoat close.