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Vincent Clement's comment on this 15-year old Techdirt post (https://www.techdirt.com/2007/08/15/riaa-ignores-court-ruling-over-bogus-file-sharing-suit-doesnt-pay-up-legal-fees/) struck me. Big Music's heavy-handed war on so-called piracy succeeded on me if the goal is to stop so-called pirating. It failed on me if that the goal is to make people give money to the big holders of so-called IP rights. It put such a vile taste in my mouth about the whole for-profit music industry that I'm resigning myself to throwing out some babies with the bathwater and going back to Beethoven.
Namely, it should go without saying, safe computer-generated public domain Beethoven. I'm not advocating paying for audio of shaky Karajan strings or going to a Berlin Phil concert. Supporting your local classical music bands is more understandable. If you do go to a Berlin Philharmonic concert, maybe make sure it's Emmanuelle Haim conducting. I don't agree with all her artistic decisions but she can make them play actual music rather than their traditional Furtwängler-style dirge.