Musicians are supposed to make their money from shows. The downloaded music is almost a demo for people to hear so when the band comes to town people will go see them.
I haven't heard Michael Jordan complain that all of his dunks are on youtube for everyone to see for free. It can, in a way, keep him in the public eye.
For games, it is different. It's not like we can go to a gaming concert. I don't think piracy of games is right. But, I do think after a system is 2 generations old it's ROMs or images should be free. If you want a hard copy, pay for it. I think all NES and SNES games should be free. Nintendo doesn't even make money from them anymore.
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Haven't the Copyrights for Old Games Expired?
U.S. copyright laws state that copyrights owned by corporations are valid for 75 years from the date of first publication. Because video games have been around for less than three decades, the copyrights of all video games will not expire for many decades to come.
Shouldn't be this way.