Should music be given away free?

[acidsaturation]

not at all. i am not a capitalist.
this is the way of things. everything must have balance.

It's capitalist if the value has to be monetary. That's not using the word capitalist in any negative way however, just that money being the main object is a theme of capitalism.

I think most of us are capitalists to some extent - it's the world we live in and its very hard to not have to go down that route when you need to get what you need.

But I do agree, that many things do need to have some reciprocity to have value.

But I also think that reciprocity does not need to be linear - i.e. the "payment" may not need to go back the the person providing the goods/service.

[Aratron]

It's capitalist if the value has to be monetary. That's not using the word capitalist in any negative way however, just that money being the main object is a theme of capitalism.

I think most of us are capitalists to some extent - it's the world we live in and its very hard to not have to go down that route when you need to get what you need.

But I do agree, that many things do need to have some reciprocity to have value.

But I also think that reciprocity does not need to be linear - i.e. the "payment" may not need to go back the the person providing the goods/service.

well i didnt say anywhere the payment needed to be in money.
It's just generally accepted in 2008 that bio-survival tickets equate to money, instead of bartering.
But sure bartering can be fun if someone has something interesting to barter that you don't have. Thats why swapping can be fun.