Buying Music is a Moral Act

I found an unexpected source in recent literature about buying music as a moral act, not just an ecomomic or social one. It's in  paragraph 66 of Caritas In Veritate, the encyclical written by Pope Benedict XVI.

(If only for this reason, perhaps all musicians should consider becoming Catholics ... ^_^)

Paragraph 66 partly goes as follows (emphases mine):

Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. This is a phenomenon that needs to be further explored, as it contains positive elements to be encouraged as well as excesses to be avoided. It is good for people to realize that purchasing is always a moral — and not simply economic — act. Hence the consumer has a specific social responsibility, which goes hand-in- hand with the social responsibility of the enterprise. Consumers should be continually educated regarding their daily role, which can be exercised with respect for moral principles without diminishing the intrinsic economic rationality of the act of purchasing.

Music Users Asked About Garage Band Music Copyright

Somebody posted in Yahoo! Answers a music copyright question concerning GarageBand in Apple computers.

The exchange went this way:

I'm making a film for a film festival, and I was wondering if it causes any copyright issue or something to use music in garageband. In the Apple website, it says xxx However, I don't exactly get what they mean. Does it mean that I can't use a single loop at a time, but more than one loop is fine to use?

The "Best Answer" was given by "ssj6akshat" (a top contributor)

They are saying that you can't sell their loops standalone but you can definitely sell the music you created with those loops.

I find that exchange admirable. It demonstrated a sincere inquiry into the copyright issues concerning the use of music inside the computer that the user owns; and a honest-to-goodness help from someone else whom the music user may not know since Adam.