yeah, but what he's saying is that even while it has happened, the majority of the stolen tracks have been written by a very small percentage of the scene....odds of you finding yourself a victim of chip theft is somewhere in the neighborhood of the odds of dying in a car accident...and you don't see most people avoiding cars and buses as a result
Tempest and MegaRan and others (yes, there have been more than two) were not ripped off arbitrarily, they were ripped off because they made good songs. Forgive me for thinking a person who struggles with first semester harmonic theory might compose bad music, but all it takes to prove my assumption wrong is a link to a good song.
If anyone is interested, the first workbook for the classes I took is available here: https://online.berklee.edu/store/produc p;usca_p=t
There are four, one for each class/semester. If you look at the syllabus for the corresponding class and understand all the topics there, you can skip ahead to the one at your level, and expect to spend 12-16 weeks on each book (if you really dig into it, and can grasp it without needing a teacher.)
When you apply as an in-person student, you are tested on harmony and ear training, and placed into the level appropriate to your results. For instance, I tested into Harmony 3 but needed to start from Ear Training 1.