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Wow, it only took them how many years to figure out? |
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said by Karl Bode  :What's next, the recording industry realizing that music piracy is impossible to stop, thereby turning albums (whether the industry likes it or not) from product to promotion material for concerts and merchandising? Have the pigs started flying yet? |
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| said by Hazy Arc :said by Karl Bode :What's next, the recording industry realizing that music piracy is impossible to stop, thereby turning albums (whether the industry likes it or not) from product to promotion material for concerts and merchandising? Have the pigs started flying yet? Not yet, but I think they are taxing for take off. I hope. |
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robl27
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Mary Esther, FL | why? the pigs don't care about themselves..
all they care about is controlling the masses.
-Rob |
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spamd
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| said by robl27 :why? the pigs don't care about themselves.. all they care about is controlling the masses. -Rob You just can't please everyone. |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
| The reality
Is that records are just promotional items now.
With the piracy that goes on record sales have tanked.
Artists make thier money touring and with merchandise.
Watch the record industry sign future artists and demand a piece of the touring action |
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MrWhippit
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Philadelphia, PA | 360 deals.
Already a reality |
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quatrix
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Davie, FL | Why are you guys trying to twist this into a bad thing?
Funny how you put "piracy" in quotes. So companies complain when you steal their intellectual property but are okay with it if they're paid accordingly. What exactly is wrong with that? That's how business works. |
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Re: The reality
said by elwoodblues :Is that records are just promotional items now. With the piracy that goes on record sales have tanked. Artists make thier money touring and with merchandise. Watch the record industry sign future artists and demand a piece of the touring action Although I am sure piracy has impacted sales, I think it is a minor player. Lets put it this way, a CD costs $10-20, on average. Now with that CD I get maybe an hour of music.
Or I could spend $15 and get a DVD with a 2 hour movie loaded with hours of bonus features.
Or I could cough up a bit more money and get a video game that will give me endless hours of entertainment.
For the price vs entertainment ratio, CDs are the losers. |
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Quake110
join:2003-12-20
Ottawa, ON | Viacom, do you feel like an idiot yet?
I think pigs are going to start flying very soon while Viacom is stuck with a donkey. |
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dadkins
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| DUH!
DVD quality video vs some pixelated YT video.
1.5 - 2 hours of movie vs ~10 minute clips of a movie.
20 - 40 minutes of a TV show vs ~4 minute clips of that TV show.
At some point, the producers need to let it go.
No way they can seriously think that some POS YT clip is "piracy". 
Corporate Greed and Anal Retentiveness.
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knkayotte
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Camp Verde, AZ | reply to elwoodblues
Re: The reality
It's always been that way. |
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said by elwoodblues :Is that records are just promotional items now. With the piracy that goes on record sales have tanked. If records were more reasonably priced, sales would be higher and filesharing would be lower.
said by Henry Ford :
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markofmayhem
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: DUH!
Got to agree with this one... a YT clip should be viewed as free advertising. The major problem is that free advertising is BAD for 90% of the junk movies out there today. A 30 second to 1 minute trailer commercial may suck you in. Watching a good 20 minute poor quality video clip may let your realize that the only good parts of the movie were in the that 1 minute trailer and even if the quality was better the movie still sucks  ....
Pulling ad revenue from Google will shut these uploads down faster than threatening lawsuits to the uploaders. The best way for a company to get what it wants is to take money away from another company, not people. |
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Re: The reality
said by elwoodblues :Is that records are just promotional items now. CDs have ALWAYS been promotional items... for the artists. The recording companies take such a huge cut of CD sales... bah, don't get me started... and the recording companies already get a substantial cut of tours in that the bands owe so much to the companies that it takes a tour or 3 to get them into the clear.
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mrchris
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North Babylon, NY | reply to james
Re: Wow
Heads stuck up their a$$e$ for $o long it $eem$ they only cared about the profit$ from their media. |
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person302
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Seriously, most shocking news of the week. Apparently suing the hell out of your customers for not being the brightest on copyright laws is not their business model anymore. The music industry and the MPAA saying that downloading was stealing when it is not. It is copyright infringement but they are very different things. |
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Kearnstd
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Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to Omega
Re: The reality
said by Omega :said by elwoodblues :Is that records are just promotional items now. With the piracy that goes on record sales have tanked. Artists make thier money touring and with merchandise. Watch the record industry sign future artists and demand a piece of the touring action Although I am sure piracy has impacted sales, I think it is a minor player. Lets put it this way, a CD costs $10-20, on average. Now with that CD I get maybe an hour of music. Or I could spend $15 and get a DVD with a 2 hour movie loaded with hours of bonus features. Or I could cough up a bit more money and get a video game that will give me endless hours of entertainment. For the price vs entertainment ratio, CDs are the losers. thats the thing on average a CD semi new release is around 15 bucks. it just so happens World of Warcraft costs me 15 bucks a month and gets much more use then a CD will. even if i bought one CD a month, the entertainment dollar ratio cant match my WoW subscription.
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Tzale
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Sweden |  ....
As long as it is free for me, I could care less what YouTube and the media companies setup as a deal between themselves. Leave it the way it is, and I'm happy.
-Tzale |
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NeoandGeo
join:2003-05-10
Harrison, TN | reply to robl27
Re: Don't Make Me Laugh
And they are finding it out the hard way, you can't control the common people with ridiculous taxation.  |
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