| No more buying CDs for me Ok, I slipped. The past few years I've been buying CDs of the stuff I really like. However, I can no longer support a greedy organization nor the people who are members of the organization.
I paid $15-20 for the overpriced CDs, and that was ok. They were always allowed to charge what they want, and just because I thought it was overpriced did not give me the right to steal their music. However, no more. No downloading, no buying CDs. I will hear the songs on satellite radio, and that's it.
I just canceled my Napster account, too. This crosses the line. It's a shame, I really enjoyed music. |
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| Don't hate all music, I am sure there are some worthy independent artists who aren't affiliated with the RIAA that you can support.
But on a serious note, with all of the times the RIAA has shot itself in the foot with these lawsuits how are they still standing? |
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 mikesbA Bottle Of Carbonated Love
join:2001-11-07
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to texans20
»www.magnetbox.com/riaa/ |
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phaqu
join:2005-05-26
Marietta, GA | reply to texans20
Just go to concerts. |
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Indie music sucks ass, most of it anyway. I've tried, but it's usually poorly written and poorly sung. I know some guys think listening to nothing but obscure bands very few people of head of makes them really cool, but really it doesn't. |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | said by texans20:Indie music sucks ass, most of it anyway. I've tried, but it's usually poorly written and poorly sung. I know some guys think listening to nothing but obscure bands very few people of head of makes them really cool, but really it doesn't. I don't know what kind of music you listen to but the stuff I like, which is most everything except boogla-loo gangsta rap. There are great artists in the indie world you just have to look for them. I have not listened to FM radio in many years I have so much music in my personal Library I can go months without repeating anything.
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said by canuck999999:But on a serious note, with all of the times the RIAA has shot itself in the foot with these lawsuits how are they still standing? Well, they've been around for several decades and made billions of not trillions of dollars in that time. So it will take some time before they burn all that cash on whatever nonsense pops up into their head. I do, however, firmly believe that if they don't wise up, their money will be gone sooner or later (of course I'm hoping that it's sooner). Unfortunately, this won't happen overnight.
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said by texans20:Ok, I slipped. The past few years I've been buying CDs of the stuff I really like. However, I can no longer support a greedy organization nor the people who are members of the organization. I paid $15-20 for the overpriced CDs, and that was ok. They were always allowed to charge what they want, and just because I thought it was overpriced did not give me the right to steal their music. However, no more. No downloading, no buying CDs. I will hear the songs on satellite radio, and that's it. I just canceled my Napster account, too. This crosses the line. It's a shame, I really enjoyed music. Could you please clarify, do you mean that you don't have the right to steal CDs from the store, or what? Because if you were going to (illegally) download music that is not stealing, it's copyright infringement.
If you steal something, then the person you stole the thing from no longer has the thing that you stole. There are a lot of reasons that it's important not to wrongly say stealing when you're really talking about infringement.
What about taping songs off the radio, is that illegal? Download/tape off the radio, doesn't seem to be much difference between the two.
Music is an important part of our lives, when a company that has exclusive rights to a certain bit of music charges more than $10 a CD, they are stealing from us and don't deserve to have their CDs purchased. |
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 ctceoPremium
join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN | reply to phaqu
And pay them to destroy your hearing?
NOT. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by ctceo:And pay them to destroy your hearing? NOT. Ear plugs ANDDDD conmmercial grade ear muff hearing protection isnt enough for me. |
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phaqu
join:2005-05-26
Marietta, GA | reply to texans20
Wow, you 2 must be more fun than a BARREL OF MONKEYS
to hang out with. I didnt know this was the LITTLE OLD LADY forum. Maybe you can start your own "knitting and crocheting" thread here.
Anyway, how do you know I was talking about a rock concert? Maybe I was talking about "Chamber" music. Or the symphony. Or maybe a jazz trio, with stand up bass,piano and drums.
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And pay them to destroy your hearing?
NOT.
No one told you to go and stick your ears up against the PA.
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Ear plugs ANDDDD conmmercial grade ear muff hearing protection isnt enough for me.
Then why do you go to places like that? Shouldnt you be attending a "quilting" party instead? |
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