Nightfall
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| Well, with all the crap that is being produced....
Why worry about it? After all, the RIAA, MPAA, and various software makers only put out crap anyway. The music these days suck horribly, everything coming out on DVD blows hard, and the software isn't worth paying for. Pirates aren't downloading things like this that suck anyway, right? I mean, if it sucks that bad, why spend your time downloading it?
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SilverSurfer
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| said by Nightfall  :Why worry about it? After all, the RIAA, MPAA, and various software makers only put out crap anyway. The music these days suck horribly, everything coming out on DVD blows hard, and the software isn't worth paying for. Pirates aren't downloading things like this that suck anyway, right? I mean, if it sucks that bad, why spend your time downloading it? Don't be so intellectually dishonest - that's not the sole reason people download. DRM accounts for the downloading cited by folk who would normally purchase content but the DRM restrictions. |
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jgkolt
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clubs: | thats no longer a issue with amazon's mp3's |
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someone2
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More for a lack of choices of unrestricted, quality, content.
If these "pirates" who downloaded Mp3s actually had drm-free choices back several years ago when P2P "took off" in the late 90s, then there may not be so many "pirates" today.
I believe some people pirate just to download the individual music they want and to transfer it to their own portable devices without restrictions. |
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SilverSurfer
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said by jgkolt :thats no longer a issue with amazon's mp3's It is as along as Amazon's collection is as limited as it is currently. |
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Nightfall
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said by SilverSurfer :said by Nightfall :Why worry about it? After all, the RIAA, MPAA, and various software makers only put out crap anyway. The music these days suck horribly, everything coming out on DVD blows hard, and the software isn't worth paying for. Pirates aren't downloading things like this that suck anyway, right? I mean, if it sucks that bad, why spend your time downloading it? Don't be so intellectually dishonest - that's not the sole reason people download. DRM accounts for the downloading cited by folk who would normally purchase content but the DRM restrictions. Don't be so naive. DRM doesn't account for people who are just too cheap to pay for the product. |
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Nightfall
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said by someone2 :
More for a lack of choices of unrestricted, quality, content.
If these "pirates" who downloaded Mp3s actually had drm-free choices back several years ago when P2P "took off" in the late 90s, then there may not be so many "pirates" today.
I believe some people pirate just to download the individual music they want and to transfer it to their own portable devices without restrictions.
DRM is a killer thats for sure. However, I believe some people pirate just so they don't have to pay for something they want. I know a lot of people who fall into this category. A lot more than the people who hate DRM, but I am sure that varies from person to person. |
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jgkolt
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clubs: | music is basically good marketing material. |
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mrchris
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North Babylon, NY | We can also blame record companies for giving artists a deadline which is usually the fault of most music out on big labels these days. |
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SilverSurfer
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said by Nightfall :Don't be so naive. DRM doesn't account for people who are just too cheap to pay for the product. I never said it did. What I did say was that you failed to notice that just as many download for DRM restrictions as do for the cheapness factor. I know far more many downloaders who would pay for the content but for DRM, and, in many instances, availability. Case in point: How many band's material is out of print? Not like you can head over to Amazon.com's newly DRM free content to download Question Mark & the Mysterians or any other for-pay content site, for that matter. But if you hop on Limewire et al. you can find out-of-print bands quite easily.
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TKJunkMail
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| said by SilverSurfer : Not like you can head over to Amazon.com's newly DRM free content to download Question Mark & the Mysterians or any other for-pay content site, for that matter. But if you hop on Limewire et al. you can find out-of-print bands quite easily. Question Mark & the Mysterians at DRM free Amazon.com MP3 downloads:
»www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusi···=24&y=18
Oldies:
»www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_58···95407011
And many,many more. Not just new releases.
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Reason people download is because its a lot faster and easier and cheaper to just go to a p2p client then download what they want and listen to it like 10-30 seconds later. Why drive all the way to the mall for just one song you like that they don't have on amazon that is only 128kbps. They had a chance way back with napster to convert people to buyers but they missed the train. Only thing i see working is having ads in the songs to pay for the artists or like 15-25 cents a song. 99cents to me is still a lot of money once you add it up. I'm sure a lot more people would like it that cheap. You can posepone the advancement of technology like p2p but sooner or later it will be mainstream. Its inevitable, some middle men will just have to die before it happens like the riaa and mpaa. |
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said by Nightfall :said by SilverSurfer :said by Nightfall :Why worry about it? After all, the RIAA, MPAA, and various software makers only put out crap anyway. The music these days suck horribly, everything coming out on DVD blows hard, and the software isn't worth paying for. Pirates aren't downloading things like this that suck anyway, right? I mean, if it sucks that bad, why spend your time downloading it? Don't be so intellectually dishonest - that's not the sole reason people download. DRM accounts for the downloading cited by folk who would normally purchase content but the DRM restrictions. Don't be so naive. DRM doesn't account for people who are just too cheap to pay for the product. Not trying to sound like a D@#k but why do you care so much about pirates? Theft happens in every industry... Nothing new...move on  |
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