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 DHRacerFire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
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| Two sides to this "As we mentioned Monday, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is giving away the first nine songs of the bands latest album, Ghosts, for free via BitTorrent. He's also selling the whole album, DRM free, for $5 via the band's website. On one side, while the Torrent trackers are jam-packed with people trading the album in all version qualities, the band also says they've sold all 2,500 copies of the deluxe edition of the album."
So,the first 9 songs are free, and the whole album is only $5, yet BitTorrent is packed with people who decided that free or $5 that goes entirely to the band and not any mafIAA organization is still too much to pay?
I'm confused. I though the above is precisely what all who pirate pine for yet once they get that, they still continue to pirate? I must be missing something.
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | said by DHRacer:I'm confused. I though the above is precisely what all who pirate pine for yet once they get that, they still continue to pirate? I must be missing something. You still have the "radio effect". People that want filler for their shuffle lists. That is, they like a song or group enough for it to take up storage real estate (at any given bit-rate/format) but not enough that they'd want to pay for it. This is much the same reason that people listen to a lot of garbage on the radio that you would never see in their personal record collections.
And, no, just because I understand it doesn't mean I condone it.
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 BoogeymanDrive it like you stole itPremium
join:2002-12-17
Panama City, FL
·Comcast
| reply to DHRacer
The point is not to make money on every copy, its to make enough money on legit sales to offset the "loss" due to file sharing.
Remember, people share those crappy rap songs all day long. But those rap artists are still walking around caked in gold driving vehicles with more shiny surfaces than a mirror. The difference is, Trent gets ALL the profits, where as Generic Rap Artist A only sees whatever the studio gives him. | |
 rosco35Premium
join:2003-11-10
USA
kudos:1 | reply to DHRacer
said by DHRacer:"As we mentioned Monday, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is giving away the first nine songs of the bands latest album, Ghosts, for free via BitTorrent. He's also selling the whole album, DRM free, for $5 via the band's website. On one side, while the Torrent trackers are jam-packed with people trading the album in all version qualities, the band also says they've sold all 2,500 copies of the deluxe edition of the album." So,the first 9 songs are free, and the whole album is only $5, yet BitTorrent is packed with people who decided that free or $5 that goes entirely to the band and not any mafIAA organization is still too much to pay? I'm confused. I though the above is precisely what all who pirate pine for yet once they get that, they still continue to pirate? I must be missing something. I wouldn't say that it is what "all who pirate pine for"..a lot of the pirates just want the free stuff and will download it as long its still possible.
this just proves that there is still real money to be made right alongside the piracy, despite what the RIAA would have you believe. People who purchase albums will continue to do so, so its great that with this approach, the band makes a lot more per album then through traditional recording contracts. | |
BoogeymanDrive it like you stole itPremium
join:2002-12-17
Panama City, FL | reply to nixen
I am one of those people.
Theres also a ton of users who have owned a ton of music throughout the years on older formats and just want it in an easy to listen to format, and dont feel like buying it again. | |
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