MIRV
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Re: Nobody pays for music
It's just economics. Why would you pay for something you can get for free? |
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fractalman93
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Newport News, VA | To show your @%$#ing support for the musicians!! |
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bigskank
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said by MIRV  :It's just economics. Why would you pay for something you can get for free? Makes perfect since. That's why the bottled water market is doing so badly. I mean, who would pay $3.00 for something they can turn on their tap and get for next to nothing.
Oh, wait... |
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GPSrob
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Because you obviously don't get the same thing.
Buying it indicates that it has value to you and in participating in the trade of money for goods you know you're contributing to the welfare of the person that made something you enjoy. Particularly in this direct method when 100% of the revenue hits the original artist who then pays his costs of business as opposed to the other way around when the artist gets paid last and mostly screwed which is actually a disincentive to buy it in the traditional method. |
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C_
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said by MIRV :It's just economics. Why would you pay for something you can get for free? 500,000 of that was most likely trent buying his own crap under a guise
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maxpower
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500,000 of that was most likely trent buying his own crap under a guise
Proof? |
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said by fractalman93 :To show your @%$#ing support for the musicians!! There's @%$#ing support for the musicians!! I thought groupies didn't care how good there were. 
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Tzale
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said by MIRV :It's just economics. Why would you pay for something you can get for free? Why?
Because it's the moral thing to do... Obviously you weren't around or don't remember the ORIGINAL reason for the P2P Revolution.... People were pissed at the record companies charging $20 for a CD full of 90% filler music.
Charging a little amount of money is only fair... And don't pull that BS that they're going to make millions even at a small amount... They deserve it then. We live in a free country, and it's the morally right thing to do... If you can't afford it truly, then maybe I'll side with you... But just saying that there is NO reason to purchase something even at a very fair price is simply STEALING...
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Tzale
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said by bigskank :said by MIRV :It's just economics. Why would you pay for something you can get for free? Makes perfect since. That's why the bottled water market is doing so badly. I mean, who would pay $3.00 for something they can turn on their tap and get for next to nothing. Oh, wait... You can buy bottled water for $0.05 if you buy it in 24-36 pack cases...  And clearly SPRING water IS superior in taste to tap water which has a chlorine taste to it. Not all bottled water is spring water.
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Water
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rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
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Because of morals and knowing that you aren't entitled to the work of others for free.
Although you might not have any morals and your friends might not either, there are a significant number of people in this country that are honest and want to pay a fair price for their entertainment. Maybe when you are a little older you will understand that if no one pays anyone else for their work there is NO economy. Every exchange of money creates jobs and if everyone was like you there would be no jobs. |
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CylonRed
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I could probably get most, if not all, of the songs I want for free if I want mp3 (which I don't really want) but I still buy cd's - not a ton but when someone wants to get me a gift then I ask for money for music.
I don't like current music so most of the stuff I buy is older (classic/progressive rock) - guys who wrote the vast majority of their songs (music and lyrics). I have no issues with buying CD's - although I would have no issues with buying the CD directly from the band.
I know many others who prefer cd's as well - they have huge collections and most could probably be gotten for free. |
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Tzale
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said by Water :
And not all tap water is chlorinated or city water.
Well I'm talking from my perspective and most people's perspectives who can't stand the taste of tap water... If you get your water from a well, then maybe it isn't... But that is an exception, and even then there might be a distinct mineral taste. And not to mention sometimes bottled water is just "convenient."
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Armaina
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Tempe, AZ | reply to C_
said by ,000 of that was most likely trent buying his own crap under a guise
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And what exactly would be the point of that? |
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Thaler
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| said by Armaina :And what exactly would be the point of that? e-Peen contests, duh.
Honestly, no...I can't even really make up a good reason why he'd inflate his own figures. |
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