I have no desire to pay a fee for people that are getting their music illegally.
I agree 100%. I don't download music and movies so why should I pay. The music industry keeps telling politicians and the world that they are loosing billions so they want the government to tax us for billions.
My feeling is that 99% of the illegal downloaders would not buy the music anyway even if they had the money. The music and movie industry are really loosing only a minuscule amount of what they say they are loosing.
Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ
reply to aaronwt they are loosing lots of money to piracy, just not the P2P kind of piracy they publicly target in front of the media. of course they can make more off suing uploaders then chasing the pirates who sell billions in fake copies and are connected to organized crime. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports
If you download music legally, why would you be opposed to having the license to download the music you wanted freely in exchange for a $5-10 a month fee(of course we don't know the details yet. I am basing this on what jim griffin and key advocates of this type of license have called for in the past). The chances are good that you would get more material at lower cost than what you are presently getting. This would all be legal once licensed this way. Using p2p would no longer be illegal, it would be licensed and legal behavior. If you used p2p freely you would not be doing anything illegal at that point. Why would you oppose this?
If you download music legally, why would you be opposed to having the license to download the music you wanted freely in exchange for a $5-10 a month fee(of course we don't know the details yet. I am basing this on what jim griffin and key advocates of this type of license have called for in the past). The chances are good that you would get more material at lower cost than what you are presently getting. This would all be legal once licensed this way. Using p2p would no longer be illegal, it would be licensed and legal behavior. If you used p2p freely you would not be doing anything illegal at that point. Why would you oppose this?
I rarely spend over $100 a year on music. Why would I want that extra cost. The way I can use my downloaded music is just fine for me right now. I have no problems with it since I use my Zune player. It isn't restrictive for me.
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