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Re: Thievery should not be tolerated!
Agreed, but the inherent problem is, that for years and years and years, musicians/actors have made millions for doing, what the public percieves as little to no work. Do you remember harmony house where a 9 track CD was 18.99? And that was in 1997.
The entertainment industry has gouged customers for years. Until these get significantly cheaper, people will still continue to pirate.
Not that i agree with stealing, and I was a HUGE fan of Napster (T3 connection freshman year of college in 2000, when napster was at its height), but why would anyone pay 20 bucks for a CD that they only like 1 song on?
All I am saying is, the music/movie business needs to transform their business model to adapt to changing technologies significantly faster than they already are. Its nice to be able to download via itunes, but DRM is making life miserable. |
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Chicago, IL
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| I agree with your point about a business model change. Personally, the extortion tactics employed by the RIAA have led to my refusal to buy CDs.
But I do think theres truth in pieces of their argument. Unfortunately, they kill those truths by not paying the artists that they're supposed defending. With that being said....I would like to know just how they plan to differentiate file transfers from RIAA artists to independant labels that encourage this without the use of DRM.
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"When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair."---Sylvestor Stallone |
