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Taja Loraan
One day I will become Fuhrer and enforce my neo-Nazi tree-hugging Marxist ideals on the rest of the unsuspecting world. Then you'll be sorry. Just you wait. Juuust yoooou waaait.
Jedi Mastah
Oh I'll be waiting with my nice little rifle to assassinate you if that happens. Where would you like the bullet?
friend of the sleeping pill
How can you be a neo-Nazi tree hugging Marxist?
That's like being a black homosexual Republican.
That's like being a black homosexual Republican.
Back with a Vengeance
Or a skinny Democratic Communist.
friend of the sleeping pill
...no, Kraken, no.
The big people are talking now.
The big people are talking now.
Back with a Vengeance
Oh, sorry. *Steps away from the people with big egos*
Lorenzo Leonheart
Back with a Vengeance
What the hell is downloading music going to do to the companies?All it's going to do is yeah make them feel that they aren't selling because of people downloading.
I will continue to carry on downloading mp3's because it's unlike someone like the FBI is going to track down a child downloading an MP3, bloody ridiculous.
I will continue to carry on downloading mp3's because it's unlike someone like the FBI is going to track down a child downloading an MP3, bloody ridiculous.
those blinded by rage are by destiny ensnared
From SlashDot:
I know this hasn't been happening in the UK, but I just thought that I'd point out that the RIAA has been tracking down children.
They loose money on record sales. I've downloaded entire catalouges of MP3s, with no intention of buying the CDS (haha Metallica), which inevitably costs them. Why bother paying when you can have the music for free? That's why companies are launching these web-based music stores (iPod), etc, because people just aren't buying as many CDs as they used to (for whatever reason - a lot of the time probably because they just want one song, and don't want to have to pay £15 for an album.).
"It looks like the RIAA is still going after teenagers--this time, 15-year old Megan Dickinson was caught sharing 1,100 files. At the maximum statutory damages for copyright infringement, this makes Megan's liability at least $825,000, at most a mere $165,000,000. Naturally, the RIAA benevolently offered a $3,500 settlement to avoid these moderate, legally sanctioned damages. As we can hardly forget, the RIAA has already used this technique to settle with a 12 year old. Megan's unsurprising take: 'Yeah, it seems ridiculous.'"
I know this hasn't been happening in the UK, but I just thought that I'd point out that the RIAA has been tracking down children.
What the hell is downloading music going to do to the companies?
They loose money on record sales. I've downloaded entire catalouges of MP3s, with no intention of buying the CDS (haha Metallica), which inevitably costs them. Why bother paying when you can have the music for free? That's why companies are launching these web-based music stores (iPod), etc, because people just aren't buying as many CDs as they used to (for whatever reason - a lot of the time probably because they just want one song, and don't want to have to pay £15 for an album.).
the bitch is back
What the hell is downloading music going to do to the companies?All it's going to do is yeah make them feel that they aren't selling because of people downloading.
It's costing the Recording Industry millions of dollars per year.
But you know what?
Maybe if they would shut the @#%$ up and stop spending money trying to sue everyone, then they wouldn't be doing so poorly.
It's not like a few million dollars are going to bankrupt them all.
That being said, I download songs to listen to them. If it's a good band, then I'll buy their record(s). I have a pile of CDs with OLP songs burned to them, but I still own all six of their albums.
If, on the other hand, I didn't have (insert downloading program here), I never would have gotten onto OLP and never would have bought those albums.
So there.
those blinded by rage are by destiny ensnared
It's a double edged sword, really. Up and coming bands like P2P because it allows them to get their music out to a wider audience, but on the flip side they dislike it because it means no one is actually buying their records - which means they won't get into the charts/get publicity/etc.
Try before the buy. I agree.
If, on the other hand, I didn't have (insert downloading program here), I never would have gotten onto OLP and never would have bought those albums.
Try before the buy. I agree.