posted on July 15, 2002 02:02:29 PM new
They are going after the "hacker types" who could afford to buy the music.
Lets see - do I really want to select a elite group of young bored prime hackers who have money and piss them off at my technology based company and see what happens? Sure - my IT guy at headquarters will handle any trouble we stir up!
What do you MEAN I don't exist because there is not a file on me anywhere in the world and I have no credit /bank account and my drivers license file says I am a sexual offender? Did I irritate someone?
posted on July 15, 2002 02:24:47 PM new
I have never understood all the hoopla over napster. Throughout all the napster proceedings, the Gnutella network, accessed by software like Limewire, http://www.limewire.com/, and others has continued unabated. They do and have always had a better interface than napster and there are and have always been more files available. The industry has wasted jillions of dollars killing napster because it was on the verge of making a bunch of money, and the costs will of course be passed on to music buyers, they have accomplished nothing.....
posted on July 15, 2002 02:37:07 PM new
maybe what the music industry should do is start claiming that the file traders are really terrorist sympathizers who are exchanging secret messages, then Reverend Ashcroft's secret police could arrest them all and put them away without representation forever........
posted on July 15, 2002 03:02:36 PM new
LOL! Prof!
Actually, the RIAA admitted several years back that they had been over-charging for CDs by as much as $10 per music CD. The price shouild have been around $5.00 each, but the RIAA is too greedy for that to happen. Why be nice when you can rake people over the coals and get away with it?
Now, the RIAA, which has enjoyed a monopoly in the music industry for decades, has competition and they want to take the playing field back to their little monopoly instead of responding to the new market. They could start by dropping down the price of music CDs to around $4 to $5 each. With the quality of swapped music files and then having to burn them onto your own blank CD, four or five dollars for a terrific CD in 100% new condition that even has the cover info is much better than freely-swapped music files. For me, at any rate, because I prefer the Quality of music and the nice covers, etc.
I do the P2P file swapping (I offer only non-copywritten books and non-copywritten performance MIDI files) and I use it to see if I like a new game for my computer or if I like the music on a new album. These days, software game manufacturers seldom make a Shareware version and I have purchased games that looked good on the packaging, but turned out to not be my cup or tea or were outright bogus. Once opened, you can't return it and who wants to pay to rent a copy to see if you like it or not? For those few games that I like, if I keep it on my computer and I enjoy it, I go out and purchase the commercial version in a box. I have saved hundreds of dollars from investing in games that I don't like or are crappy due to file-swapping networks. The same goes for music: if I really like it, I'll go buy the CD or I'll delete the music.
