Ragamuffin said:
*downloads* *has fun*
They really can't touch you as long as you don't upload.
She got sued because she didn't know that
Well, I guess that makes it OK to rip people off then. Maybe, one day youll practice your ass off, record an album and ill download it so you wont see any royalties off of it. Anyway, check these numbers out.....An Industry Unstrung . . .
For years, the recording industry has unsuccessfully fought the growth of music file swapping over the Internet by going after the companies that make and distribute the software.
300 million
Fewer albums shipped by the recording industry from 1999 to 2002.
400 million
Estimated software music files shared free on the Internet in July.
Sources: Recording Industry Association of America; NPD Group
. . . So It Is Adapting
Though it is suing some users who swap files, the industry is also trying to regain customers. After resisting the idea, the industry agreed to sell individual songs online. And, the Universal Music Group recently announced a price cut, a decision analysts expect other companies to follow.
10 million
Songs that Apple Computers iTunes music store says have been downloaded so far.
$12.98
New estimated retail price of Universal CDs, a 24 to 32 percent reduction from current average prices of $16.98 to $18.98."
Man, these guys have got to be stopped!!! I sure dont like anybody making any money these days. Maybe the record industry and artists should take a vow of poverty, thatll make everyone happy. Then we can follow that with the movie producers and actors taking the same vow and the list goes on.....I could care less if she knew what she was doing or not, its stealing, no matter how you look at it. I know im gonna hear about how you made a copy of The Scorpions "Love at First Sting" for a friend back in 1982 but did you make two thousand copies of it and give them away in the street to everyone you saw? Whats the difference in what she or others were doing? Also, being a music fan, which im sure you are, you should support the artists and the evil industry that supports these artists with money to record albums and studios to record them in instead of stealing from them. Like ive said before and im sure ill say over and over again, a few songs isnt bad (with the approval of the artist) but its out of control. You know it, I know it, the record industry knows it and now they are doing something about it. So make all the excuses you want as to why its wrong what they are doing but it makes no difference, its stealing no matter how you cut it. Let me say one more thing before I end this, Ive been going to the same record store for almost 15 years now (Phils Records, im sure some in the Cincy/NKY area have heard of it). Well, Phil, whose a damn good guy as are the rest of the guys that work there, just had to combine his two stores in NKY into one big store which I imagine had something to do with falling sales. So, remember when you download, you are not only hurting the Evil RIAA but the guy who worked his ass off to start a business selling music. I notice the press doesnt bother making him look a victim...they are too busy talking about this girl who was basically stealing and how shes a victim. So, whos really the victim here? The person stealing or the person trying to make a living selling music?
