James Murphy
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Just a question to the people who do pay for original software:
Do you always send money (ie. a donation) to the author of freeware/shareware when/if you use it?
Just curious...
Also - Waves has academic discounts. Seems like they've gotten a lot more reasonable with prices as of late.
Oh, btw, who of you refuses to watch a downloaded movie?
I just found this website while googling around for some software I'm planning to buy soon:
http://www.vst-software.com/vstsoft/
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the price tags, so I had to read their F.A.Q page and it quickly became apparent... these mother fuckers are selling pirated crap and they are NOT discrete about it. Anyone with a brain can understand that some Native Instruments plug in doesn't cost 19.99$.
I'd like to bust the hell out of that site, but don't know where to turn
something will have to be done ultimately to curb rampant internet theft of copyrighted materials.....
I just found this website while googling around for some software I'm planning to buy soon:
http://www.vst-software.com/vstsoft/
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the price tags, so I had to read their F.A.Q page and it quickly became apparent... these mother fuckers are selling pirated crap and they are NOT discrete about it. Anyone with a brain can understand that some Native Instruments plug in doesn't cost 19.99$.
I'd like to bust the hell out of that site, but don't know where to turn
You have a lot to learn about how the music business actually works.im not against music industry or whatever...
if any band i´ve downloaded a cd of (theres so many great bands i cannot have discovered without internet) come to my city to make a concert believe me I´D BE the first one buying a ticket
and i truly believe that the band will earn more money with my ticket
than if i buy their cd.
i think the future is on the internet sales(itunes and things like that)
i mean i saw sometimes that the actual CD and the Itunes mp3´s version COST the same amount of money...when the music company are not paying for the "MAKING" of that physical cd or the transport or the distribution and so many things
i mean they HAVE to earn more money with a CD sold on itunes than with a cd sold on a record store...so why isnt the Itunes cd cheaper?
We are at a juncture of time where art of all types is accessible on a level never before conceived of and yet somehow in this there has grown a cancerous notion that this art is valueless.
...but let me tell you that I think this again is an issue of values.
and Egan NAILS it. very well put man.You have a lot to learn about how the music business actually works.
For starters, of the bands who's music you have obtained for free, how many concert tickets have you bought? I doubt very many.
Secondly and more to the point, whether they make more or less $ off of ticket sales depends on the band however the ticket sales do nothing to enable them to make another album if they are on a record label. Record labels work on a balance of recoupable advances and album sales. If you want a band to make another Album they have to produce sales.
Regarding iTunes. No. Record labels and bands do not make more money off of itunes than CD sales. iTunes pays around $7 to labels for every record sold which is in the same range as wholesale cd prices factoring in manufacturering.
However as you stated earlier, no one will get your money unless they tour the Canary Islands.
Honestly I have less of a problem with theft and more of a problem with all of the self-diluted justifications for why what you are doing isn't actually what you are doing. The law says that creators or owners have the right to control the distribution of intellectual property and receive compensation.
Do what you want, but own your actions. Don't pretend it's something else. Don't think it's owed to you.
There are hundreds of thousands of great free songs, programs, videos, articles, photos, etc. etc. all over the web ripe for the taking. It's not like anyone with a computer is forced into some sort of artistic depravation chamber if they can't steal or take out their wallet. We are at a juncture of time where art of all types is accessible on a level never before conceived of and yet somehow in this there has grown a cancerous notion that this art is valueless.
However as you stated earlier, no one will get your money unless they tour the Canary Islands.
How can this happen without legal action from the company's?
I thought Ebay and Craigslist was way to far, this takes the cake!!