The common Idea is that, you can't fucking stop the internet pirating. I don't know, I just don't know. I know a friend who read a sci fi novel that dealt with intelectual property theft as punishable offense by death. I know that is Sci Fi but sometimes authors can pick up on things that could be possible futures. I see this effort as a last ditch effort on the recording industry because, lets face it, no one buys their music when they burn it. I'm not saying every one here pirates their music because, heavy metal, although on the rise (woohooo), is primarily underground. That being said, every band deserves the money for their album. I buy all my music because I'm a devout believer that if you like the band, you'll support them. And I don't care what statistics say because they can be bent, records sales haven't boosted because of "file sharing." The thing is, why will mary lou buy the new britney spears album, when she can go to granpa's house and make comp cd with all her favorite singles on one cd-r that probably cost .75-1 dollar?
I think that cd prices should be drastically lowered. I mean 12 bucks isn't to much for a cd, but thats what I get them off the net for. Not every one shops the internet. If your really think how much a CD cost, especially if its mass produced, It's gotta cost somewhere in the fraction of a dollar, and the fact that people should pay over 15 dollars for it is fucking ubsurd. I do think that the industry is bunch of money grubbing assholes, but you can't kill the cancer without making the patient sick. Artists are gonna get fucked and thats the sad part because they shouldn't.
Personally, I think piracy is fucking out of hand. Something should be done about it. I mean you can find every movie and album on the net before it even is released. It's fucking badnews for the artists that make the music. If their isn't any one buying records, their is no one making records.
