The Effect of Pirated CDs

Moderation abuser writes "The real reasons music isn't selling as much as it used to, and not a lot to do with file sharing." I'm not sure that I agree that piracy is the reason for all of the music industry woes - I think creativity also has something to do with it, but those are still some huge numbers for pirated CDs.

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The 'Real' reason...

[jkrise]

God did not implement a business model while building the human ear. He should have spoken to Bill Gates or Hillary Rosen or Hatch and implemented DRM in the cochlea or tympannum or whatever.

Too bad, evolution takes millions of (y)ears.

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Re:The 'Real' reason...

[guybarr]

God did not implement a business model while building the human ear. He should have spoken to Bill Gates or Hillary Rosen or Hatch and implemented DRM in the cochlea or tympannum or whatever.

But there are quite efficient filtering hard/software already installed:


: are you at the computer again ? I told you to wash the dishes yesterday ...

: hmm. Did you say something, dear ?

huh

[geeber]

"The real reasons music isn't selling as much as it used to, and not a lot to do with file sharing."

Wouldn't the world be a wonderful place if we could all visualize complete sentences?

Sigh

Re:huh

[IFF123]

Are you crazy? A world without ubfuscated code comments? It's a dark, dark place indeed...

Pulling numbers out of backside..

[PopeAlien]

..Here are some other huge numbers:

1 million
237 Billion
A Hundred Kajillion!

Wow! those sure are some big numbers I just made up. And I bet I know where those losses come from - Radio. Think about it, where else can you get *TONS* of music for free? And after hearing how damn crappy most of it is, who's going to buy the cd?

Re:perhaps its also a quality thing

[some_schmuck]

George Plimpton's Parliament? That man doesn't have a funky bone in his body. I think you mean George Clinton ...

Organized Crime...

[ejaw5]

Hemos: (holds gun to RIAA exec)
CmdrTaco: (shoves release-contract for CowboyNeal in front of RIAA exec)
Either your brains or your signature, will be on this contract...

Re:The problem is twofold

[stevedc2000]

Turn on MTV and watch for about an hour. Keep track with a pencil and paper, count how many of these pop artists actually play an instrument. Then count how many of those actually write their own music. It's disgraceful to call these people "professional". They in no way act professional. They neither write music, play music nor perform it. They have dance instructors for the performances and lipsync the albums.

Hah! since when did you last see anything about MUSIC on MTV? Between "Surf Girls" and "Real World" and all that other shit they broadcast, they ought to change their name...

MTV is a mechanism to rot the brains of those who watch it... thus turning them into morons who buy CD's...

:)

The Lyrics Made Me Do It

[tjstork]

I was listening to a song that told me to blow stuff up and fight the powers, and so, I quit buying music.

Sorry.

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[Anonymous Coward]

What has changed is quality. 10 years ago, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology wasn't good enough to make boob toting hacks like Britany Spears sound good.

Yeah --- look back to the '60s. With quality acts like Little Donny Osmond and Cliff Richard regularly topping the charts, who can deny it was a far better era than our own!

DMCA & Patriot Act save America from (c) Terro

[tenzig_112]

According to record industry officials, sharing isn't just bad, it's terrorism.

Up until the August break, the RIAA and MPAA were lobbying Congress to bridge the DMCA and Patriot Act, giving the government to send song-swappers to Guantanamo Bay for indefinite periods of time without the aid of legal representation.

Attorney General John Ashcroft was reportedly shocked to learn of "illicit book-sharing parlors" located in nearly every city and town in the United States, many of them government sponsored. He has vowed to use the DMCA to shut them down.

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[Fishstick]

Men in Black

"see this? this is going to replace compact-disc soon. looks like I'll have to buy the white album again."

oh my goodness

[WinDoze]

Did they really call some proposed format "DVDA"?

For those non-pr0n fans out there (any on /.?), "DVDA" is an acronym for, well, let's say a woman who just can't get enough.

Re:oh my goodness

[Anonymous Coward]

DVD-A: So maybe it'll make a comeback as a soundtrack format for porn...

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[poot_rootbeer]

10 years ago, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology wasn't good enough to make boob toting hacks like Britany Spears sound good.

Yeah, pop music was full of REAL TALENTS back in those days, like Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson!

I realize that they were closer to 15 years ago, but since you're still hung up on Britany (sic) and the Backstreet Boys as the Icons of pop music, I figure you're stuck about 5 years ago yourself.

Funnily enough

[Rogerborg]

What with the threat of being sued by the RIAA for sharing music, I was considering just switching to buying pirated CDs at my local market. I'm sure buying pirated CDs probably helps support evil mobsters, but... wait, sorry, "pirated" was redundant in that last sentence.

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[Rogerborg]

Hey, fuck you, buddy. I used to listen to NSYNC when they were underground.

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[argStyopa]

10 years ago, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology wasn't good enough to make boob toting hacks like Britany Spears sound good

Haven't listened to much Britney, have you?
DSP still ain't there.

Re:I'm from the Show-Me State, prove it.

[tedrlord]

Yeah, I hear you. Flock of Seagulls rocks! And whatever happened to U2 anyway? I guess they just faded back to obscurity with all the other one-hit wonders.

Huge Question

[SpikeSpiff]

One of the all-time important issues: Britney's Breasts