I saw the movie last night and I enjoyed it very much. I cannot see why Americans would vote for Bush especially after seeing this flick. What I disagree with is Michael Moore's decision to tell Canadians who to vote for in the upcoming election on Monday. It's none of his business and nor is it Ralph Nader's. I'd feel the same if Arnold Schwarzenegger came out and said "Don't vote for those corrupt Liberls in Canada". The Canadian government system is much different than the American system and a dictatorship is much less probable. Besides, the Conservative Party in Canada seems a whole lot more left wing than George Bush and dare I say John Kerry. American's shouldn't get involved in Candian politics just like Canadians shouldn't get involved in theirs. Let us decide who can run our own country.
I can hardly call Napster a promoter for music as it is nearly impossible to find new music when you don't know who or what song you're looking for. They really need a better system, not just a cheapo IRCish program implemented with one idea in mind: MONEY MAKER.
I find this Napster issue very interesting but I might not have the same views as most of you. I apologize if I don't have all the facts straight as I have a limited knowledge on the subject.
My question to you slashdotters is: How different from software piracy is MP3 trading? Would you support Napster if it served as a "service" to share executables or software programs? Why not? Isn't it the same thing?
I see some people complaining they don't want to but a $15-$20 CD that only has two "good" songs on them. They wish to have the liberty to select what they want on the CD. Although I have to admit that sometimes that would be a good idea, I say it's the Artist's (or Rec Company's) choice to do what they want with it. Why? Because it's their "Product".
Would you consider getting a pirated copy of simply for the fact that you do not want to pay $50 for a game that only has 3 good levels? Just don't get the game if it sucks that bad. It is not a valid reason.
In fact, there is no excuse to pirating ANY type of media, it simply makes it easier for the person's subconscience to accept. In fact, they are stealing, no matter what they say.
Simply saying "I wouldn't even have bought the CD anyways, so they're not making any money no matter what I do, therefore it's OK." WHAT??? Man, that's a lame thing to say. If you're not planning on buying it, the artist doesn't want you to have it. That doesn't mean they're selfish assholes, it's just the way they decided to make a living. They can't go around bending the rules for anyone because their carreers depend on the revenue from their CDs.
Now for those saying that Napster is not doing anything illegal, I've got mixed feelings about that... They are not the people doing the illegal deed but they are helping it and profitting from it. That is what I think is not right. If they want to be totally legitamate, I think they should be responsable to make sure nothing illegal is being traded on their service. But that brings up other issues... Is what they do condidered "linking" as in what Yahoo! does? Should Yahoo! be responsable for it's content? Maybe... (IMO, it would get rid of the crap I find when searching the web). You could even compare Napster to a Post Office where it is the midpoint in the delivery of an item from one end to the other. So should the post office be responsable for any illegal products shipped through them? It's such a big debate that I cannot go into details. But my point of view stays that something should be done to prevent all the Napsters out there to profit from their semi-illegal service.
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I saw the movie last night and I enjoyed it very much. I cannot see why Americans would vote for Bush especially after seeing this flick. What I disagree with is Michael Moore's decision to tell Canadians who to vote for in the upcoming election on Monday. It's none of his business and nor is it Ralph Nader's. I'd feel the same if Arnold Schwarzenegger came out and said "Don't vote for those corrupt Liberls in Canada". The Canadian government system is much different than the American system and a dictatorship is much less probable. Besides, the Conservative Party in Canada seems a whole lot more left wing than George Bush and dare I say John Kerry. American's shouldn't get involved in Candian politics just like Canadians shouldn't get involved in theirs. Let us decide who can run our own country.
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I can hardly call Napster a promoter for music as it is nearly impossible to find new music when you don't know who or what song you're looking for. They really need a better system, not just a cheapo IRCish program implemented with one idea in mind: MONEY MAKER.
Yup, maybe a little rash since I myself am only 20 years old. I just think that if nothing is done about this, everybody will suffer in the long run.
I find this Napster issue very interesting but I might not have the same views as most of you. I apologize if I don't have all the facts straight as I have a limited knowledge on the subject.
My question to you slashdotters is:
How different from software piracy is MP3 trading? Would you support Napster if it served as a "service" to share executables or software programs? Why not? Isn't it the same thing?
I see some people complaining they don't want to but a $15-$20 CD that only has two "good" songs on them. They wish to have the liberty to select what they want on the CD. Although I have to admit that sometimes that would be a good idea, I say it's the Artist's (or Rec Company's) choice to do what they want with it. Why? Because it's their "Product".
Would you consider getting a pirated copy of simply for the fact that you do not want to pay $50 for a game that only has 3 good levels? Just don't get the game if it sucks that bad. It is not a valid reason.
In fact, there is no excuse to pirating ANY type of media, it simply makes it easier for the person's subconscience to accept. In fact, they are stealing, no matter what they say.
Simply saying "I wouldn't even have bought the CD anyways, so they're not making any money no matter what I do, therefore it's OK." WHAT??? Man, that's a lame thing to say. If you're not planning on buying it, the artist doesn't want you to have it. That doesn't mean they're selfish assholes, it's just the way they decided to make a living. They can't go around bending the rules for anyone because their carreers depend on the revenue from their CDs.
Now for those saying that Napster is not doing anything illegal, I've got mixed feelings about that... They are not the people doing the illegal deed but they are helping it and profitting from it. That is what I think is not right. If they want to be totally legitamate, I think they should be responsable to make sure nothing illegal is being traded on their service. But that brings up other issues... Is what they do condidered "linking" as in what Yahoo! does? Should Yahoo! be responsable for it's content? Maybe... (IMO, it would get rid of the crap I find when searching the web). You could even compare Napster to a Post Office where it is the midpoint in the delivery of an item from one end to the other. So should the post office be responsable for any illegal products shipped through them? It's such a big debate that I cannot go into details. But my point of view stays that something should be done to prevent all the Napsters out there to profit from their semi-illegal service.
(Boy, I'll get flamed for this...)