Although current proposals like this one are reiduclous and do nothing for anybody apart from record industry fatcats and pop music stars who already earn enough...
Whoa there buddy! Speaking of extremes, care for a little socialism with that Value Meal? I certainly am glad someone doesn't decide that what I earn is "enough."
Now, think capitalistically for a second, my little Marxist poppets.:)
I think that the music corporations know EXACTLY what they are doing. Their goal is to get money...every business' goal is, even if some take immoral measures to achieve that goal. Record companies didn't get to the top by being as ignorant as many of us tech monkeys believe they are. I'm sure they are just tickled pink with Napster, mp3's, and such. They KNOW that technology like Napster is actually increasing their business by both making people aware of new music, as well as making them more appreciative of music in general. Like myself, many people before mp3's wouldn't have even tried to listen to some types of music, since the only way to preview it is to buy the CD...which kinda defeats the purpose of previewing. People who are aware of what they like musically, using a program that makes it easier to take musical risks (i.e. music that is different than what they are used to), AND who are more appreciative of music in general are the ones that will then go out and buy the CD's.
However, record companies have done a good job of getting it into our heads that the opposite is really the case. We all think that they are losing money on CD's/DVD's, which perpetuates the record companies playing themselves off as the victim in this heinous crime.
So what does that have to do with France and CD-R taxes and the like? Well...my theory is that the record companies are just floating the idea of a tax in order to see what MORE they can get out of this sweet deal they have going on. They continue to put on a huge charade, and we haven't called them on it yet. We've been so emotional over the idea that we might lose our precious gigs of mp3's that that we haven't seen through the mirage in front of our very eyes. Shame on us.
This rant is officially over...for now.
Teechur007
Defending humanity against the evils of ignorance.
the coin could have landed either way and he could just as easily have been the guy getting ten years off his sentence for some really nasty experimentally-induced neurological disorder.
Um...yeah. That's what I want...a criminal turned into a headcase let out ten years early. Hide the children!
Slashdot Mirror
Whoa there buddy! Speaking of extremes, care for a little socialism with that Value Meal? I certainly am glad someone doesn't decide that what I earn is "enough."
Now, think capitalistically for a second, my little Marxist poppets. :)
I think that the music corporations know EXACTLY what they are doing. Their goal is to get money...every business' goal is, even if some take immoral measures to achieve that goal. Record companies didn't get to the top by being as ignorant as many of us tech monkeys believe they are. I'm sure they are just tickled pink with Napster, mp3's, and such. They KNOW that technology like Napster is actually increasing their business by both making people aware of new music, as well as making them more appreciative of music in general. Like myself, many people before mp3's wouldn't have even tried to listen to some types of music, since the only way to preview it is to buy the CD...which kinda defeats the purpose of previewing. People who are aware of what they like musically, using a program that makes it easier to take musical risks (i.e. music that is different than what they are used to), AND who are more appreciative of music in general are the ones that will then go out and buy the CD's.
However, record companies have done a good job of getting it into our heads that the opposite is really the case. We all think that they are losing money on CD's/DVD's, which perpetuates the record companies playing themselves off as the victim in this heinous crime.
So what does that have to do with France and CD-R taxes and the like? Well...my theory is that the record companies are just floating the idea of a tax in order to see what MORE they can get out of this sweet deal they have going on. They continue to put on a huge charade, and we haven't called them on it yet. We've been so emotional over the idea that we might lose our precious gigs of mp3's that that we haven't seen through the mirage in front of our very eyes. Shame on us.
This rant is officially over...for now.
Teechur007
Defending humanity against the evils of ignorance.
Um...yeah. That's what I want...a criminal turned into a headcase let out ten years early. Hide the children!