If they were worried about that why is the iTMS from Apple in business?
Legitimate question, except not everyone has hardware that they can use with Apple's service. Also, it's not like I say "Gee, I like one song, so I'm going to keep that one and erase the rest without paying for it." I actually delete the music that I don't like. If I were to do that with Apple's service, then I'd still be out the money for music I don't like. This, I believe, is where the grey area lies. Some people just don't pay. This is wrong. Some people use a legitimate service, but they're still stuck paying even if they just want to sample. Others, like myself, could care less if a song is low-quality on one of the other p2p networks, because we just want to hear the songs that we're considering purchacing. Even if I used Apple's service, I would probably still do it the same way; I simply don't want to be out the money if I don't like the product.
This is still something that has not been explained to me without it coming down to 'i like to steal music because it's easy and free' not 'i like to preview my music before I run out and buy the CD'
Actually, I *do* download before buying. This week alone, I've purchaced five CD's that I would otherwise not have, if I had no way to sample the entire CD first. I've paid $20 for a CD that I like 1 song from for the last time, than *THAT* is what the RIAA is worried about.
For anyone interested, the easy way to hurt SCO is to dial their sales rep at 800-726-8649 (number taken directly from article) and making BS inquiries. Bogus inquiries = wasted resources = lost revenue.
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If they were worried about that why is the iTMS from Apple in business?
Legitimate question, except not everyone has hardware that they can use with Apple's service. Also, it's not like I say "Gee, I like one song, so I'm going to keep that one and erase the rest without paying for it." I actually delete the music that I don't like. If I were to do that with Apple's service, then I'd still be out the money for music I don't like. This, I believe, is where the grey area lies. Some people just don't pay. This is wrong. Some people use a legitimate service, but they're still stuck paying even if they just want to sample. Others, like myself, could care less if a song is low-quality on one of the other p2p networks, because we just want to hear the songs that we're considering purchacing. Even if I used Apple's service, I would probably still do it the same way; I simply don't want to be out the money if I don't like the product.
This is still something that has not been explained to me without it coming down to 'i like to steal music because it's easy and free' not 'i like to preview my music before I run out and buy the CD'
Actually, I *do* download before buying. This week alone, I've purchaced five CD's that I would otherwise not have, if I had no way to sample the entire CD first. I've paid $20 for a CD that I like 1 song from for the last time, than *THAT* is what the RIAA is worried about.
For anyone interested, the easy way to hurt SCO is to dial their sales rep at 800-726-8649 (number taken directly from article) and making BS inquiries. Bogus inquiries = wasted resources = lost revenue.
I suspect that geocaching.com might do a better job of educating people as to what's appropriate for a cache (ie, balloons = bad for the most part).
Look around the geocaching.com website sometime, and you'll see that they do have a faq that mentions what shouldn't be left in a cache.
I should probably mod my own comment as redundant because it's already been said, but conrats to Taco & Kathleen :)