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"The focus on the used-CD market comes at a time when new-CD sales continue to stagnate in the United States. Total sales last year were about $13 billion, unchanged from 2000."
You know that's a really interesting piece of information considering that Napster was released to the public in 1999.So cd sales have not been effected at all by music "piracy",the music industry says so, and the sales figures prove it.By the way cd sales in 1999 were 12.8 billion, and in 1998 cd sales were 11.4 billion.
Market data information on years 98 and 99 were obtained from:
The DMCA will certianly kill Internet Radio stations that play copyrighted music.
But...what about Internet Radio stations that play copyfree or copy left music ?
If I am forbidden to share copyrighted material on the internet in anyway shape or form, then I'll gladly oblige, the DMCA and it's creators, I'll indulge my sences and satisfy my needs with copyfree or copyleft material.
I'll read material posted freely on the internet .
I shall listen to music created by artists that have not signed deals with the powermad Music industry.
I'll watch films and video produced by copyfree artists on the internet.
And I won't spend a dime on copyrighted materials ever again.
And one day neither will you.
Because one day there won't be ANY copyrighted material available on the internet, AND WE WON'T MISS IT A BIT!
We probably don't need another one of these but...
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And as long as that is true Mozilla has a shot at becoming the most dominant browser in use.
You know that's a really interesting piece of information considering that Napster was released to the public in 1999.So cd sales have not been effected at all by music "piracy" ,the music industry says so, and the sales figures prove it.By the way cd sales in 1999 were 12.8 billion, and in 1998 cd sales were 11.4 billion.
Market data information on years 98 and 99 were obtained from:
http://www.riaa.org/MD-US-3a.cfm
I think most readers of slashdot at this time of the day are still having breakfast, I am.
Damn, I had my application all filled out and everything...
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I wonder if AmVidia is still hiring...
lol!
But...what about Internet Radio stations that play copyfree or copy left music ?
If I am forbidden to share copyrighted material on the internet in anyway shape or form, then I'll gladly oblige, the DMCA and it's creators, I'll indulge my sences and satisfy my needs with copyfree or copyleft material.
I'll read material posted freely on the internet .
I shall listen to music created by artists that have not signed deals with the powermad Music industry.
I'll watch films and video produced by copyfree artists on the internet.
And I won't spend a dime on copyrighted materials ever again.
And one day neither will you.
Because one day there won't be ANY copyrighted material available on the internet, AND WE WON'T MISS IT A BIT!
What the hell were they thinking?!?!?!
who the hell needs stories about spam? I've got enough of it here.
Would nude studies in classical art be filtered out?
My car is now obsolete...
My existing collection of Blade Runner is now obsolete...
My copy of Photoshop is now obsolete...
Sun is obsolete...
My jacket is obsolete...
My understanding of copyright laws are obsolete...
And my abandonware games are obsolete...but they were to begin with...
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Four? Really? Jesus. They really blew that one.
Allow me to put John's remarks into a little greater perspective...
John isn't just a Mac user, he's an Applemaster.