This is rediculous. How much effort does it really take to go down to the video store??? I mean, are you trying to not leave your house at any cost? What the hell, I like going to the video store, I think renting videos by mail order is the height of lazy american consumerism. What next? Buy grocheries, or pet food over the net.
OH wait.... never mind.
Looks like with all our ranting, critisizing and arguing, we managed to irritate some lawyers into trying to set us straight.
I think we should all give ourselves a pat on the back, because it is obvious that these guys were reading lots of slashdot before they wrote those articles.
Honestly, I didn't bother reading most of it... a self respecting geek doesn't have time to read loads of bullshit such as above. Honestly, I started to fall asleep after reading about the case numbers, etcetera, etcetera.
Oh come off it, theres nothing to figure out! Theres only one reason people download music:
It's free, and it's convenient.
The RIAA has ALWAYS produced crappy music, I mean think back, these people brought us such gems as the Jackson 5, Tiffany, and ABBA. I mean c'mon, bands such as these sold more albums than stuff most geeks will agree is high(er) quality, like Black Sabbath or Nirvanna. Tis' not the quality that matters, people like lousy, Britney Spears or Eminem didn't get where they are today because people DON'T like their music. Music quality is not the issue. The issue is the COST of music.... I'd imagine that P2P wouldn't have taken off at all if CDs were 2 or 3 bucks. I mean it's a question of cost vs. effort, allow me to explain:
It takes probably a good 1/2 and hour to get a reasonably popular album from kazaalite, might take a little less if your lucky. However 20 bucks is a lot of money, so that 1/2 an hour is worth the effort. If it were however 3 bucks, well it wouldn't be worth it to wait, especially if you get some added benefits with a CD, like a cover and liner notes or something. The only thing that the RIAA has to change is the price of CD's, easy simple solution. Of course thats something they'd never do. I mean, they ought to be able to continue selling CD's for 20 bucks? Right?
I haven't slept for 10 days, cause that would be too long
This includes Canada, Japan, and most of western Europe.
Depends what your calling socialist. Where do you draw the line between a capitalist country and a socialist country? I mean by comparison, these countries are more socialist than the US, but certainly aren't Cuba or North Korea, are they?
Some really good Sci Fi?
Try Asimov's The End of Eternity. Another pretty good one is Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Finally, although this is a bit more hard core and may not be a good introduction, try Frank Herbert's Dune.
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This is rediculous. How much effort does it really take to go down to the video store??? I mean, are you trying to not leave your house at any cost? What the hell, I like going to the video store, I think renting videos by mail order is the height of lazy american consumerism. What next? Buy grocheries, or pet food over the net. OH wait.... never mind.
I smell a troll.
Looks like with all our ranting, critisizing and arguing, we managed to irritate some lawyers into trying to set us straight.
I think we should all give ourselves a pat on the back, because it is obvious that these guys were reading lots of slashdot before they wrote those articles.
Honestly, I didn't bother reading most of it... a self respecting geek doesn't have time to read loads of bullshit such as above. Honestly, I started to fall asleep after reading about the case numbers, etcetera, etcetera.
Keep up the good work!
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That must make you feel very special.
Oh come off it, theres nothing to figure out! Theres only one reason people download music:
It's free, and it's convenient.
The RIAA has ALWAYS produced crappy music, I mean think back, these people brought us such gems as the Jackson 5, Tiffany, and ABBA. I mean c'mon, bands such as these sold more albums than stuff most geeks will agree is high(er) quality, like Black Sabbath or Nirvanna. Tis' not the quality that matters, people like lousy, Britney Spears or Eminem didn't get where they are today because people DON'T like their music. Music quality is not the issue. The issue is the COST of music.... I'd imagine that P2P wouldn't have taken off at all if CDs were 2 or 3 bucks. I mean it's a question of cost vs. effort, allow me to explain:
It takes probably a good 1/2 and hour to get a reasonably popular album from kazaalite, might take a little less if your lucky. However 20 bucks is a lot of money, so that 1/2 an hour is worth the effort. If it were however 3 bucks, well it wouldn't be worth it to wait, especially if you get some added benefits with a CD, like a cover and liner notes or something. The only thing that the RIAA has to change is the price of CD's, easy simple solution. Of course thats something they'd never do. I mean, they ought to be able to continue selling CD's for 20 bucks? Right?
I haven't slept for 10 days, cause that would be too long
I was fascinated with brests... more than computers. But then the computer was always there whereas the brests never were. WAAAAAAH!
This includes Canada, Japan, and most of western Europe. Depends what your calling socialist. Where do you draw the line between a capitalist country and a socialist country? I mean by comparison, these countries are more socialist than the US, but certainly aren't Cuba or North Korea, are they?
Some really good Sci Fi? Try Asimov's The End of Eternity. Another pretty good one is Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Finally, although this is a bit more hard core and may not be a good introduction, try Frank Herbert's Dune.