I cannot exactly remember THE first mp3 i downloaded, i do know it was in January 1998 in my dorm room at University of Ottawa, on my then brand new P133 laptop. It was either Eric Clapton - If I Could Change the World, or some other halfway hit at that time. Napster wasn't out yet (by a few months, i beleive) so i was stuck to finding websites that offerend links to ftp mp3 repositories.
But what i do romanitcize about those days is the fact that all my mp3 downloading went through my 33.6K modem, taking at least 15 minutes for a 4 minute 128kpbs song. But that didnt stop me from collecting a 100 songs in a month! This was done by staying up too late and skipping a lecture now and then:)
the wait made it worth it for me....back then we actually had to put in effort to find the song, and time to download it! Don't we all miss that??:)
...is the most insight and complacency i've seen from the recording industry in a long time. Remember, this article focuses on Sony Music's war on audio-terrorism, not BMG. One by one, the labels are beginning to face the facts, that this is a war of attrition which they can never win, and furthermore they are seeing their consumers as their enemies, which would only work against them. Universal took a "bold" move by drastically lowering the retail price of their CD's (although not enough), and now Sony and BMG are trying to do the same thing- approach their consumers, the music lover/broadband downloader with a skimpy olive branch. I see this as somewhat of a victory for us anti RIAA lobbyers, even though it doesnt appear so at first glance. I (as well as all true music lovers) was never against paying for my music, and i strongly beleive that every artist deserves fair compensation for their work. Music piracy is an issue NOT because we "internet hooligans" lack morals, but because there is still a huge imbalance between content and price, aka value.
The BMG spokesperson said what i was waiting for them to say for a long time..to recognize that to win this war, "attacking" us with newer more sophisticated forms of DRM and copy protection isn't going to work, because "All copy-protections can be hacked" and he knows it. The way to win the war is to win us over by providing the proper bang for a righteous buck. The way to win is to appease us, instead of anger us. (If only US foreign policy would work that way:))
We don't trust them, they don't trust us. Let's take this as a step in the right direction.
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I cannot exactly remember THE first mp3 i downloaded, i do know it was in January 1998 in my dorm room at University of Ottawa, on my then brand new P133 laptop. It was either Eric Clapton - If I Could Change the World, or some other halfway hit at that time. Napster wasn't out yet (by a few months, i beleive) so i was stuck to finding websites that offerend links to ftp mp3 repositories.
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But what i do romanitcize about those days is the fact that all my mp3 downloading went through my 33.6K modem, taking at least 15 minutes for a 4 minute 128kpbs song. But that didnt stop me from collecting a 100 songs in a month! This was done by staying up too late and skipping a lecture now and then
the wait made it worth it for me....back then we actually had to put in effort to find the song, and time to download it! Don't we all miss that??
...is the most insight and complacency i've seen from the recording industry in a long time. Remember, this article focuses on Sony Music's war on audio-terrorism, not BMG. One by one, the labels are beginning to face the facts, that this is a war of attrition which they can never win, and furthermore they are seeing their consumers as their enemies, which would only work against them. Universal took a "bold" move by drastically lowering the retail price of their CD's (although not enough), and now Sony and BMG are trying to do the same thing- approach their consumers, the music lover/broadband downloader with a skimpy olive branch. I see this as somewhat of a victory for us anti RIAA lobbyers, even though it doesnt appear so at first glance. I (as well as all true music lovers) was never against paying for my music, and i strongly beleive that every artist deserves fair compensation for their work. Music piracy is an issue NOT because we "internet hooligans" lack morals, but because there is still a huge imbalance between content and price, aka value.
:))
The BMG spokesperson said what i was waiting for them to say for a long time..to recognize that to win this war, "attacking" us with newer more sophisticated forms of DRM and copy protection isn't going to work, because "All copy-protections can be hacked" and he knows it. The way to win the war is to win us over by providing the proper bang for a righteous buck. The way to win is to appease us, instead of anger us. (If only US foreign policy would work that way
We don't trust them, they don't trust us. Let's take this as a step in the right direction.