I think we would be much better off if we just had tons of FBI agents running around, tapping our phones, breaking into our houses and shooting our computers with tommy guns and BARs, spilling the sweet sweet juices of 1's and 0's from our laptops, and desktops, and to a lesser extent, our macs;) all over the bloody floors of our bedrooms. And they should definately reopen Alcatraz for downloaders only. Cause what would be a better deterent than The Rock. Hell we could even get Sean Connery to beat us on a daily bassis for stealing his movies.
Anywhoo this is all just a load of bullshit that needs no further explanation as to why its retarded.
But may I atleast suggest that perhaps we should be more concernd with the real issues, such as massive corperations constantly screwing over the little people, or the constant cutbacks to our education so that only the rich can get a decent education. Maybe we'd care more about the law if we could READ! Or knew that we'd be able to support our families in the future and not have our lives ruined by some billionare who decided that they deserve the money more than the people who really do the work.
ah fuck it, its all retarded, im moving to Mars... oh wait, thats right, they keep cutting NASA's funding, and then wonder why the shuttle blows up.
and just like any business, if the musicians dont adapt to this new technology and take advantage of the huge gains they could make with this technology, then theyll fail too. Just because theyre musicians doesnt mean that they can squash a new technology because they dont want to adapt. The technology is here, and they just need to accept that, and use it to their advantage. I sure as hell plan to.
Things will change, new technology is making that inevitable, but musicians put A LOT of hard work into their music so you can enjoy that.
Granted they put a lot of work into their music, but thats what it is when you become a professional musician, its now your "work". I know a lot of people who put a lot of work into their jobs and dont get paid nearly as much as some musicians. But then again, most musicians dont make much money from their CD sales, and these are the musicians that need the sales because they need the publicity to sell concert tickets since the record companies only pay millions in advertising for a very few artists.
Anywhoo, just dont use the fact that they "work hard" as an excuse for them to make tons of money. There are plenty of factory workers out there with blisters on their hands who probably think they work just as hard or harder for much less.
And if musicians cant adapt to the new technology and shed the years of traditional ass raping by the record companies, then thats their own fault and theyll fail just like any other business will fail if it doesnt keep up with the times.
OH HELL YEAH!! I DONT THINK I COULD HAVE PUT IT MORE ELOGENTLY!!
What with American Idol and Kelly Osbourne killing whats left of any hope for good music comming from the main stream, I have started looking for new music on the internet. I run a search on kazaa for punk, or trance, or electronica and just start dowloading songs from artists ive never heard of. The internet also gives me a chance to check out music from bands i have heard of, but never hear from on the radio, such as NOFX, AFI, and The Dropkick Murpheys. I have never heard my local crappy "alternative" station play any of these bands, and we dont have any sort of punk station, and none of my friends are into punk, so where else am i gonna find this stuff on my own?
And why are the music comapies so mad with file sharing anyway? Hell, they spend millions of dollars a year to force us to listen to their crap music on the radio. By downloading it we can listen to it and it dont cost them a cent. Persoanally i find it insulting that when i buy a new cd, im actually giving the record comapies more money so they can push Brittney Spears and N*SUCK onto the air waves which leaves less room for music i would actually listen to.
Screw them, im not gonna give them even more power to ruin music as i know it!
Well thank God were going to war!! One day I hope to work for Lockheed Martin (largest arms manufacturer in the world) and without war, how would any of those people make any money?
"I would wager most households do not transfer files daily (other than say, emails and web pages, and those certainly don't generally infringe on copyright so are irrelevant to your comments). Do you have any facts to back up your assertion?"
I have to aggree with this, most households probably dont trade music and movies. I know my parents sure dont, then again, they just learned how to use email 2 months ago AND theyre millionares AND the last CD my dad bought was a classical music compilation. So maybe we should specify this more towards those who cant afford music at its outragous price, those who actually would buy lots of music if they had plenty of money, and those who have the technilogical ability to do so.
But i would wager that most people who enjoy music, cant afford it, and have access to high speed internet probably do download like mad, or atleast to an extent.
And who do you think most of these people are? Well lets see... I would assume many of them are college students. So maybe instead of throwing our future in jail, we should stop cutting state funding which drives the cost of tuition up. Instead of a stupid economic stimulus package thats going to help the rich stock holders, we should be giving money back to the school system. Maybe if college students didnt have to spend another $500 or more per semester then theyd have all the more money to put back into the economy/buying records. But college students have access to high speed internet which gives them access to free music. So of course theyre gonna download it.
Maybe people should quit bitching about people downlaoding music and try looking at the real problems with our country.
Oh, and how about the price setting that record companies have been charged with? How legal is that? And theyve been doing that for decades... Well I guess theyre just mad that were finally able to fight back against their unjust monopolies.
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I think we would be much better off if we just had tons of FBI agents running around, tapping our phones, breaking into our houses and shooting our computers with tommy guns and BARs, spilling the sweet sweet juices of 1's and 0's from our laptops, and desktops, and to a lesser extent, our macs ;) all over the bloody floors of our bedrooms. And they should definately reopen Alcatraz for downloaders only. Cause what would be a better deterent than The Rock. Hell we could even get Sean Connery to beat us on a daily bassis for stealing his movies.
Anywhoo this is all just a load of bullshit that needs no further explanation as to why its retarded.
But may I atleast suggest that perhaps we should be more concernd with the real issues, such as massive corperations constantly screwing over the little people, or the constant cutbacks to our education so that only the rich can get a decent education. Maybe we'd care more about the law if we could READ! Or knew that we'd be able to support our families in the future and not have our lives ruined by some billionare who decided that they deserve the money more than the people who really do the work.
ah fuck it, its all retarded, im moving to Mars... oh wait, thats right, they keep cutting NASA's funding, and then wonder why the shuttle blows up.
and just like any business, if the musicians dont adapt to this new technology and take advantage of the huge gains they could make with this technology, then theyll fail too. Just because theyre musicians doesnt mean that they can squash a new technology because they dont want to adapt. The technology is here, and they just need to accept that, and use it to their advantage. I sure as hell plan to.
Things will change, new technology is making that inevitable, but musicians put A LOT of hard work into their music so you can enjoy that.
Granted they put a lot of work into their music, but thats what it is when you become a professional musician, its now your "work". I know a lot of people who put a lot of work into their jobs and dont get paid nearly as much as some musicians. But then again, most musicians dont make much money from their CD sales, and these are the musicians that need the sales because they need the publicity to sell concert tickets since the record companies only pay millions in advertising for a very few artists.
Anywhoo, just dont use the fact that they "work hard" as an excuse for them to make tons of money. There are plenty of factory workers out there with blisters on their hands who probably think they work just as hard or harder for much less.
And if musicians cant adapt to the new technology and shed the years of traditional ass raping by the record companies, then thats their own fault and theyll fail just like any other business will fail if it doesnt keep up with the times.
OH HELL YEAH!! I DONT THINK I COULD HAVE PUT IT MORE ELOGENTLY!!
What with American Idol and Kelly Osbourne killing whats left of any hope for good music comming from the main stream, I have started looking for new music on the internet. I run a search on kazaa for punk, or trance, or electronica and just start dowloading songs from artists ive never heard of. The internet also gives me a chance to check out music from bands i have heard of, but never hear from on the radio, such as NOFX, AFI, and The Dropkick Murpheys. I have never heard my local crappy "alternative" station play any of these bands, and we dont have any sort of punk station, and none of my friends are into punk, so where else am i gonna find this stuff on my own?
And why are the music comapies so mad with file sharing anyway? Hell, they spend millions of dollars a year to force us to listen to their crap music on the radio. By downloading it we can listen to it and it dont cost them a cent. Persoanally i find it insulting that when i buy a new cd, im actually giving the record comapies more money so they can push Brittney Spears and N*SUCK onto the air waves which leaves less room for music i would actually listen to.
Screw them, im not gonna give them even more power to ruin music as i know it!
Well thank God were going to war!! One day I hope to work for Lockheed Martin (largest arms manufacturer in the world) and without war, how would any of those people make any money?
"I would wager most households do not transfer files daily (other than say, emails and web pages, and those certainly don't generally infringe on copyright so are irrelevant to your comments). Do you have any facts to back up your assertion?" I have to aggree with this, most households probably dont trade music and movies. I know my parents sure dont, then again, they just learned how to use email 2 months ago AND theyre millionares AND the last CD my dad bought was a classical music compilation. So maybe we should specify this more towards those who cant afford music at its outragous price, those who actually would buy lots of music if they had plenty of money, and those who have the technilogical ability to do so. But i would wager that most people who enjoy music, cant afford it, and have access to high speed internet probably do download like mad, or atleast to an extent. And who do you think most of these people are? Well lets see... I would assume many of them are college students. So maybe instead of throwing our future in jail, we should stop cutting state funding which drives the cost of tuition up. Instead of a stupid economic stimulus package thats going to help the rich stock holders, we should be giving money back to the school system. Maybe if college students didnt have to spend another $500 or more per semester then theyd have all the more money to put back into the economy/buying records. But college students have access to high speed internet which gives them access to free music. So of course theyre gonna download it. Maybe people should quit bitching about people downlaoding music and try looking at the real problems with our country. Oh, and how about the price setting that record companies have been charged with? How legal is that? And theyve been doing that for decades... Well I guess theyre just mad that were finally able to fight back against their unjust monopolies.