Personally, I use P2P as a way of trying out something before I buy it. I download a song, and listen to it. If I get the sense that I might like the rest of the CD, I might download some more. I might buy the CD.
I usually try to stay away from DRM simply because once I pay for it, it's mine. I cannot sell my DRM'ed AAC files once I pay for them. Plus, if I get a hard drive crash (like I did over a week ago) then it's all gone.
Here's a perfect example: I like Rage Against The Machine. I hear of Audioslave. I get a copy burned from a friend, but want to access the online content. So I buy the CD myself. I'm curious about Soundgarden (never heard them before), but don't want to invest in a CD that might be all crap. So I get "Superunknown" burned from a friend, and like it. I have since bought several more Soundgarden CD's, as well as Temple Of the Dog. I am also a bit interested in Pearl Jam.
The RIAA needs to realize that since I had this freedom, they made a lot of extra money from me that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
As far as software is concerned, I don't believe something like Office should cost so much. So many people use MS Office that it gets ridiculous if you want to be able to make a slide show and type up a paper. And don't get me started on Adobe's prices.
I go legal when I can, and when it counts. I paid for Synergy and DragThing because not only did I feel they were worth what the developers were asking, but I know that almost all of the money will go towards further deveopment of quality products.
Does anyone remember Antler Software? They developed the program that eventually became Stickies when Apple decided it could be useful.
In the Classic version, there's a famous easter egg that if you made a new sticky note and typed "Antler!" (without the quote) and pressed 'Enter', the logo for the software company would be printed in the sticky.
When I got a job at Blockbuster, I had to sign an agreement saying I would not work at another video store for a certain amount of time. IANAL, but I am told they can't really enforce that.
There's a lot of stuff that you agree to when you take a job, and I don't think people take much of it seriously. When was the last time you read a license agreement before you installed a piece of software?
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The soda machine at my college sells Pepsi bottles for exactly $1 each. That makes it worth it to me.
They could do what Apple does. Give users an option to "ignore" certain updates.
It's only a matter of time before MS copies it anyway, I guess.
Personally, I use P2P as a way of trying out something before I buy it. I download a song, and listen to it. If I get the sense that I might like the rest of the CD, I might download some more. I might buy the CD.
I usually try to stay away from DRM simply because once I pay for it, it's mine. I cannot sell my DRM'ed AAC files once I pay for them. Plus, if I get a hard drive crash (like I did over a week ago) then it's all gone.
Here's a perfect example: I like Rage Against The Machine. I hear of Audioslave. I get a copy burned from a friend, but want to access the online content. So I buy the CD myself. I'm curious about Soundgarden (never heard them before), but don't want to invest in a CD that might be all crap. So I get "Superunknown" burned from a friend, and like it. I have since bought several more Soundgarden CD's, as well as Temple Of the Dog. I am also a bit interested in Pearl Jam.
The RIAA needs to realize that since I had this freedom, they made a lot of extra money from me that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
As far as software is concerned, I don't believe something like Office should cost so much. So many people use MS Office that it gets ridiculous if you want to be able to make a slide show and type up a paper. And don't get me started on Adobe's prices.
I go legal when I can, and when it counts. I paid for Synergy and DragThing because not only did I feel they were worth what the developers were asking, but I know that almost all of the money will go towards further deveopment of quality products.
Does anyone remember Antler Software? They developed the program that eventually became Stickies when Apple decided it could be useful.
In the Classic version, there's a famous easter egg that if you made a new sticky note and typed "Antler!" (without the quote) and pressed 'Enter', the logo for the software company would be printed in the sticky.
When I got a job at Blockbuster, I had to sign an agreement saying I would not work at another video store for a certain amount of time. IANAL, but I am told they can't really enforce that.
There's a lot of stuff that you agree to when you take a job, and I don't think people take much of it seriously. When was the last time you read a license agreement before you installed a piece of software?