you are missing my point. What I meant is that the copy protection is a waste because it's always broken. They should spend that money on finding better artists.
by the way, I don't listen to the radio. The radio hasn't been worthwhile since the 80s.
There are several arguments to prove you wrong.
First off, if you look at a major label's lineup, you will see a long list of bands/artists that you have never heard of. This is because the big labels blow millions on tons of bands with the hope that maybe 1 or 2 will make it big (and don't think they aren't spending millions on the failures, cause they are). That, my friend, is wasting money. If they just used half that money on a little extra research, then maybe they'd start putting out better albums.
Second is people will steal junk if it's in their face and easy to take and easy to throw away if they don't want it later.
People are losing respect for the music industry very quickly. If they don't come up with more reasons for us to buy their products, then we won't.
If they used the millions that they spend to research this "copy protection" on finding good artists and not the same junk they've been putting out for the last 10 years, then maybe they could start trusting the consumer to purchase their products.
Remember, movie piracy doesn't just hurt actors, but also camera operators, key grips, makeup artists, and costumers.
In the long run...okay maybe if they start making less movies but most of these people are paid their sum up front and don't earn any royalties off of the movie so piracy is not directly affecting them. Perhaps this is why they are quick to give a pre-released pirated copy away....and I really doubt less movies are going to be made. hollywood doesn't seem to be suffering.
What is going to happen to all this money that the RIAA is trying to get from the file sharers? Are the artists going to see any of it or will it all get lost in the corporate nightmare that the music industry is?
I saw somewhere in one of these places that it said the student is guilty of "downloading songs." If I'm not mistaken, isn't it legal to download a copy of a song off a cd that you have previously purchased??
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you are missing my point. What I meant is that the copy protection is a waste because it's always broken. They should spend that money on finding better artists. by the way, I don't listen to the radio. The radio hasn't been worthwhile since the 80s.
There are several arguments to prove you wrong. First off, if you look at a major label's lineup, you will see a long list of bands/artists that you have never heard of. This is because the big labels blow millions on tons of bands with the hope that maybe 1 or 2 will make it big (and don't think they aren't spending millions on the failures, cause they are). That, my friend, is wasting money. If they just used half that money on a little extra research, then maybe they'd start putting out better albums. Second is people will steal junk if it's in their face and easy to take and easy to throw away if they don't want it later. People are losing respect for the music industry very quickly. If they don't come up with more reasons for us to buy their products, then we won't.
If they used the millions that they spend to research this "copy protection" on finding good artists and not the same junk they've been putting out for the last 10 years, then maybe they could start trusting the consumer to purchase their products.
now thats what i call "running a red light!"
Remember, movie piracy doesn't just hurt actors, but also camera operators, key grips, makeup artists, and costumers. In the long run...okay maybe if they start making less movies but most of these people are paid their sum up front and don't earn any royalties off of the movie so piracy is not directly affecting them. Perhaps this is why they are quick to give a pre-released pirated copy away. ...and I really doubt less movies are going to be made. hollywood doesn't seem to be suffering.
If it was up your ass you'd know where it was! ha
What is going to happen to all this money that the RIAA is trying to get from the file sharers? Are the artists going to see any of it or will it all get lost in the corporate nightmare that the music industry is?
I saw somewhere in one of these places that it said the student is guilty of "downloading songs." If I'm not mistaken, isn't it legal to download a copy of a song off a cd that you have previously purchased??