What? do you really think that these megalomaniacs infesting the recording industry are going to sit back and then have an epiphany -- "whoa! I just realized that monopolizing an artists rights and screwing over my clients is wrong! Let me change my evil ways!"
Yeah, right.
This is what is really going on in their heads: " Power. I must have power! This Swedish pansy is taking my Power! Must crush him with lawyers and bribed government officials!" (note the "bribed" part)
Read that article by Courtney Love. She describes that what these loons are about is power, first and foremost. They don't care about you and your ideals. All they care about is taking more cash for themselves - even at the expense of their own company! If you want to read that article, go here where you'll find a link.
The only way to stop jackasses like that is to stop buying their damn music That means you go to alternative sources, you sacrifice a little so that you don't get over-regulated by these power-hungry freaks.
there are options.
there's magnatune.com for starters. Look, there is "someplace else" to buy or download stuff. It drives me crazy that mostly everyone here bitches and complains about the Evil Music Industry, but no one is willing to try out alternatives.
Guys there are alternatives. If we would all make use of them, then the artists would sign contracts with those alternates!
Besides, it's honest.
-ron
You are so right! And here I thought that Senator Fritz Hollings
http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0402/18.fritz. shtml
was a Democrat! Oooops, did I just puncture a hole in a left-wing bubble? Nah, don't sweat it kid. I'm sure your bs fantasy is maintainable.
Oh, btw, isn't Teresa Heinz Kerry worth over 1B $? Wouldn't that make her part of the "Corporate Establishment"?
tool.
-ron
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You're being short sighted dude.
What? do you really think that these megalomaniacs infesting the recording industry are going to sit back and then have an epiphany -- "whoa! I just realized that monopolizing an artists rights and screwing over my clients is wrong! Let me change my evil ways!"
Yeah, right.
This is what is really going on in their heads: " Power. I must have power! This Swedish pansy is taking my Power! Must crush him with lawyers and bribed government officials!" (note the "bribed" part)
Read that article by Courtney Love. She describes that what these loons are about is power, first and foremost. They don't care about you and your ideals. All they care about is taking more cash for themselves - even at the expense of their own company! If you want to read that article, go here where you'll find a link.
The only way to stop jackasses like that is to stop buying their damn music That means you go to alternative sources, you sacrifice a little so that you don't get over-regulated by these power-hungry freaks.
-ronthere are options. there's magnatune.com for starters. Look, there is "someplace else" to buy or download stuff. It drives me crazy that mostly everyone here bitches and complains about the Evil Music Industry, but no one is willing to try out alternatives. Guys there are alternatives. If we would all make use of them, then the artists would sign contracts with those alternates! Besides, it's honest. -ron
Totally agree. You hit the nail right on the head. -ron
This is the third or fourth post with someone bitching b/c someone else asked a question or raised a point. Get a life dude. -ron
I agree, one should fight fear with nukes, not fists! :)
-ron
You are so right! And here I thought that Senator Fritz Hollings http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0402/18.fritz. shtml
was a Democrat! Oooops, did I just puncture a hole in a left-wing bubble? Nah, don't sweat it kid. I'm sure your bs fantasy is maintainable.
Oh, btw, isn't Teresa Heinz Kerry worth over 1B $? Wouldn't that make her part of the "Corporate Establishment"?
tool.
-ron