Be quiet! I'm trying to listen to the song and everyone keeps talking!
Actually, I think that whatever comes of this it'll be interesting...
If the RIAA and Apple do nothing then they'll effectively be saying that they'll do nothing when you strip the DRM from a copyrighted file that they sell and you begin distributing it.
If they do pursue it then they'll look like asses suing a guy for distributing a copy of silence and make themselves look worse in the eyes of the general public.
Either way it's a lose-lose situation for the RIAA and Apple IMHO. I kinda like that!
**I do not download music or movies... but this whole thing frustrates me to no end**
The **AA goes after all these college students and kids... what's something they usually have in common? A lack of funds.
How about if the going rate for a movie ticket wasn't $8.00 (in my area). I remember when you could see an evening movie for $3.00 and that wasn't too terribly long ago. You could take a freaking date to the movies and get a soda for $8.00 Now, it's $20.00
Lower prices to a reasonable level and maybe people won't resort to downloading to see that movie they've been waiting for. There is absolutely no reason for consumers to have to endure such prices.
The theatre that I frequent raised their prices to $8.00 last year from $7.50. Why? There was no noticable change to the theatre or the films in general to justify the price increase. Now they're talking of raising them yet again to $8.50.
Oh, wait... forgot that we have to pay those "modest" $20 million dollar salaries to every actor in Hollywood. Not to mention the millions to the producers and directors and everyone else who's name appears in the credits that isn't hurriedly rushed by in a scroll.
The same goes for CDs. Lower the prices and put out better MUSIC, not manufactured Barbie and Ken Dolls.
Hollywood had a record breaking year in 2004. So, piracy is leading to the demise of Hollywood? Sorry, but you'll get no sympathy from me when you're still making BILLIONS of dollars while some kid in a dorm room makes $5/hr if he even has a job and would just like some entertainment from time to time.
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Be quiet! I'm trying to listen to the song and everyone keeps talking!
Actually, I think that whatever comes of this it'll be interesting...
If the RIAA and Apple do nothing then they'll effectively be saying that they'll do nothing when you strip the DRM from a copyrighted file that they sell and you begin distributing it.
If they do pursue it then they'll look like asses suing a guy for distributing a copy of silence and make themselves look worse in the eyes of the general public.
Either way it's a lose-lose situation for the RIAA and Apple IMHO. I kinda like that!
**I do not download music or movies... but this whole thing frustrates me to no end** The **AA goes after all these college students and kids... what's something they usually have in common? A lack of funds. How about if the going rate for a movie ticket wasn't $8.00 (in my area). I remember when you could see an evening movie for $3.00 and that wasn't too terribly long ago. You could take a freaking date to the movies and get a soda for $8.00 Now, it's $20.00 Lower prices to a reasonable level and maybe people won't resort to downloading to see that movie they've been waiting for. There is absolutely no reason for consumers to have to endure such prices. The theatre that I frequent raised their prices to $8.00 last year from $7.50. Why? There was no noticable change to the theatre or the films in general to justify the price increase. Now they're talking of raising them yet again to $8.50. Oh, wait... forgot that we have to pay those "modest" $20 million dollar salaries to every actor in Hollywood. Not to mention the millions to the producers and directors and everyone else who's name appears in the credits that isn't hurriedly rushed by in a scroll. The same goes for CDs. Lower the prices and put out better MUSIC, not manufactured Barbie and Ken Dolls. Hollywood had a record breaking year in 2004. So, piracy is leading to the demise of Hollywood? Sorry, but you'll get no sympathy from me when you're still making BILLIONS of dollars while some kid in a dorm room makes $5/hr if he even has a job and would just like some entertainment from time to time.