thank you to the original poster, I enjoyed reading your well thought out opinions, and appreciate the time it must have taken to share them with us.
I read somewhere that the odds of getting caught downloading music were lower than the odds of dying in a plane crash. People will never stop flying.
Oct-30-2007 00:14
thoughtlessjex
Yakkity Yak
Registered: May 2004
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
hardly a groundbreaking work of journalism
i just wasted a lot of time reading that
anyways here's my 2 cents
major labels are crooked and fiendish
buy your music and use your money wisely.
part of the reason music is so shitty is because people don't have to worry about spending their paychecks on something they might only listen to once
Another part is labels that only care if an album will make money, and not on the quality of the music.
Face it, people will eat up shitty music no matter whether it's free or expensive, and thus it will continue to exist. Personally, I prefer it if it's free, because then the good music will likely be free too.
(Yes, I know I'm adopting the OP's way of tossing the word free around without regard to any monthly flat fees that would be necessary for this to be legal.)
I get a bit tired reading about the music piracy issue in a major label context simply because I don't patronize major labels... well, there's that and the simple fact that people in the underground often feel as if the content is still applicable. The situation is different with just about any electronic dance music style.
Oct-30-2007 02:08
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
Anyone who states they just wasted their time reading is a fucking wanker. Best read I've had in the internet in quite a while. Excellent points made in a coherent way.
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Far from the maddening crowds
wish i knew about oink :P
Honestly if it wasnt for torrents, i would still be uninterested in music. listening to top 20 pop (or nothing at all - which was the case most of the time) and still never bought a cd in my life (yep. never bought a cd or cared for music all the way until i was 20 - pretty scary for most of you guys to even consider).
In the last year, since i found out about them, ive probally spent around $500 on cds and events that otherwise i would have had not cared about or known about. (Even got an AvB T-Shirt with his signature earlier this year :P )
I have become very passionate about something, that i used to not understand why people talk about so much. i thought listening to music was 'one of those cool things to do'.. and people in the masses followed. Now i sort of look back and laugh at my self and what an ass i was. But it all came down to that i just wasnt exposed or was able to listen to the music that i was in to, and their fore never gave a shit bout it, since i had no reason to. torrents changed this completely. My computer is utterly full at the moment, all 300 gig, so ive had to give it a break for now until i can get an extra external hard-drive, to get going again. But it has been the best and probally the most passionate thing i have ever had in my life.
Free Music could make a happier more fulfilling life for alot more people xD
Obviously the whole issue is very sensitive and complex. So i dont see it happening any time soon. and bla bla. whatevs.. haha
