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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by PaRaNoIk0
$750 for a song :wtf:
can I join the RIAA? |
A vinyl or CD single sells for at most 11 dollars. That's redic.:rolleyes: In fact that's more proof this is only about greed...... |
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| skip |
| sharing music seems to be just as criminal as massmurder in the USA! oh how i wish they would realize how stupid they are acting and would try to solve things in a sensible way! |
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| skip |
| quote: | Originally posted by PaRaNoIk0
$750 for a song :wtf:
can I join the RIAA? |
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| Galapidate |
| quote: | Originally posted by skip
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:haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| Alexandr |
The RIAA are like 5 years too late. They can't just end music sharing online in one fell swoop! (not that I would want them too...)
I thought they were at least initially targeting people sharing tens of thousands of songs, so why care about someone sharing 8!? That is ridiculous... eight songs is probably less than one full cd! |
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| Provitex |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSaenz
A vinyl or CD single sells for at most 11 dollars. That's redic.:rolleyes: In fact that's more proof this is only about greed...... |
that's seriously ed....
I dont know how all this would end..might never end?!? |
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| b1_ |
For information on the practices of the RIAA go here: boycott-riaa - obviously an anti-RIAA site. This one comes across as biased because I can't see the other side of the coin being debated at all.
I have been looking for some debate on this for a while now. Usually you just get angry teenagers screaming that the RIAA are nazis etc. and no intelligent debating. I would love to see some respected un-biased thinkers gather all the facts and have a proper debate about this huge issue.
I found this interesting article that questions the RIAA plummeting sales argument. At least here they take the time to answer RIAA supporter's concerns. Find it here . Reader responses are down the bottom. I haven't finished reading it yet. |
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| davinox |
good post Vesa.
But don't worry, they won't go after Electronica. It doesn't bring them the bucks. They go after the big time artists in america that bring all the cash. |
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| whitesmoke |
| quote: | Originally posted by davinox
good post Vesa.
But don't worry, they won't go after Electronica. It doesn't bring them the bucks. They go after the big time artists in america that bring all the cash. |
another reason i dont like the idea of trace becoming mainstream in the US ;) |
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| Allyn |
| quote: | Originally posted by hadi ******
i dont agree with how the riaa is going about their business, but dont you guys think artists deserve to get paid for what they are doing, rather than making because so many people download. i mean is everyone that cheap that they cant go out and buy a cd at least once a month. even some people who say their favorite artist is this person or that person, i bet most poeple havent even bought one of their works. im not saying you arent a true fan, but if you were, wouldnt you at least want to support them? |
I agree with part of your post. However, i haev a few drawbacks.
(based on many online articles i've read)
I will buy CD's of artists i like. Right atm i have a slight cash problem so i'm kinda stuck from buying the few CD's i want, but that's not the point.
The point is, even though i like the artists, i have serious drawbacks about paying ~$30 CDN for electronic CD's. I would eagerly pay that much money on artists that deserve it, however, how much of that money actually reaches them?
If i remember correctly, if they're REALLY lucky and signed a good contract, they'll get $1. 1 dollar, from 30 dollars i spent.
It's this figure, plus the high cost of CD's, that deters me from buying more CD's and CD's that i have never heard before.
I'd be, and i'm sure most (if not all) others will also feel this same way, much more willing to buy a CD for ~$10 if the artist got more of a share, or if the price stayed higher, then they should be allowed an even bigger slice of the pie.
I might be wrong, but this is something that i feel is wrong, and i'd be, funds permitting, to download music for a fee (sorta like what Apple has done) that goes almost entirely to the artist (all but enough money to keep the servers fast and up), and not pocketed by any recording industry.
That probably didn't make any sense in the end.
Also, since i live in Canada and i know canada has it's own recording industry, could i be sued by the RIAA in the US? |
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| DaveSaenz |
I read about that apple store. Post the link.
Anyways. How does the RIAA know if you own the rights to that MP3 or not? Is it the fact that it's being shared that they have a problem with? |
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