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Record industry bitching again...
gnomez:
quote: In general when I buy music, i dl the entire CD, make sure I like it and then buy a used copy if at all possible.
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Bullshit. I know you don't buy the CD because we all know downloading music = lost sales. Always. You can try all you want to justify the pirating of music, but you know deep down it's wrong. Stealing is stealing, get a clue.
NM:
Believe me, with a 100MB incampus dling network, I have purchased more music this year than any other year. Hell, I even discovered a few new bands. You don't wanna believe me, ok, but you're wrong and no everyone does not agree that downloading decreases music sales. There were 3 major reasons for the record (no pun, really, I swear) increase in music sales durring the early 1990s. 1. The music was pretty damn good -- Nirvana vs. Britney Spears?-- come on! 2. People were finally sure that CDs were here to stay and needed to buy their collections over again (What i call, "Buying the White Album again syndrome). Today most people have replenshed their collections (or realized that the Beatles just aren't the Beatles without hissing and popping) 3. As a new medium there were no used CDs.-- The record industry does not measure the sale of used cds when determining how much music is being sold, because it does not help them. This year I have purchased 8-10 used Cds and 2 new CDs and most everyone else I know has done the same.
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Oh and did you know that "tapeing" music is legal - which should carry over to CDs and MP3s. I have read the DCMA- nothing changes this rule.
OOO, and the RIAA is now apoligizing for accusing many institutions for copyright violations that did not happen, http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1001319.html
Just the people I want creating viruses to help "protect" their copyright.
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In short get your tongue out of the RIAA's ass
[ May 15, 2003: Message edited by: NM ]
KernelPanic:
quote:Originally posted by suselinux:
Who else has a Virgin mega store near by?
We have one in Vancouver right downtown but I don't know how popular they are
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They are quite big over here, but I don't think they are as big in US/Canada.
Just another mainstream record store chain, part of Richard Branson's empire...
Faust:
quote:Who else has a Virgin mega store near by?
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They havent invaded our country yet. ;)
quote:Bullshit. I know you don't buy the CD because we all know downloading music = lost sales. Always. You can try all you want to justify the pirating of music, but you know deep down it's wrong. Stealing is stealing, get a clue.
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Yeah if he didnt download it he would have bought two copies. :rolleyes:
quote:Believe me, with a 100MB incampus dling network
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Is there anything else that a University network can be used for? We have several debian servers distributed throughout the campus running open-nap. I saw terabytes shared the other day.
quote:People were finally sure that CDs were here to stay and needed to buy their collections over again (What i call, "Buying the White Album again syndrome). Today most people have replenshed their collections (or realized that the Beatles just aren't the Beatles without hissing and popping)
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SACD / DVD-A
Oh and taping videos from the TV is illegal too even though the TV is free to view. So is fast forwarding through the ads on a legit video.
Calum:
i'd buy more music if i could still buy real records. digital storage is inferior to analogue storage for an inherently analogue medium.
digital storage is okay for music you get cheap or free though.
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