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- gmacster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am scared to legally purchase music now that I could get root kits! :)
- SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5today in economics i learned that paying for data (like software or music files) is inefficient. The marginal cost to produce each additional unit is zero, therefore it is illogical to pay money for something that can be created for free. if you buy music you are hurting the economy and furthering inefficiency.
- MacGyver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4For a second there I thought it said Pornographic industry and was worried empornium might be in danger.
- TheTEXican, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My favorite quote from this article, in reference to Sweden:
"This is a shame for a country which has produced so much good music," he said, referring to ABBA, Ace of Base and The Cardigans. - sdbrown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6We are winning the war against Eurasia! We have always been winning the war against Eurasia!
- mckirkus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lollerskates, that should be
GIVE ME PORN OR GIVE ME DEATH
The ability to choose porn is the definition of liberty. - antiTRACE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ever wonder why the Porn Industry doesn't seek and destroy like this? The very girth of the current internet can be attributed to the porn downloaded in any given day. RIAA is grasping while falling down the *****-chute it created.
- diehard2k5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Say what RIAA? You're just screwing yourselves, you know that. If you put all of the people that pirate your music in jail, who's going to buy your CD's?
- lollerskates, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They may take away my movies, but they'll never take away my porn stash!
GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME PORN - spybreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"today in economics i learned that paying for data (like software or music files) is inefficient. The marginal cost to produce each additional unit is zero, therefore it is illogical to pay money for something that can be created for free. if you buy music you are hurting the economy and furthering inefficiency."
Now that is interesting... The music industry is fighting a war for their ideology, because they don't want the word to spread that they're selling nothing but emptiness.
If we pay for music to support the musicians, that's cool.
If we pay the music that ultimately drives a multi-billion dollar industry (is that correct?) that ***** us from behind, and that tries to dictate our desires, then that's not cool, and I say ***** THEM.
The music industry will be dead in 10 years. I hope mainstream culture will be too. - serpentor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"If I'm reading that right...they're only "cracking down" on music?"
Yes, if you look up "Phonographic" in the dictionary, you wouldn't be surprised that it is music this group is focusing on. - Chrisms20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Like everyone says, they are putting a band-aid on a severed limb. These people will never learn.
- applehill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got so excited when I read this I went and download some more music (p2p music that is)
Hey what can I say I'm a "dinosaur" - battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Basically , at work, we have iTunes installed just to at least have the appeareance of looking legit - and of ***** course we have limewire installed.
Our Admins are so ***** scared of the ***** RIAA letters sent out to all the colleges over the SUmmer, they just dont know what to do. - Nik420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"We are winning the war against Eurasia! We have always been winning the war against Eurasia!"
I'm afraid you are mistaken. We have always been at war with Eastasia. Eurasia have always been our allies in this valiant struggle. - chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0did somebody say dinosaurs? the fact that you have to file 2100 lawsuits against your customers says what, exactly, about your business model?
- zediker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pirate bay is actualy protected under Swedish copyright law. This case wont/cant effect them. Since Pirate bay doesnt actually host any of the files people download. It just hosts the .torrent files. And since under swedish copyright law a torrent file holds no copyrighted information regarding what is being downloaded, they are safe.
- lamprey187, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0maybe if the record companies put a stick of bubble gum in with the CD people would buy CDs instead of obtaining them through file sharing. The stick of gum would cost about the same to produce as the CD itself and they could jack up the price 10$. They could also put root kits in the gum.
- serpentor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How come every single time there's a piracy crackdown article out, people forget about usenet? That is the end all solution to this entire issue.
- Memo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whoa, south america is starting to get noticed.
Bad news for me. :( - shaurz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Shiver me fibres! 'Twill be a rough night on the high ether!
- Skab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0popular site http://www.snarf-it.org/ seems to have taken some measures before anyone else could.
- imtigger2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually lamprey, I think you've got something there. How about a concert ticket in the cd case tho'. Hell, these frickin' artists are making millions off of CD sales (the bling and mansions speak), I figure they at least owe us a concert for legit customers. I bet that will spark up CD sales.
But then again, back to my 'old' comments about downloading music... I feel the majority are kids (or people) that just wanna fill their hard drives and mp3 players, and more than likely, wouldn't purchase music from those particular artists anyway. They just do it because they can. For now. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The dude at piratebay is gonna have a field trip with this guys.
Want to stop file sharers, combat the root of the problem, it can be poverty or it can be the monopolies world wide, too much money going to just one end of societies is destroying many economies with nobody caring.
I can't see people buying music if they cannot get it of the Internet, they'll resort to get it on the streets, circle of friends, neighbors, cult you name it.
And this is not hippie thoughts, capitalism is good but monopolies are bad, why should I buy music just from apple, people need alternatives, and apple being greedy will shot on it's foot, capitalism is about mass production and mass consumption, not marginal sales. - gamer31, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The group's action is aimed at people who put music out on the Internet, uploading, via peer-to-peer software, which allows others to download the files."
so no seeding and you in the clear? - Nullifidian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0legal, smegal, I take the music without paying, I play it for awhile, forget about it, then it gets lost on my HD. At this point anything I've downloaded five years ago is long gone and I probably only listened to it for a a few months before forgetting about it.
So I'm a thief, shoot me, sue me, but first blow me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it's only stealing if you get caught suckas
- supz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I still get a huge kick out of the fax they sent to the web sheriff guy
http://static.thepiratebay.org/lensmannen.jpg - imtigger2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmmm.. weird, I don't see Russia in that list. ;)
www.allofmp3.com rocks!! - Minitrue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We have always been at war with Eastasia and at peace with Eurasia.
The crack down is as real as Emmanuel Goldstein.
From my experience as a consumer and provider the types of music that tend to be downloaded are indie, which are hard to get. Its good that people share - compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lolololoolloloololololol
Sue ThePirateBay for having files containing meta data. Those copy right infringers over at TPB...RIAA will get them good!!
One big EL OH EL for the RIAA - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0O RLY?
I read pornographic industry. - Daecilius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah this really pumped me up. i started downloading more music after i read this...
- fwonkas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hey kids -- nowhere in the article is Pirate Bay mentioned. It sounds like they're going after *individuals* who share files. It did say Sweden, but Sweden != Pirate Bay.
- Guy0510, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll start buying music again (I have over 300 ligitimate CDs in my collection)when they kill DRM. Until then, I will download what I want to hear before I buy. On second thought, I might not even buy after what Sony has done.
- outpour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I hope mainstream culture will be too."
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So what? The underground culture takes place of mainstream? Then it becomes mainstream!
I don't understand. Our society(s) so stigmatizes conformity we have produced millions who boldy conform to the most cliched mold of all... the non-conformist! Wake up! Sorry back On topic:
I agree with "The music industry is fighting a war for their ideology..." - B111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is just going to send people underground. They are creating (well, actually not creating but further expanding) the Darknet. Then what are they going to do? Can't sue/stop/incarcerate who you can't see.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Ever wonder why the Porn Industry doesn't seek and destroy like this? The very girth of the current internet can be attributed to the porn downloaded in any given day."
LOL, cause there's no PIAA
"today in economics i learned that paying for data (like software or music files) is inefficient. The marginal cost to produce each additional unit is zero, therefore it is illogical to pay money for something that can be created for free. if you buy music you are hurting the economy and furthering inefficiency."
Your economic teacher must be crying now at your lack of intelligence.
"uhh what if they run a server in anartica? isnt that nobodies country? or internetion waters...hmm a server in the middle of the ocean, im feeling it."
There are already 10 human cloning labs in antarctica. - Chango_Family, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> im looking forward to the funny letters on piratebay :D
Fred is a guy who knows how to treat lawyers with all the respect they deserve ... - decile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I want to see records from 2000-2005 of CD sales in the US and see how much they have change year to year.
- gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It seems all the lawyers were out for a 'piracy crackdown' but see where it got them? The only thing that will happen is more letters will be posted to:
http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php
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Thats my fav page! - Disodium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0IFPI said 900 million unauthorized music files were on the Internet, which was hitting sales of music compact discs.
no that would be the insane prices the music industry charges for CD's. If a CD cost $5 or $6 i would buy them left and right, but at $12.99 each (sometimes $9.99 but they dont stay there for long, plus taxes) it just not worth it. And i refuse to spend $10 at the ITMS to not get a physical copy - smaskens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In Sweden a CD cost 25USD, and on the top of things it is "copy controlled" i.e. no chance to rip it an put legally on a mp3 player. So should I buy the CD and then download it from the web? The record industry is making counterproductive measures instead of embracing the new technology. And they are greedy:when the vinyl was replaced by the CD format they took the opportunity of doubling the end user price. Do I commit piracy of listening to radio instead of buying the CD? Or is it actually promotion for the product?
- barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"And this is not hippie thoughts, capitalism is good but monopolies are bad, why should I buy music just from apple, people need alternatives, and apple being greedy will shot on it's foot, capitalism is about mass production and mass consumption, not marginal sales."
what you just described is the very heart of capitalism. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"the fact that you have to file 2100 lawsuits against your customers says what, exactly, about your business model?"
Sounds pretty smart.
"Wow, all that piracy sure is ripping off the music industry"
You own a computer and has broadband access, you sure is poor and can't afford to buy a $10 CD. - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Guy0510 has it pretty much right. Why are people using bittorrent? A bunch of reasons (in descending order of ethics)
1) The only real way for shows like systm to distribute large files that would otherwise be impossible to distribute.
2) Can't get files that they legitimately own in a format they they can really use the way they want to (i.e. portable devices) due to intrusive DRM.
3) A good way for folks to get a look at/listen to stuff that is either unavailable or want to try first.
4) Get stuff that you wouldn't even consider buying, but are mildly interested in.
5) Don't want to pay for stuff.
6) Just like to steal - tristant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yea, not to mention fat pipes
- V-Spec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0im looking forward to the funny letters on piratebay :D
- sam54m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"uhh what if they run a server in anartica? isnt that nobodies country? or internetion waters...hmm a server in the middle of the ocean, im feeling it."
I love the anartica idea, You won't be needing to keep those servers cold, power would be a problem though. - Soma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Sales of digital music tripled in the first half of 2005"
Wow, all that piracy sure is ripping off the music industry
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