seattlepi.nwsource.com — "The record industry has long considered online file-sharing a serious threat to its livelihood. But a new study released Tuesday suggests that consumer-to-consumer music recommendations a growing feature of online music stores and Web sites will benefit the industry, artists and fans alike."
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jamiequintDec 14, 2005
"...and in a study sponsored by Microsoft: Windows beats Linux and Apple!"Ummm... sorry buddy, I don't know if you actually read the article but this was an independent study by Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and research firm Gartner Inc, people who most likely know what they are doing.
sellDec 14, 2005
Only people with Ipods pay for their music. The rest use P2P or stream rippers.
nnonixDec 14, 2005
99.9% of all this anti-RIAA crap is just fluff to attempt to justify stealing. I wish the RIAA didn't exist either but the simple fact is that the RIAA didn't exist before file sharing/stealing became huge and was created specifically to combat the problem.News flash crazies .... stop stealing. Your not on some sacred quest to rid the world of the RIAA or making a social statement about making too much money (as you'd like others to believe) ... your just stealing for your own greed & gain, plain and simple.
africanherbsmanDec 14, 2005
Who cares. All the good musicians are dead, corrupt, or aren't famous enough to be significantly effected by music sharing anyway.
fumanchuDec 14, 2005
quote:99.9% of all this anti-RIAA crap is just fluff to attempt to justify stealing. I wish the RIAA didn't exist either but the simple fact is that the RIAA didn't exist before file sharing/stealing became huge and was created specifically to combat the problem.-----------------------------------Fu say:Actually the RIAA has been around since 1952. The file-sharing that came on the heels of digital music is only one of the legal and technical issues they have addressed over the decades.
africanherbsmanDec 14, 2005
Jealous?...Actually, albertpacino has a story he submitted more than 22 hours ago and only got 6 diggs.You just lost your credibility.
chrono13Dec 14, 2005
"the RIAA knows this they just want complete control..."The RIAA and the MIAA don't give a crap about p2p. The RIAA has publicly stated that CD copies hurt sales more than p2p. They don't mind CD copies. Why? Because it isn't about the bottom line, it is about their entire business model becoming irrelevant. They are middlemen. Now there is no need for them.What they care about is the distribution model. P2P is a new distribution model, one that, charge or no charge (think about bands that sell directly via the Internet) the RIAA no longer has a purpose.Anyone moron who thinks that the RIAA is willing to endure this much egg on its face as it punishes its own customers with over-zealous and far-reaching legal action is... well, a f**king moron. They are suing not to protect Intellectual Property. They are suing to protect the very reason the RIAA exist... because we need them to get music.If a band wanted to use Bit Torrent, a private tracker (IP white-listing or some-such), to charge for their music. Or even to offer the first 3 songs off their album for free, and you order the CD from them for the rest. Do they need the RIAA? No.That scares the RIAA. The RIAA doesn't care what the consumers do (much). They are terrified the artist will begin to have a choice. And if the artist chose to go with company C, which uses new tech from teh Internets - the artist get more money, and have just made the RIAA irrelevant. Bottom line: any company, or even an average geek (or a band) can be their own distributors. The RIAA is in the business of distributing. It is all they do. They were the only choice... the ONLY choice. Now they're not.
tidejweDec 14, 2005
This article is full of crap. Notice is went off talking about how "suggestions" and sharing "playlists" helped increase sales and learn new bands. That has nothing to do with downloading through p2p. I download like everyone else, but it doesn't mean I will write or say BS things like this article. If RIAA stopped downloading through P2P people could still "sample" music online at websites, or MTV music videos or several other ways, or simply download a "recommended" song and see if they like their music. You can listen to online radio websites, etc to hear samples of bands. Downloading with P2P has nothing to do with it. No Digg for a really stupid argument that has nothing to do with P2P downloading and all to do with shared playlists and recommendations that are done with or without P2P...
sevenebDec 15, 2005
I think the RIAA has been bit in the ass by technology. If I download a music file by p2p, the original CD was bought somewhere sometime. I don't feel its stealing, I'm getting a copy. I don't get the original packaging the song came with (Booklet/physical cd). And the person I'm downloading from is not making money by giving me a copy.
thx_7168Dec 17, 2005
<a class="user" href="http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/mp3.html">http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/mp3.html</a> < Great band that offers nearly all of their albums for download.