ghacks.net— The article offers alternatives to buying CDs and DRM infested files. Alternatives include listening and recording internet radio, audio blogs and a large list of free music download sites.
Jun 16, 2006View in Crawl 4
Exactly, same with borrowing and copying of CDs, I'm fairly certain that is "unauthorized duplication"If you want to boycott, then boycott. Those methods are not a boycott, the industry still makes money (arguably not as much but that's not the point, you want the boycotted party to not make money at all) If you want your boycott to work I think it needs to be a real boycott. As a contributing member of society, the idea of forcing the content owner to play by your rules is somewhat disgusting to me. It's theirs they can distribute how they wish, they can sell it how they wish, if you don't like that then don't enjoy their product. The content owners are out to make money too and they will play ball if there is a real boycott. This half hearted piracy s**t just forces the issue for more laws and for more copy protection schemes.
eMusic is definitely the way to go. You can have the music you want, without all the RIAA-mandated DRM.Vote _with_ your money, not by witholding it. Simply boycotting all music is unlikely to make a noticable dent--there are plenty of people already not buying music. Instead, you would do bettet to show the record companies they can make money without DRM and stealing from children and artists.
It's built into VLC too.First you need to open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings. That's it...
The article didn't mention this, but another good site for downloading free mp3s legally is music.aol.comyeah, i know that sounds weird, but it is free and their selection is really not that bad.
That's because it's not mainstream technology anymore. If everyone started using vynils again and dubplate cutters would become as common as cd writers, riaa would try to force some sort of ARM into them...
I don't feel the need to boycott the music industry, just the RIAA and DRM cabal. I've recently started buying all independent non-RIAA music from <a class="user" href="http://www.emusic.com">http://www.emusic.com</a>and I couldn't be happier with the selection. Plus it's in pure non-DRMed MP3 goodness.
nelson69Jun 16, 2006
Exactly, same with borrowing and copying of CDs, I'm fairly certain that is "unauthorized duplication"If you want to boycott, then boycott. Those methods are not a boycott, the industry still makes money (arguably not as much but that's not the point, you want the boycotted party to not make money at all) If you want your boycott to work I think it needs to be a real boycott. As a contributing member of society, the idea of forcing the content owner to play by your rules is somewhat disgusting to me. It's theirs they can distribute how they wish, they can sell it how they wish, if you don't like that then don't enjoy their product. The content owners are out to make money too and they will play ball if there is a real boycott. This half hearted piracy s**t just forces the issue for more laws and for more copy protection schemes.
drcforbinJun 16, 2006
eMusic is definitely the way to go. You can have the music you want, without all the RIAA-mandated DRM.Vote _with_ your money, not by witholding it. Simply boycotting all music is unlikely to make a noticable dent--there are plenty of people already not buying music. Instead, you would do bettet to show the record companies they can make money without DRM and stealing from children and artists.
kalmiJun 16, 2006
It's built into VLC too.First you need to open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings. That's it...
4tygamesJun 16, 2006
The article didn't mention this, but another good site for downloading free mp3s legally is music.aol.comyeah, i know that sounds weird, but it is free and their selection is really not that bad.
mookiexlJun 17, 2006
That's because it's not mainstream technology anymore. If everyone started using vynils again and dubplate cutters would become as common as cd writers, riaa would try to force some sort of ARM into them...
pabsterJun 17, 2006
No, the 'retarded' ones are the stupid f**kers who purchase Defective Recorded Media (DRM) to begin with.
johnnybkgbJun 20, 2006
Check out this cool podcast:<a class="user" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=103245938">http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=103245938</a>They have independent music and are now starting to play videos as well it seems. It is a great new resource for up and coming independent artists!
demondogJun 21, 2006
I don't feel the need to boycott the music industry, just the RIAA and DRM cabal. I've recently started buying all independent non-RIAA music from <a class="user" href="http://www.emusic.com">http://www.emusic.com</a>and I couldn't be happier with the selection. Plus it's in pure non-DRMed MP3 goodness.