telegraph.co.uk — Illegal music downloads have reached an all time high just as the growth of online social networking has shifted the epicentre of the music industry away from the major record labels, according to a new study.
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jonahan52Aug 2, 2007
Piratebay sucks OiNK ftw
0xbadfoodAug 2, 2007
And what happens if you have a right that's being violated in cooperation with the government?
0xbadfoodAug 2, 2007
Not the RIAA, that's for damn sure.
0xbadfoodAug 2, 2007
You have a fairly strange definition of "indoctrinated" given that its usage above correlates strongly to "fact"
0xbadfoodAug 2, 2007
I don't see how one has anything to do with the other. If anything CDs are the most common way for music to find its way onto P2P.
travelsonicAug 3, 2007
You are a hypocrite Actorboy, you know that right?
tex01Aug 12, 2007
Why are people so happy to steal from Artists and Musicians?Why don’t you all steal oil from Oil Companies?Don’t Oil Companies make a lot of money? Why don’t you all steal cars from Car companies? Don’t Car companies make a lot of money?Why don’t you all steal Property from Property Companies?Don’t Property Companies make a lot of money?Why don’t you all steal into Live Concerts? Don’t Concert Promoters make a lot of money?Why don’t you all steal Drugs from Drug Companies?Don’t Drug Companies make a lot of money?Why don’t you all steal Money from the Bank?Don’t Banks make a lot of money?You’re all making excuses, trying to justify theft and talking a load of crap and you know it. The only reason people are STEALING music is because it’s EASY to STEAL IT!
dadofbrookDec 20, 2007
Fortunately there are other ways to convert these "protected" files.One method is to burn the desired tracks to an audio CD (make sure that you choose audio, not data as the CD type). Then you can open that ripped CD in iTunes, right click on the tracks, and use iTunes' Convert Selection function...just like you used to do without having to go through the extra 'burn CD' step.If you do not want to use iTunes...it does have its downsides...you can use third-party conversion software that does the same 'burn and rip' conversion, but faster and easier.If you have a lot of music you would like to convert, however, then it probably makes more sense to buy a conversion utility that avoids actual burning to CD completely. However you want to make sure you do not lose audio quality...which is the reason those particular third-party programs choose to copy to CD in the first place.NoteBurner is a popular utility that effectively uses a Virtual CD-RW drive method that burns your tracks then automatically rips them, making the process automatic and far faster than 'burn and rip' conversion. NoteBurner's one-click conversion process is easy to use and works great with batch conversions.
largemouthbassMay 1, 2008
it sucks...RIAA just wants to make money...it should be about making the world a better place to be...
lenoxusMay 18, 2008
I don't think most music pirates think of themselves as thieves, but neither do most of them try to frame their actions in terms of a single coherent ethical philosophy beyond "Why should I have to pay for music, if I don't actually have to pay for music?"