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- killiansman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+56Wow, so the RIAA execs are now realizing that this "internet thing" can actually help your business... if you learn to adapt to it that is.
- exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Piracy benefits the music industry tremendously. It just doesn't benefit the RIAA and labels that follow its stupid and failed structure.
- MattB123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19"Thanks for the stats and have a nice lawsuit!"
- idconvict, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15dugg down for thief's
- robotsongs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Please me? Did they get a hold of my pr0n torrent records too?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Wow really? whats next selling music "online" *laughs* that will never work lets stick with sueing and trying to sell cds that no one uses anymore....
- exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Concerts.
Merchandising.
Liscensing (advertisements, films, television shows).
Donations.
CD's, DVD-Audio disks, and LP's, (with booklets and cover art and high-quality recordings).
High-quality, fast downloads offered for a fee.
There are infinite ways to attain revenue in the music industry. Suing grandmas and prohibiting file-sharing is not one of them. - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8After what they have put everyone through i'd rather they die than learn to adapt and live.
- Rikkochet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Intellectual property infringement is not theft. You must work for a record label since everyone else alive seems to realize that now.
- deadbaby, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4but... you told us piracy was bad.... I just shot to death some guy I saw burning an illegal CD. I'm so confused now.
- killthemoles, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Make sure to seed more of your favorite songs if you want to hear them more on the radio!
/sarcasm-maybe? - pathy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Clutch - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ab6lr2b66Ig
- stoneplanet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4As someone who's worked with record industry, I can tell you that this is not new. I've personally been asked to "leak" tracks on filesharing networks on more than one occasion.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Hey, if they want to take money from other people while i get free music, that fine. Not my fault if they want to pay for crap. Actually, has anyone heard anything woth listening to? Seriously, I havent even bothered downloading anything in like 2 years.
- penneyisok, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I actually watch a show that was talking about this a long while back (can't remember what it was). There are many company's out there that watch p2p networks and track popular songs/bands and sell that information back to the record industry's. Many of those "one hit wonders" that seemed to come out of no where, were because of that practice. They have been using p2p to music track popularity for some time now.
- Floris, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Talking about mediadefender ... defenders are on the case! so it seems :/ weird story all this -- http://digg.com/tech_news/MediaDefender_defenders_post_info_results_analysis_and_laugh_out_loud
- metalica77, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3WOW that is truly a great idea. I have never thought of that. Although they should probably do it themselves because mediadefender will probably sue those people once interscope get's the graphs.
- Unlgued, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3sweet. is he single?
- caffeineboy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3This isn't a new idea! In fact, this was the ORIGINAL idea behind Napster! Sean Fanning wanted to pitch the idea of using Napster as a way for the recording companies to track the success and failures of singles/albums. If it weren't for his ***** of an uncle, it might have actually worked. I also remember major artists leaking their first singles online (Barenaked Ladies come to mind with the spoken interludes breaking up the song). If you want to read more about it, http://www.amazon.com/All-Rave-Shawn-Fannings-Napster/dp/0609610937/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6784192-3467232?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190152797&sr=1-1 get that book.
- DreKor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, but you may have infringed on some property right with those photo shopped Jessica Alba torrents. That's one of the last things I would want the RIAA talking to me about.
- thevelvetsun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Pirating doesn't hurt the music industry. The RIAA just doesn't like losing control and losing their monopoly. They see themselves as better than the customers, and they don't care what the customers really want, they just want to rip us off. They're against pirating because they don't understand it, the only thing they understand is money.
- liquidcola, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://www.bigchampagne.com/
apparently they track ALL online downloads and stuff. Legit and non-legit. - HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Using piracy to guage a market and get some free market exposure/publicity is certainly nothing new. Suggesting otherwise would be about as naive as thinking every little piece of information "leaked" from Apple was truly accidental.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Hopefully MediaDefender will go the way of SCO since nobody (as in those MPAA member *****) will EVER trust them ever again!
- houndeyex, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I'm sure he is.
- jobed77, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0You have to be a master of good ideas if you want to be successful with this kind of music...
- DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -11/+1You have to be four-years-old to try and make stealing seem alright.
- DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -23/+3There's only a small percentage that will actually download a DVD or Song from the internet and then purchase the same item. The rest just download and don't care.
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