I got a glimpse of this on the BBC's website, a story of how a Bit Torrent site is planning to introduce a pay section to download films, music, etc. The story goes on to state that it (the Bit Torrent site) acknowledges that it will have a hard task convincing those who currently get all the movies, TV shows and music they want without paying.
Fucking right they will.
I think that the ease with which I can go on to the internet and download entertainment, especially music, is fantastic and the record companies deserve all their lost profits. When the cassette tape became popular in the late 70s/early 80s, the record bosses re-released most of their back catalogues on the new format and charged punters full price for an album that may have been, say, 15 years old. Then they did exactly the same when compact discs were launched. Add to this the fact that the record companies have been artificially inflating the price of CDs in Europe for years, and it does them no PR favours to be complaining of punters illegally downloading material when they have been ripping these same punters off for God knows how long. It stinks to high heaven the way that these companies are stamping their feets and huffing because they can't get their own childish way.
I will continue to download music as I have done for the last five years because I'm only getting back what I shouldn't have paid the cunts. If the record companies don't like it, I really don't give a fuck, and neither do millions of other people.
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Briefly reading the article you linked to made me say, "Yeah, I'll get right on that". The monotoned sarcasm is my own.
Once you d/l a movie you can only watch it for 30 days afterwich it no longer works. Oh and yeah it ONLY works in the latest version of Windows Media Center (so they can keep track of you). Fuck that noise!! I'll continue to go to my local used DVD store and pay a fin for a flick I can watch forever and ever, whenever I want to.
And to all of those who call me a pirate for d/l'ing music, I say..Avast Ye Scruvy Swabs, prepare to be boarded!!
Hi Brian.
The record/film companies cannot realistically expect people to stop 'illegally' downloading movies/music just because they threaten court action or complain about lost profits. That's just a red rag to a bull that makes people download even more.
The genie is out of the bottle, and the only reason these companies are doing their nut in is because they know it is harder to rip off ordinary Joe Public now.
Allofmp3. Legal downloads at Russian prices. They can't sue ya because royalties have been paid in Russia. Price amounts to less than a pound for your average new release album.
Downloading for free is nicking from the musicians too. That's why I don't mind paying something. But I'm not paying fifteen times what other people are paying. Hence allofmp3.
JC pretty much summed up what I was going to say about taking from the musicians who actually make the music.
There is still a massive discrepancy in the cost of a CD (c. 40 cent) and the cost of an album (c. €19).
Allofmp3, eh? Maybe I'll check it out.
All well and good lads, but somebody, somewhere has bought the CD that the music has came from. The royalties have been paid. If the technology exists to copy music, you cannot expect people not to use it.
In all fairness, several artists and bands have complained about the price of music in the past.
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