Comments on: New music ‘piracy’ statistics http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company news games video games game consoles security marketing DRM Internet radio web radio Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-426892 Reader's Write Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:15:51 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-426892 Hmm... well did you ever consider "reviewing" said music on websites such as myspace, lastFM or Purevolume? There are millions of different bands and musical talent on these websites with full length songs available to "sample" as many times as you wish. I dont know... just an idea. Hmm… well did you ever consider “reviewing” said music on websites such as myspace, lastFM or Purevolume? There are millions of different bands and musical talent on these websites with full length songs available to “sample” as many times as you wish. I dont know… just an idea.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-130372 Reader's Write Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:56:23 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-130372 " When I download content it is almost always to evaluate it. Most of what I keep is wanted and eventually purchased, if I can find a way to purchase it. " Thats why they fear P2P. If you hear it and discover just how much filler crap the album really is, you won't buy it. Since at most locations, once you buy a CD, you can only return it for a copy of the SAME CD ( if you've broken the shrink wrap ), your cash is theirs, like it or not. The ability to preview solves this problem for the customer. They HATE that shit. Furthermore, In the course of searching and sampling, you might find something, under creative commons or free, that you like better, and ignore the cartel offering altogether. They consider the purchase of TRUE Independent music ( not cartel controlled ) as stealing from the cartel as well. Just like they consider skipping the ads on DVD's to be "stealing" from the sponsors. They basically use the word 'stealing' as a synonym for 'choice'. Neat, huh ? ” When I download content it is almost always to evaluate it. Most of what I keep is wanted and eventually purchased, if I can find a way to purchase it. ”

Thats why they fear P2P.
If you hear it and discover just how much filler crap the album
really is, you won’t buy it.
Since at most locations, once you buy a CD, you can only return
it for a copy of the SAME CD ( if you’ve broken the shrink wrap ),
your cash is theirs, like it or not.
The ability to preview solves this problem for the customer.

They HATE that shit.

Furthermore,
In the course of searching and sampling, you might find something,
under creative commons or free, that you like better, and ignore
the cartel offering altogether.
They consider the purchase of TRUE Independent music ( not
cartel controlled ) as stealing from the cartel as well. Just like
they consider skipping the ads on DVD’s to be “stealing” from the
sponsors.

They basically use the word ’stealing’ as a synonym for ‘choice’.

Neat, huh ?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-130354 Reader's Write Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:17:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10431#comment-130354 It's interesting to note that the music piracy stats used at Havocscope are bullshit numbers. First, the source is IFPI and BPI, which make the numbers suspect to begin with. Next, they appear to be using the number of searches for unlicensed music (?) as a statisical indicator to be used in generating from an estimate of the number of p2p users. Just because a user searches for music doesn't mean that the user found it, licensed or otherwise, and using p2p doesn't necessarily mean that the content was unlicensed or illegal. When I download content it is almost always to evaluate it. Most of what I keep is wanted and eventually purchased, if I can find a way to purchase it. It’s interesting to note that the music piracy stats used at Havocscope are bullshit numbers. First, the source is IFPI and BPI, which make the numbers suspect to begin with. Next, they appear to be using the number of searches for unlicensed music (?) as a statisical indicator to be used in generating from an estimate of the number of p2p users. Just because a user searches for music doesn’t mean that the user found it, licensed or otherwise, and using p2p doesn’t necessarily mean that the content was unlicensed or illegal.

When I download content it is almost always to evaluate it. Most of what I keep is wanted and eventually purchased, if I can find a way to purchase it.

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