Comments on: Yahoo dumps Music Unlimited http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863/comment-page-1#comment-309078 Reader's Write Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:48:40 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863#comment-309078 Visionaerie, I am sorry to clue you in on the law but you never OWN the music whether purchased on a CD or downloaded from the internet. You might own the physical CD or the digital file, but you never OWN the content on that CD. The ownership of the content remains with the record/label band. The only think you are allowed to do with that content is to listen to it and enjoy. So I am not sure why you think you should be able to freely exchange content that it never yours in the first place. Visionaerie, I am sorry to clue you in on the law but you never OWN the music whether purchased on a CD or downloaded from the internet. You might own the physical CD or the digital file, but you never OWN the content on that CD. The ownership of the content remains with the record/label band. The only think you are allowed to do with that content is to listen to it and enjoy.

So I am not sure why you think you should be able to freely exchange content that it never yours in the first place.

]]> By: Visionaerie http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863/comment-page-1#comment-307996 Visionaerie Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863#comment-307996 I like the Italian approach (legalization), building on the "fair use" concept. Why shouldn't people be able to freely exchange what they OWN -- in any way they choose? The RIAA pigopolists should go after people who are creating CDs and DVDs to sell, not people who are just trying to discover new and overlooked music. They are basically shooting themselves in the foot, because consumers will remember how they have been treated (like criminals) and then choose non-RIAA outlets for the music they get. Why not have an industry-based fee on media that is also supported by the artists, to pay for their music? So you could get a Pearl Jam blank CD, then download their music and customize it. Let's expand consumer choices in an innovative way, instead of mucking things up with DRM. I bought some iTunes and then discovered that I couldn't even burn them in that format to a CD! Let the free market, and internet work. We will prevail! I like the Italian approach (legalization), building on the “fair use” concept. Why shouldn’t people be able to freely exchange what they OWN — in any way they choose? The RIAA pigopolists should go after people who are creating CDs and DVDs to sell, not people who are just trying to discover new and overlooked music. They are basically shooting themselves in the foot, because consumers will remember how they have been treated (like criminals) and then choose non-RIAA outlets for the music they get. Why not have an industry-based fee on media that is also supported by the artists, to pay for their music? So you could get a Pearl Jam blank CD, then download their music and customize it. Let’s expand consumer choices in an innovative way, instead of mucking things up with DRM. I bought some iTunes and then discovered that I couldn’t even burn them in that format to a CD! Let the free market, and internet work. We will prevail!

]]> By: David/ddbann http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863/comment-page-1#comment-305969 David/ddbann Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14863#comment-305969 "“The deal leaves Rhapsody, Napster and Microsoft’s Zune Pass as the last subscription services standing, with Zune Pass being available only to consumers who buy a Zune MP3 player,” says the Los Angeles Times." What of iMesh? it is also a subscription based and sales service. I am currently a re-subscriber after having been disapointed by the Qtrax fiasco. I see value in rentals as a service. I don't imagine I ever "own" the music. Whenever you "rent" anything and you stop paying the fee it of course "disapears" the question is not was it "yours as in you owned it" but do you find value in the service? Try not paying your ISP, or the gas/electric/water company. You keep paying on a continous basis for those things or they disapear. Yes you can save the Internet on your hard drive and and stop paying your ISP, it will never be up to date, but hey you don't have to pay for it every month. I also look at it this way. For $15 a month I get more enjoyment at considerably less money that cigs, booze and lottery tickets combined that some people spend a bigger chunk of change on. If that's what makes them happy, fine. "Renting" music is okay with me to. Of course if Qtyrax ever gives it away for free that's even better. ““The deal leaves Rhapsody, Napster and Microsoft’s Zune Pass as the last subscription services standing, with Zune Pass being available only to consumers who buy a Zune MP3 player,” says the Los Angeles Times.”

What of iMesh? it is also a subscription based and sales service. I am currently a re-subscriber
after having been disapointed by the Qtrax fiasco. I see value in rentals as a service. I don’t imagine I ever “own” the music. Whenever you “rent” anything and you stop paying the fee it of course “disapears” the question is not was it “yours as in you owned it” but do you find value in the service?

Try not paying your ISP, or the gas/electric/water company. You keep paying on a continous basis for those things or they disapear. Yes you can save the Internet on your hard drive and and stop paying your ISP, it will never be up to date, but hey you don’t have to pay for it every month.

I also look at it this way. For $15 a month I get more enjoyment at considerably less money that cigs, booze and lottery tickets combined that some people spend a bigger chunk of change on. If that’s what makes them happy, fine. “Renting” music is okay with me to. Of course if Qtyrax ever gives it away for free that’s even better.

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