Comments on: we7 to p2pnet on DRM….

By: Someone with Brains

Someone with Brains — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:38:04 +0000

Most of you lazy freeloaders are trying to justify downloading content without paying for it. Now I am no RIAA/MPAA advocate but listen to yourselves. You listen to radio right ? Well it’s ad funded or paid for by the TV Licence which you pay for. You want to listen to something for free online then put up with ads. No such thing as a free lunch. Perhaps I can come into your house and sample your cooking. Muppets !

By: D

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:16:27 +0000

“When I say steal I mean get music without paying for it.”

- So turning on a radio is now stealing? MTV, VH1, and other TV music channels… all stealing. Listening to your friends collection? Stealing.

“In the online world you can either pay (going to a store such as iTunes/Amazon etc) and money will go back to labels and artists or you can use P2P to download and not pay but then no money goes to labels and artists are not compensated.”

- I would suggest looking into how Itunes and Amazon works as you appear to be confusing indie artists with labels. Specifically, follow the money trail (or rather the lack of one) from Labels -> Artists for digital sales.

“You can try music with us legally and the artists will get paid without having to part with any of your well earned cash.”

- I would suggest you do not give quotes or your “Word” based on assumptions or what the labels instruct you to say. Unless you are the one specifically putting the money in the artists’ hands, I would suggesting looking at the finances more closely. The advertisers are the ones paying the cash, but directly to the labels and this generates the same problem as Itunes/Amazon. See SoundExchange’s record on royalty payments to get the general idea of how efficient the industry tries to be.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:33:30 +0000

“In the online world you can either pay (going to a store such as iTunes/Amazon etc) and money will go back to labels and artists”

Do you ever read the paper or listen to the radio or watch tv?

You do?

And you still believe that?

By: Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:51:00 +0000

“Strip out the ad? Thereâs tons of software that does editing. Wait 30 days? You must be kidding.”

Sure there is, but this will work on the horse and buggy crowd who think Sine Wave is a song by the Beach Boys.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:31:33 +0000

Gareth – better rewrite that again.
Nobody’s buyin’ it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:07:45 +0000

Strip out the ad? There’s tons of software that does editing. Wait 30 days? You must be kidding.

By: Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:33 +0000

I think there is confusion as to just what DRM is. If all a program did was to strip an ad out or a song, that in no way would be drm. DRM stands for digital rights management, what is usually does is restrict formats to a specific player, or even worse, person. An example would be region coding on dvd’s, or a music format that only plays on one brand of player.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:57:58 +0000

I will never buy anything that benefit any of these RIAA/MPAA pigs.
SORRRRRRYYYYYYY!

By: Paulus

Paulus — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:47:04 +0000

This has so many holes in it that it is not worth the effort of responding.

By: Gareth Reakes

Gareth Reakes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:33:51 +0000

When I say steal I mean get music without paying for it. In the online world you can either pay (going to a store such as iTunes/Amazon etc) and money will go back to labels and artists or you can use P2P to download and not pay but then no money goes to labels and artists are not compensated. You can try music with us legally and the artists will get paid without having to part with any of your well earned cash. [NOTE: Gareth felt he hadnât properly explained himself in his first comment and at his request, Iâve replace it with the one above - Jon]