Comments on: The Future of Online Music http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531/comment-page-1#comment-145600 Reader's Write Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:08:12 +0000 #comment-145600 ur hot sir!! ur hot sir!!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531/comment-page-1#comment-42553 Reader's Write Mon, 29 May 2006 21:01:46 +0000 #comment-42553 CD-R & DVD-R although it sounds and looks just as good are not reliable to built a library on, same story for mp3 storage In the wost case they only play several years. With illegaly downloaded music you never know what quality you get, you get no artwork & info, besides it's just mp3... I love the quality of CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD and for mic recording: MD. Moreover, I want to keep my PC virusfree. I foresee within 10 years or so, people subscribe to online connection to an internet 'world library of ALL music' with no need to store just select and play. For the time being the CD will be THE mediaformat slowly but steadly replaced by a downloadable format and then the time is ripe (because we all paid for making the internet formatation) for subscribsion. M. van den Assem, Netherlands CD-R & DVD-R although it sounds and looks just as good are
not reliable to built a library on, same story for mp3 storage
In the wost case they only play several years.

With illegaly downloaded music you never know what quality you get, you get no artwork & info, besides it’s just mp3… I love the quality of CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD and for mic recording: MD.
Moreover, I want to keep my PC virusfree.

I foresee within 10 years or so, people subscribe to online connection to an internet ‘world library of ALL music’ with
no need to store just select and play.

For the time being the CD will be THE mediaformat slowly but steadly replaced by a downloadable format and then the time is
ripe (because we all paid for making the internet formatation)
for subscribsion.

M. van den Assem, Netherlands

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531/comment-page-1#comment-2137 Reader's Write Wed, 26 May 2004 22:27:56 +0000 #comment-2137 If BMG, Sony, etc... went out of business today you would not have to bang two rocks together to hear a beat. People who make real art do it because they HAVE TO, not to get paid. It's a good thing when genuine artists can make a living from their art, but that seems to be the exception, not the rule. I don't think the world will be a poorer place if Phil Collins never records another note. And as to his record label and producers, they can go to hell where they belong. It is almost laughably cheap to record good fidelity music these days. Distribution over the internet approaches a zero sum cost. Get over this old school mentality big music is ramming down your throat. Music, musicians, and music lovers will be FAR BETTER OFF when the big five are GONE. And they will be. If BMG, Sony, etc… went out of business today you would not have to bang two rocks together to hear a beat. People who make real art do it because they HAVE TO, not to get paid. It’s a good thing when genuine artists can make a living from their art, but that seems to be the exception, not the rule. I don’t think the world will be a poorer place if Phil Collins never records another note. And as to his record label and producers, they can go to hell where they belong.

It is almost laughably cheap to record good fidelity music these days. Distribution over the internet approaches a zero sum cost. Get over this old school mentality big music is ramming down your throat. Music, musicians, and music lovers will be FAR BETTER OFF when the big five are GONE. And they will be.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531/comment-page-1#comment-2121 Reader's Write Wed, 26 May 2004 05:24:41 +0000 #comment-2121 It's true that no one can own music, but it is the process by which music is composed, arranged, recorded and distributed, by whatever means and usually through the long-developed talents and devoted efforts of real people, that costs money. Otherwise, we'll all be walking around whistling music from decades past, or we'll be forced to create our own music, not that there's anything wrong with that. Still, I'd hate to think that the talents of the pros would go away. They will of course find some other way to earn a living, but the time to which they devote to the craft of their music will be diminished as will the quality of their work. One other thought: there was a culture that believed that land could never be owned, but then the colonists came in and changed all of that. As for the airline industry, they may not be suing us individually for the use of alternative transportation, but they are cutting back in their services and the luxury (or experience) of the ride, nevermind the negative effect of constant government bailouts of the airline industry, diminishing the effectiveness of our hard earned and well spent tax dollars. I wonder: is it really so expensive to spend two or three hours worth of minimum wage income for the right to own the contents of someone's mind and soul for the rest of your life? It’s true that no one can own music, but it is the process by which music is composed, arranged, recorded and distributed, by whatever means and usually through the long-developed talents and devoted efforts of real people, that costs money. Otherwise, we’ll all be walking around whistling music from decades past, or we’ll be forced to create our own music, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Still, I’d hate to think that the talents of the pros would go away. They will of course find some other way to earn a living, but the time to which they devote to the craft of their music will be diminished as will the quality of their work. One other thought: there was a culture that believed that land could never be owned, but then the colonists came in and changed all of that. As for the airline industry, they may not be suing us individually for the use of alternative transportation, but they are cutting back in their services and the luxury (or experience) of the ride, nevermind the negative effect of constant government bailouts of the airline industry, diminishing the effectiveness of our hard earned and well spent tax dollars. I wonder: is it really so expensive to spend two or three hours worth of minimum wage income for the right to own the contents of someone’s mind and soul for the rest of your life?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1531/comment-page-1#comment-2120 Reader's Write Wed, 26 May 2004 03:57:51 +0000 #comment-2120 The dumbest thing about all of this is that the record copanies do not understand that music isn't something that people will not share with each other. That's the beauty of music. It shouldn't have a price on it in the first place. I can understand that musicians should make money like everyone else, and that artists usually tend to be grossly underpaid, but these record companies are just trying to cover their asses for making poor decisions based on contracting with money-hungry talentless "artists" and ridiculously high prices for CD's that no one in their right mind would pay for. Other industries do not have the freedom to sue their would-be customers because they found an alternate source of obtaining the product. That would be like the tanning-bed industry running around people's private backyards, ticketing sun-bathing people for getting tan for free. Just like one person can't own the sun, no one can "own" music either. Get over it guys, unless you want to help the airline industry sue all people driving their cars, riding their bikes, walking, and taking the train after 9/11, too. The dumbest thing about all of this is that the record copanies do not understand that music isn’t something that people will not share with each other. That’s the beauty of music. It shouldn’t have a price on it in the first place. I can understand that musicians should make money like everyone else, and that artists usually tend to be grossly underpaid, but these record companies are just trying to cover their asses for making poor decisions based on contracting with money-hungry talentless “artists” and ridiculously high prices for CD’s that no one in their right mind would pay for. Other industries do not have the freedom to sue their would-be customers because they found an alternate source of obtaining the product. That would be like the tanning-bed industry running around people’s private backyards, ticketing sun-bathing people for getting tan for free. Just like one person can’t own the sun, no one can “own” music either. Get over it guys, unless you want to help the airline industry sue all people driving their cars, riding their bikes, walking, and taking the train after 9/11, too.

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