Comments on: ‘They had a monopoly and they blew it’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richuk http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380/comment-page-1#comment-596425 Richuk Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:10:33 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380#comment-596425 To date, I have bought about 10 albums and about 30 individual tracks from a couple of legal sites. I do it with music that I listen to so much that I feel the artist deserves my money. But I also download a lot of music, mainly from newsgroups, but also occasionally from torrents. If this is a problem for the music industry, as Mike says, they can either change their business practices to start embracing and making shitloads of money from digital distribution, or they can crawl back underneath their rock. They are the only industry I've seen that refuses to change with the times and then wonders why everyone hates them. To date, I have bought about 10 albums and about 30 individual tracks from a couple of legal sites. I do it with music that I listen to so much that I feel the artist deserves my money.

But I also download a lot of music, mainly from newsgroups, but also occasionally from torrents. If this is a problem for the music industry, as Mike says, they can either change their business practices to start embracing and making shitloads of money from digital distribution, or they can crawl back underneath their rock. They are the only industry I’ve seen that refuses to change with the times and then wonders why everyone hates them.

]]> By: Lacy Kemp http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380/comment-page-1#comment-593042 Lacy Kemp Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:27:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380#comment-593042 Readers Write- You make a good point. Look at what Radiohead. I haven't seen any official numbers but I can promise you they didn't lose money on their In Rainbows online release. I paid $15.00 for the mp3. Is that a little silly? I don't think so. It's a band that has done way more for me than a measly $15.00. I felt that was a fair price for what ended up being a fantastic album. I'm all for giving money to the people who deserve it. Readers Write-
You make a good point. Look at what Radiohead. I haven’t seen any official numbers but I can promise you they didn’t lose money on their In Rainbows online release. I paid $15.00 for the mp3. Is that a little silly? I don’t think so. It’s a band that has done way more for me than a measly $15.00. I felt that was a fair price for what ended up being a fantastic album. I’m all for giving money to the people who deserve it.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380/comment-page-1#comment-592724 Reader's Write Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:42:20 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16380#comment-592724 You know what I really love? Downloading something that is free, or practically so. You know what I love even more? Being so blown away by a free product, whether it be music, video, or software, that I'm compelled to donate money. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing I've helped a deserving cause. I even set up Paypal to submit donations monthly on occasion. I suspect most folks would agree and likely do the same quite regularly. Apparently the concept of making a truly good product and selling it for a reasonable sum is far too difficult for the recording industry to grasp. I'd swear they actually want people to pirate their stuff. That way they can make $9000 per song instead of $1 per song. Greedy corrupt bastards. Hey RIAA/MPAA... wake up already! Those pirates you keep bemoaning and trying to sue? They be yer customers, all of which would happily pay for what ye be peddling if only you'd all get yer heads out of yer asses, arrr! ;-) But seriously, how hard can it be? All the steps you, the entertainment industry, needs to take in order to get back on track and make everyone on both sides of the fence happy again are right in front of you, clear as day. The internet is still young and evolving, and as much as you would like it to, it just simply isn't going to go away. Ever. The longer it takes for you to realize all the different areas you've gone wrong, the less likely it becomes that you will have a future. New technologies will always bring about change to the world, especially those that better our lives. You have to stop resisting that change every time something new comes along and learn to embrace it, or one day something new will come along and be the death of you for good. History will always be the ultimate teacher. Just have a look and you will know I speak the truth. Too bad it is so often ignored and easily forgotten, to the utter dismay of those who fail to learn from it. So let me give you one simple universal truth that should be inarguable and abundantly clear; adapt or die! This truth is as old as the Earth itself. You know what I really love? Downloading something that is free, or practically so. You know what I love even more? Being so blown away by a free product, whether it be music, video, or software, that I’m compelled to donate money. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing I’ve helped a deserving cause. I even set up Paypal to submit donations monthly on occasion. I suspect most folks would agree and likely do the same quite regularly. Apparently the concept of making a truly good product and selling it for a reasonable sum is far too difficult for the recording industry to grasp. I’d swear they actually want people to pirate their stuff. That way they can make $9000 per song instead of $1 per song. Greedy corrupt bastards.

Hey RIAA/MPAA… wake up already! Those pirates you keep bemoaning and trying to sue? They be yer customers, all of which would happily pay for what ye be peddling if only you’d all get yer heads out of yer asses, arrr! ;-)

But seriously, how hard can it be? All the steps you, the entertainment industry, needs to take in order to get back on track and make everyone on both sides of the fence happy again are right in front of you, clear as day. The internet is still young and evolving, and as much as you would like it to, it just simply isn’t going to go away. Ever. The longer it takes for you to realize all the different areas you’ve gone wrong, the less likely it becomes that you will have a future. New technologies will always bring about change to the world, especially those that better our lives. You have to stop resisting that change every time something new comes along and learn to embrace it, or one day something new will come along and be the death of you for good. History will always be the ultimate teacher. Just have a look and you will know I speak the truth. Too bad it is so often ignored and easily forgotten, to the utter dismay of those who fail to learn from it. So let me give you one simple universal truth that should be inarguable and abundantly clear; adapt or die! This truth is as old as the Earth itself.

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