Comments on: New and used MP3s for sale

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:47:30 +0000

Can I just take any file and rename the type .mp3? I could sell those as exclusive UNIQUE self-composed tunes. And once they sold, and the buyer complained they didn’t work, I’d just advise them they have the wrong codecs.

By: Hippie

Hippie — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:08:33 +0000

” Once a CD is on a store shelf the record companies have already been paid. If a disc is shoplifted the retailer takes the hit. ”

actually, thats something I hadn’t thought of.
How can the RIAA members be losing any money at all if the retailers have already paid the riaa
member label for their crap ?

By: Dreddsnik

Dreddsnik — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:06:49 +0000

” Once a CD is on a store shelf the record companies have already been paid. If a disc is shoplifted the retailer takes the hit. ”

There is not, ever was, or ever will be any proof that a person that downloaded a file would have
ever bought the song in the first place. No proof that the sharing of files causes any loss to the
RIAA members.

There are , however , two easily locatable studies that show the effect of p2p on sales to be ZERO.

The current top selling albums are also the current favorite downloads.
Those albums are STILL top sellers.
This shows that people who download listen, then, only if they LIKE IT, buy it.

The only effect p2p is having on the RIAA members is it removes their ability to sell junk.

No, file sharing is not stealing in any sense of the word.

By: Devious_204

Devious_204 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:31:17 +0000

FOR SALE: thousands upon thousands of slightly used word .doc’s, all stock must go, so comon down to devious used doc mart! Best prices around town, get your holiday gifts here at the best bargain spot on the net!

By: Phony

Phony — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:22:39 +0000

i think that whatever it is that makes it ‘used’ gets copied into the new one. its like scrunching up a piece of paper and putting it through a photocopier. the creases get copied.

By: moo.

moo. — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:56:41 +0000

O_o errrr….. how… does one define ‘used mp3′? a file thats been opened? This almost sounds like a joke. If it’s a copy of something ‘used’ wouldn’t that be new? Its like a zen riddle.

By: Mostly Harmless

Mostly Harmless — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:56 +0000

I think if you read the “Terms of Service” or whatever boilerplate Amazon and most other sellers of MP3s make you agree to, you will find that MP3s are licensed, not sold. Theoretically you don’t own any MP3s, so you cannot sell them, even if they were legally obtained, just like iTunes song-files.

“…record companies have been far more concerned with illegal downloading than they have with shoplifted CDs.”
Once a CD is on a store shelf the record companies have already been paid. If a disc is shoplifted the retailer takes the hit.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:57:10 +0000

this is by far the smartest/stupidest idea ever. its like selling sand to arabs