Comments on: Oz ARIA under investigation http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4566 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:23:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4566/comment-page-1#comment-12455 Reader's Write Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:45:52 +0000 #comment-12455 I live in Australia, and as a fair-trader I really appreciate this. Your work helps me directly in my technically illegal efforts to enjoy music. I would be most pleased to help bring down my local cartel, ARIA. Peace. I live in Australia, and as a fair-trader I really appreciate this.

Your work helps me directly in my technically illegal efforts to enjoy music. I would be most pleased to help bring down my local cartel, ARIA.

Peace.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4566/comment-page-1#comment-12454 Reader's Write Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:40:53 +0000 #comment-12454 That was a highly engaging read. I think that this site should definitely do an article about it. You naif. That was a highly engaging read. I think that this site should definitely do an article about it.

You naif.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4566/comment-page-1#comment-12453 Reader's Write Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:39:58 +0000 #comment-12453 That was a highly engaging read. I think that this site should definitely do an article about it. You naif. That was a highly engaging read. I think that this site should definitely do an article about it.

You naif.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4566/comment-page-1#comment-12431 Reader's Write Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:01:23 +0000 #comment-12431 The rise of P2P and part of the popularity of it is a direct responce to the attempts to shut down all competition by the music majors through their pets. There is a direct corrolation between the ceasing to sell singles in favor of the customer purchasing only albums and the rise of P2P. No P2P as configured today has ever been able to get a license from the majors even though most have tried. Napster, one of the very first P2P's on line was sued out of existance because of having centralized servers. During the time of Napster's heyday, music sales were doing very well. After Napster was gone offline, music sales fell through the floor. There have been many direct links made in studies indicating that it is very possible that the P2P was nothing more than a giant free advertising for the majors and in closing it they closed many customers pocketbooks. These agencies around the world that are the watchdogs for the major music cartel have been nothing but thugs in the eyes of the consumers. Prehaps the dreams of the majors that these organizations would become the lightning rods to hold themselves above the fray and isolate ill will from them is being seen through and the majors themselves are recieving that ill will from the customer. At every point these sort of organizations have been admant to eliminate competion, influance lawmakers towards their postion, and just been a general pain in the butt in legal terms. No wonder no one likes them, no wonder the majors are complaining of business woes. No where else is a customer treated in such fashion and the business thinks it is their due to do so. A business forgets the customer is king at their own peril. The rise of P2P and part of the popularity of it is a direct responce to the attempts to shut down all competition by the music majors through their pets. There is a direct corrolation between the ceasing to sell singles in favor of the customer purchasing only albums and the rise of P2P. No P2P as configured today has ever been able to get a license from the majors even though most have tried.

Napster, one of the very first P2P’s on line was sued out of existance because of having centralized servers. During the time of Napster’s heyday, music sales were doing very well. After Napster was gone offline, music sales fell through the floor. There have been many direct links made in studies indicating that it is very possible that the P2P was nothing more than a giant free advertising for the majors and in closing it they closed many customers pocketbooks.

These agencies around the world that are the watchdogs for the major music cartel have been nothing but thugs in the eyes of the consumers. Prehaps the dreams of the majors that these organizations would become the lightning rods to hold themselves above the fray and isolate ill will from them is being seen through and the majors themselves are recieving that ill will from the customer.

At every point these sort of organizations have been admant to eliminate competion, influance lawmakers towards their postion, and just been a general pain in the butt in legal terms. No wonder no one likes them, no wonder the majors are complaining of business woes. No where else is a customer treated in such fashion and the business thinks it is their due to do so. A business forgets the customer is king at their own peril.

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