Comments on: Merry non-RIAA Christmas! http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7116 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7116/comment-page-1#comment-25169 Reader's Write Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:40:36 +0000 #comment-25169 "Thank[s] but no thanks ... You don't have anything I want." Well said. I think it is important that people realize that there is nothing the labels (or Hollywood) won't stoop to. In the EU these people are trying to hijack legislation that's been proposed to help defend the citizens of EU nations against terrorism. Seriously - you read that right. Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. With Islamic terrorism on the rise and international jihadis a painful reality (Twin Towers, Bali, London buses, etc., etc.) maybe ISPs should keep records, and maybe the police should be able to look at them (with a court order). But privacy and freedom should not be infringed on lightly, and it is disgusting that semi-criminal organizations like Sony BMG should attempt to piggy back on such a grave and solemn necessity. The BBC, reporting this affair, says: "If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will have to emerge." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4469886.stm “Thank[s] but no thanks … You don’t have anything I want.”

Well said.

I think it is important that people realize that there is nothing the labels (or Hollywood) won’t stoop to. In the EU these people are trying to hijack legislation that’s been proposed to help defend the citizens of EU nations against terrorism. Seriously – you read that right.

Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. With Islamic terrorism on the rise and international jihadis a painful reality (Twin Towers, Bali, London buses, etc., etc.) maybe ISPs should keep records, and maybe the police should be able to look at them (with a court order). But privacy and freedom should not be infringed on lightly, and it is disgusting that semi-criminal organizations like Sony BMG should attempt to piggy back on such a grave and solemn necessity.

The BBC, reporting this affair, says:

“If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will have to emerge.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4469886.stm

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7116/comment-page-1#comment-25150 Reader's Write Sat, 26 Nov 2005 04:36:00 +0000 #comment-25150 I strongly support this idea of nonfunding for the cartels. They don't have the only game in town, even though that is the picture they wish to project to purchasers. They can't even give proper respect to their customers, calling them consumers instead of what they really are; the life blood of a corporation. It is to the point that consumers are what they treat their customers as also. Don't believe me? Go try to return one of these cds for your money back from the major label. Maybe the store you bought it at might refund your money as they realise that customer goodwill may well be a purchase in the future. Or just look at what Sony has done and you get the idea real quickly that protectism at the cost of customer satisfaction is the theme of the day. That's no way to run a business where each and every customer is considered a thief from the get go and called so. Thank you but no thanks is what I say to the cartels. You don't have anything I want. I strongly support this idea of nonfunding for the cartels. They don’t have the only game in town, even though that is the picture they wish to project to purchasers. They can’t even give proper respect to their customers, calling them consumers instead of what they really are; the life blood of a corporation. It is to the point that consumers are what they treat their customers as also.

Don’t believe me? Go try to return one of these cds for your money back from the major label. Maybe the store you bought it at might refund your money as they realise that customer goodwill may well be a purchase in the future. Or just look at what Sony has done and you get the idea real quickly that protectism at the cost of customer satisfaction is the theme of the day.

That’s no way to run a business where each and every customer is considered a thief from the get go and called so. Thank you but no thanks is what I say to the cartels. You don’t have anything I want.

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