Comments on: iTunes sales booming: report http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7438 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/7438/comment-page-1#comment-28415 Reader's Write Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:11:36 +0000 #comment-28415 The trouble is, as a subpar quality file, no mp3's are not worth a dollar. Some of the artists are wising up to the fact that those locked mp3's and what the industry is trying to pull with them is costing the artists dollars in their pocket because people realize that the value isn't there. It isn't about whether the artists should be paid, its about the product as configured not being worth the money. Add to it that you are very likely to get a little present with buying music and it isn't an attractive deal at all. Ask any of those folks that played their xcp discs in their computers and then had to format to clean up the resulting security breaches how much they thought that disc was worth. Supporting the artist is fine, go see them live where they will actually get the money you pay. When artists start telling their fans how to circumvent DRM to actually enjoy their purchases or when they start apologizing to their fans for what their labels did in protecting the mp3s you wind up with artists like Santana that feel like their fans have been alienated by the labels actions. The trouble is, as a subpar quality file, no mp3’s are not worth a dollar. Some of the artists are wising up to the fact that those locked mp3’s and what the industry is trying to pull with them is costing the artists dollars in their pocket because people realize that the value isn’t there. It isn’t about whether the artists should be paid, its about the product as configured not being worth the money.

Add to it that you are very likely to get a little present with buying music and it isn’t an attractive deal at all. Ask any of those folks that played their xcp discs in their computers and then had to format to clean up the resulting security breaches how much they thought that disc was worth.

Supporting the artist is fine, go see them live where they will actually get the money you pay. When artists start telling their fans how to circumvent DRM to actually enjoy their purchases or when they start apologizing to their fans for what their labels did in protecting the mp3s you wind up with artists like Santana that feel like their fans have been alienated by the labels actions.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7438/comment-page-1#comment-28400 Reader's Write Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:28:51 +0000 #comment-28400 when i plugged my ipod video into a different computer that didnt have itunes it locked up so i restarted the ipod like in the directions and it worked again after i downloaded itunes to that computer and it asked me a question that i didnt pay any attention to and pushed yes and then all the sudden my music was gone off my ipod so you know what happened an if i can get my music back when i plugged my ipod video into a different computer that didnt have itunes it locked up so i restarted the ipod like in the directions and it worked again after i downloaded itunes to that computer and it asked me a question that i didnt pay any attention to and pushed yes and then all the sudden my music was gone off my ipod so you know what happened an if i can get my music back

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7438/comment-page-1#comment-28129 Reader's Write Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:10:30 +0000 #comment-28129 I still don't understand how a dollar a song is gouging...it's not about the material value of the file, it's about compensating the various parties involved in its production, and about use value. Is the enjoyment people get from a song really less than a dollar? Why bother with it it all if one doesn't like it enough to spend a dollar on it? Not meaning to be antagonistic, it's just a question that's always on my mind; I don't think artists should be reduced to having to use internet tip jars or ugly banner ads to make money, and a buck doesn't seem like much to ask for a song. I still don’t understand how a dollar a song is gouging…it’s not about the material value of the file, it’s about compensating the various parties involved in its production, and about use value. Is the enjoyment people get from a song really less than a dollar? Why bother with it it all if one doesn’t like it enough to spend a dollar on it?

Not meaning to be antagonistic, it’s just a question that’s always on my mind; I don’t think artists should be reduced to having to use internet tip jars or ugly banner ads to make money, and a buck doesn’t seem like much to ask for a song.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7438/comment-page-1#comment-27523 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:35:25 +0000 #comment-27523 That's it, we lost. Nice while it lasted. See you all in the iTunes chat room... That’s it, we lost. Nice while it lasted. See you all in the iTunes chat room…

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