Good. Anything that deprives the Hollywood Left of cash is by definition good for the USA.
Can’t Stop the Globe’s Tanking.
If the music companies want to really put a dent in the illegal downloading, then start selling their individual songs for around 25-cents...
Well I hereby donate all the money I would have given U2 to...global warming.
People have been copying songs from each other since the cassette recorder came out in the early 70s. It’s just part of the price paid for putting music out in the open. The internet and the CD burner have just made it all easier.
Thieves are thieves. If they could steal clothing and shoes with the same small chance of discovery, they’d steal those, or slip into the movies without paying.
The preposterous rationalizations thieves come up with to justify their theft and demonize those they steal from can be pretty amazing.
Wonder what percentage of illegal downloaders have ever shoplifted?
Many of the pontificators are in businesses that got their own beginnings through stealing.
Those are words that make artists and music executives around the globe cringe.
But mostly music executives since artists rarely made squat from CD sales.
The days of paying for recorded music, like paying for porn, are over. Lawsuits don't deter downloading. An entire generation is growing up not knowing what it is like to fork out $12.99 for a 12 song, 50 minute compact disc.
Right or wrong, good or bad, that's just the way it is. The music industry is an anachronism. In the future, acts will enjoy regional popularity, earning money from touring. Big name artists will license out their music for commercial use.
The whole industry has been turned upside-down. The downloading genie is out of the bottle and it isn't going back in.
Everyone is downloading free songs because they refuse to lower CD prices. The other day I walked into an FYE Store and saw NORMAL CD prices at $18.99. This is robbery. Why would anyone pay for a CD which might have 1 good song?
It’s easy to share music with friends using a mobile hard drive or thumb drive. A DJ friend has over 200 GB of music, he let’s me pick what I like and put it on a thumb drive. What can they do about sneakernet transfers?
We’ve eliminated it on campus. The kids have to go off campus to do it.