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Bono calls for control over Internet downloads
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100103/ennew_afp/entertainmentusfilmmusicinternetbono ^ | 1-2-2010 | Yahoo News

Posted on 01/03/2010 9:18:51 AM PST by Paul46360

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Irish rock star Bono called Sunday for tougher controls over the spread of intellectual property over the Internet, arguing that file swiping and sharing hurt creators of cultural products

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bono; content; control; internet; payyourtaxesbono; taxcheat; taxcheatbono
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To: Lower55

I have thousands of songs on my ipod, all of which I paid for. My music collection cost me about $4500. My daughter has 5 times as much, all downloaded without purchasing. What she has done, is clearly wrong.

But, what is indisputable, is that right or wrong, it is a fact, and there appears to be no way to stop it. The answer is something, forward thinking. Again, I think the answer is that live music will make a big comeback. Musicians are partly to blame for their plight. Disconnected from their audience, overpriced product, low quality, and too many fingers in the middle made stealing music a no brainer.

For me, it is cheaper and less hassles, to just go buy the cd at walmart or target, and for 10-20 bucks I got the actual discs. Now, if they moved price points to 3-7 bucks, I’d bet some people would prefer having the quality of the discs themselves, and could also afford it. Plus, the unit volume would probably spike much higher.

The industry must come clean, fess up that production costs are a fraction of what they used to be, and now need to pass the savings on to the consumer.


81 posted on 01/03/2010 8:05:55 PM PST by Professional
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To: Professional

“What she has done, is clearly wrong.”

If she invented the Ipod or the computer I might agree. If she was never told by someone that it was wrong, she would never know.


82 posted on 01/03/2010 8:09:04 PM PST by Lower55
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To: Lower55

No it won’t, dumbass. Look it up, if you’re capable of looking stuff up.


83 posted on 01/03/2010 8:14:27 PM PST by Chunga (Any IDIOT who says Obama would be better for the country than McCain is a disgrace - Mark Levin)
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To: Lower55

By the way...the term is “copyright,” not “copywrite.”


84 posted on 01/03/2010 8:17:45 PM PST by Chunga (Any IDIOT who says Obama would be better for the country than McCain is a disgrace - Mark Levin)
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To: Chunga

“No it won’t, dumbass. Look it up, if you’re capable of looking stuff up.”

I can mail you an unsealed envelope via US Mail.
You have no clue.


85 posted on 01/03/2010 8:22:53 PM PST by Lower55
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To: Lower55
I can mail you an unsealed envelope via US Mail. You have no clue.

So what? I'm not going to debate with a retard.

Items mailed pursuant to Poor Man's Copyright have always required sealed envelopes and dates, and these haven't always stood up in court...much less tampered-with envelopes.

You're out of your league. Go share your ignorance with someone else.

86 posted on 01/03/2010 8:33:05 PM PST by Chunga (Any IDIOT who says Obama would be better for the country than McCain is a disgrace - Mark Levin)
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To: Chunga

“You’re out of your league. Go share your ignorance with someone else.

I don’t mind helping people out, whether in my league or not. It’s my pleasure. You’ll never learn if you think you know it all. And, you don’t. Not even close.


87 posted on 01/03/2010 8:46:47 PM PST by Lower55
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To: Lower55
You’ll never learn if you think you know it all. And, you don’t. Not even close.

I have it down to a science. Take care.

88 posted on 01/03/2010 8:50:04 PM PST by Chunga (Any IDIOT who says Obama would be better for the country than McCain is a disgrace - Mark Levin)
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To: Paul46360
I actually assumed that this was about Mary Bono.
89 posted on 01/03/2010 8:53:07 PM PST by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: Paul46360

Anyhow, Bono has nothing to worry from me. Not interested in his rubbish, or pretty much anything that is produced by the “entertainment” industry these days.


90 posted on 01/03/2010 8:55:22 PM PST by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Your analysis is quite accurate, I think.

The buggy-whip manufacturers were real people, who suffered financially due to technological change.


91 posted on 01/03/2010 8:58:44 PM PST by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: gitmo
"You just corrected me, saying it wasn't stealing it was copying."

Same thing. You write a hit song and see if you like free downloads vs. actually selling your song. It's up to you.

92 posted on 01/03/2010 10:03:17 PM PST by NoRedTape
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

93 posted on 01/04/2010 5:13:31 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Paul46360

Bono is a very rich man. Why does he want more? Doesn’t he want the poor to have music???? What about the poor in Africa, hmmmm? I guess he really doesn’t care that much after all. Oh, the disillusion.


94 posted on 01/04/2010 6:34:58 AM PST by Tribune7 (Toll booths are devices funded by taxpayers to snarl traffic, waste gas and produce smog)
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To: Paul46360

Bono is a firm believer in free speech until it costs him money.


95 posted on 01/04/2010 6:37:39 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: NoRedTape

Then you need to go after the people SHARING the music, not the people downloading it.


96 posted on 01/04/2010 6:39:54 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Yardstick
It seems like the only money will be in live performances.

It will be the Grateful Dead model. The Dead, btw, were the most financially successful music act before Jerry succombed to bodily abuse. Think of them as Estimated Prophets LOL.

97 posted on 01/04/2010 6:40:37 AM PST by Tribune7 (Toll booths are devices funded by taxpayers to snarl traffic, waste gas and produce smog)
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To: max americana

DRM pisses me off. A few years back I downloaded Rhapsody music. I have tried updating my DRM and it says I don’t have the DRM on these songs I bought and so they sit unplayable. While everything else I got (from amazon or itunes) plays fine.


98 posted on 01/04/2010 6:52:14 AM PST by HungarianGypsy
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To: cranked
>>>>Dont want it spread on the internet, get a lawyer, Bono.<<<

YUp, and sue Al Gore who invented internet. He can afford it.

99 posted on 01/04/2010 7:13:54 AM PST by DTA
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To: FreeAtlanta
This makes me want to go download a bunch of U2 songs and then move them to the Recycle bin.

I thought Windows was smart enough to simply download U2 content directly to the Recycle Bin.

100 posted on 01/04/2010 7:48:03 AM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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