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Posted by NRen2k5 on 10/08/06 11:29
My my, we have a little hypocrite on our hands here. Hello advocates
using an illegal music download service but cries "propaganda!" when
somebody speak out against it.
- NRen2k5
hello wrote:
> 1. you have many prepay options, from credit card to ultra-tinfoil-hat
> anonymous cash
>
> 2. even if they don't come back, you're out $26. that means you used
> $4 (obvious guy says). that is 40 songs, or 3 albums. conservative
> album price: $10. you got your money's worth. plus there's a discount
> for the whole album.
>
> 3. availability. well, sometimes they were slow to get new stuff on
> their site -- but that's because the album the song was on wasn't
> *released* yet. according to the Russion law they claim to be under,
> they can't post a song until they buy the album. rules are rules. i
> have found that some very odd stuff can't be found, too. but that's
> true of any service currently out there. i-Tunes included. for
> example -- try finding ninja rap by vanilla ice from teenage mutant
> ninja turtles 2 (never said i had taste, just throwing an example out
> there). the good thing about availability is if they decide there is a
> group they like, they'll have EVERYTHING by that group (read: grateful
> dead albums).
>
> 4. plum out of business? lets think this over. i don't know how many
> people subscribe, but lets say the average pre-purchase is (my super
> conservative) $20. this is also the MINIMUM purchase. multiply that
> by 500,000 users, and you're at $10,000,000. yes, that's million. how
> long do you think you could run a site given $10million dollars?
> that's assuming no one comes back for more and they don't invest this
> pre-pay.
>
> 5. who said they were targeting another country? your earlier comment
> of "all russian to me" would imply they target russian speaking
> countries. so which is it? russian or english? a little bit of
> back-peddling to me. furthermore, you're implying (with no proof) that
> all non-US sites will ultimately fail.
>
> 6. you're previous post's propaganda is very questionable. who are
> you, really......
>
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