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Posted by FatKat on 12/24/06 16:41
John Hunter top-posted:
> Because not everybody believes everything the music industry says.
Because not everybody believes what the industry says...what? What is
your point? I'll reiterate what mine is - whether you're for or
against music piracy, there's no legal or any other difference between
downloading a song through a paid service like AllOfMP3 and through a
file-sharing network except that one offers you the illusion of piece
of mind and a credit card bill. Just because you paid for it won't get
you off the hook. The assholes who run the music industry are full of
shit, they do exploit artists and do overcharge consumers. That's
meaningless in the case of a renegade entrepreneur who lets his
customers think that they're getting the best of both worlds - that
they're getting completely legal downloads and at the same time hitting
back at the hated recording industry.
> The
> music industry is as unpopular with artists as it is with music collectors -
> both groups have a feeling of systematic exploitation - and things cannot
> always be seen in terms of black and white.
Which hasn't stopped defenders of AllOfMP3 from adopting a similar
simplistic rationalization of that company's actions - they're not the
music industry, and we pay them, so they must be okay. Personally, I
don't like the movie industry - too many duds, too much attention to
established stars who know that they can underperform in shitty movies
as long as they can hold the attention of some asshole in US Weekly.
That doesn't mean I can't catch a good flick now and then and pay to
watch it.
> We are at a mid stage with the opportunity for artistes to have a direct relationship with
> purchasers of their talent, which many are starting.
Which is why you go to AllOfMP3.com? You want to foster a more direct
relationship with that new Ska band in Orange County or that new metal
act out of Clevelan...by downloading their music from some guy in
Russia with money that those acts will never see? AllOfMP3 was
intolerable enough before it became a touchstone for the entire debate
over recording industry-artist relationship, a situation that
AllOfMP3.com has nothing to do with other than to profit from it. Let
me ask you htis, if you feel so bad for those poor, starving artists,
will you then forward them the difference between what you pay on
AllOfMP3 and what you would have paid for getting the music through
industry-sanctioned avenues?
>
> The industry has done everything it can to ensure music purchasers are
> shafted - from attempting to ban imports to artificially ensuring high
> retail prices.
Ummmm, you can add AllOfMP3 to the list of shafters that have had their
way with you. Basically they're charging you for something you can get
for free - music downloads.
> I feel genuine concern for artists but not for the
> companies - and artists now have the opportunity of breaking free from them.
which is why you're gonna send them the monye you saved by getting
their music through allofmp3 rather than iTunes, right?
> I say this from the perspective of someone who spent 20 years in the music
> industry - but now retired.
Fine, I'll just download everybody else's music from now on, and make
sure to buy your's from allofmp3 exclusively
>
> This is far over simplified - but it's what many feel.
and if everybody else thinks it's right, it must be.
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