We don't even need a study, just look at the Volstead Act.
It didn't really help society, it certainly didn't do what it's zealots claimed it would do, but in the end - it made some people *very* rich.
Isn't that the purpose of most laws? To make some people rich?
While it's claimed that most laws are made for some sort of 'protection' or some such unbelievable hogwash, we all know that MOST are made to make someone rich... or perhaps keep the other guy from getting rich to sustain business models that the free market would otherwise crush.
But you know - socialism as such is all well and good, until everyone else runs out of money to take - then it dies all the same.
Of course, the Music Industry has had it so good and so easy for so long... Now they are getting the shaft so hard and so deep, it's just coming back around full circle.
For years and years, this industry gutted the public with over priced content that you would buy a whole disc/album/tape for just a single good song. Now, the consumer is gutting the industry. And they want sympathy?
Naaaa.
I'll still buy CD's, for ethical reasons (even though it's obvious the music industry NEVER sought to treat consumers with this same respect, but I'm above that) and because I like to have them, plus it's legal.
If the RIAA withers and dies, I'll buy digital media. The sooner the RIAA dies and let's the industry move on to the digital age - the better. Since you obviously won't evolve: go away RIAA.
Or else maybe the film is in the public domain if it is at all owned by the government and there can be no piracy. It's our government after all... Oh wait, I forgot, it's not our government. The corporations bought it out from under us.
Good point - so by proxy - we've already paid for the media and should feel free to download it? :)
Where does it say anywhere that a religious leader has to "live meagerly through charity?" I really want to know. Is it a rumor or something? I know Catholic Christian Priests take a vow of poverty, but it is of their own volition. Is this to what you are referring?
It's just a twisting of concepts in the bible is all.
I'm Christian - but I'm FAR from religious - two VERY different things. But the 'religious' and their profit mills don't like that being said.
Not all people in a 'religion' follow the teachings from which the 'religion' is derived for sure - actually, I would be willing to say - the vast majority of religions - all sorts of them - don't follow what their scriptures say.
People keep confusing the benefits of online marketing, with supposed benefits of piracy.
I think that the 'marketing' in online and other situations is part of what drives piracy. People hear the song, for free, on the radio, the web - and want to hear it again. So they either just download a copy, rip it at the library, or get it from a friend, etc...
But of course, in some cases people hear the music and want to buy it. I like to buy CD's just for the collection and I just like the physical disc...
But even before the web, it was no different. People heard music free, and perhaps liked it. Perhaps copied it from someone or the radio or perhaps bought it - depending on the value of them actually having the original.
Much of the music people get - download, copied - or such, for 'free' - just isn't compelling enough for them to buy it. I hear tons on Pandora I just don't think is worth the cost - to me.
If I could freely download it, I might, but even if I can't listen otherwise - it's not worth buying in many cases - to me, anyway. I like it 'enough' to settle with hearing it on the web, radio or whatever - on occasion.
But rewinding to the concept at hand - the marketing drives the music to be played to begin with. Simply put, there's no other way to sell it. After that point, it's up to the consumer if it's worth the cost. Some people just aren't going to pay - music or not music. I've always been a music customer (collector) that likes to buy. But even in the 80's, before the web - I knew a number of people that wouldn't buy anything - everything they had was a copy.
It's just that the visibility is more notable now, the ability to copy has been around as long as the music industry - since without the ability to copy the music somehow - we'd have to just go to live performances and in Mozart's day - music wasn't terribly profitable, even for a genius.
I think if the leaders in the music industry were to look back on their high school days - I would be *quite* willing to bet - they had dubbed tapes/8-tracks too. Unless maybe they pre-date 8-Tracks, but even then - record trading was common along with 'borrowing' records - my dad has been a long term music collector too.. :)
They need only look at their own buying habits of the time, and those of their friends to know that today's digital age just mimics that - albeit, on a much larger scale. Regardless of any laws made - their business models will *need* to change to stay profitable - ask "Barnes & Noble" or "Blockbuster" about that one.
It wasn't piracy that has and is forcing these two to close brick and mortar stores. It's on-demand cable and amazon.
"and without it, I don't feel metal would be where it is today.'
Well... bootlegging helped some bands - dramatically. Even pre-internet days.
I mean, if any of us recall high school, etc - I'm sure a large amount of the music you bought, you had heard for free at a friend's house, or got for free on a dubbed tape.
I had lots of Metallica copied from friends on the recordable tapes, but it didn't stop me from buying it myself either.
But indeed, all I need to do is put their band name in Pandora and yet again, I can listen for 'free' - even though I do pay the yearly sub fee, since it's quite reasonable.
At the rate things are going I am hoping the Cancer of Washington is eliminated within the next ten years.Would not surprise me to see mass civil discontent one bit.
What worries me, is the concept that just that - might be the intent.
Yes - helping to promote unsigned music on a popular website meant that I could be kept prisoner in a foreign country for supposedly conspiring to help kill the music industry. If ridiculous situations like the above are allowed to happen, then perhaps killing the music industry wouldn't be such a bad thing...
If this is the way the RIAA, etc - of the future is going to act, and if they continue to demonize fans for wanting to listen to music using new technology - by all means, please die, to make room for a new organization.
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With some notable exceptions; such as Harvard in this instance - college is a **BAD** idea for an Entrepreneur.
If one just looks at the facts and analyzes them anyway.
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It didn't really help society, it certainly didn't do what it's zealots claimed it would do, but in the end - it made some people *very* rich.
Isn't that the purpose of most laws? To make some people rich?
While it's claimed that most laws are made for some sort of 'protection' or some such unbelievable hogwash, we all know that MOST are made to make someone rich... or perhaps keep the other guy from getting rich to sustain business models that the free market would otherwise crush.
But you know - socialism as such is all well and good, until everyone else runs out of money to take - then it dies all the same.
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For years and years, this industry gutted the public with over priced content that you would buy a whole disc/album/tape for just a single good song. Now, the consumer is gutting the industry. And they want sympathy?
Naaaa.
I'll still buy CD's, for ethical reasons (even though it's obvious the music industry NEVER sought to treat consumers with this same respect, but I'm above that) and because I like to have them, plus it's legal.
If the RIAA withers and dies, I'll buy digital media. The sooner the RIAA dies and let's the industry move on to the digital age - the better. Since you obviously won't evolve: go away RIAA.
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And they should. For probably $100.00 a month, they could get a custom web site up and running and maintained.
If they sold MP3's at 25 cents each, they would likely make exponentially more than the RIAA will get them.
Heck, the artists themselves could cut CD-R's - advertise that too and people will buy them just because of that, lol.
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Good point - so by proxy - we've already paid for the media and should feel free to download it? :)
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It's just a twisting of concepts in the bible is all.
I'm Christian - but I'm FAR from religious - two VERY different things. But the 'religious' and their profit mills don't like that being said.
Not all people in a 'religion' follow the teachings from which the 'religion' is derived for sure - actually, I would be willing to say - the vast majority of religions - all sorts of them - don't follow what their scriptures say.
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Unless it's profitable!
Back to the days of feudalism we go - step by step.
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Doubt it. Seriously. At least in 98% of cases, anyway.
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Conceptually, it would be a great idea - in reality, the chances of it happening are a bit less than snowfall in hell.
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I think that the 'marketing' in online and other situations is part of what drives piracy. People hear the song, for free, on the radio, the web - and want to hear it again. So they either just download a copy, rip it at the library, or get it from a friend, etc...
But of course, in some cases people hear the music and want to buy it. I like to buy CD's just for the collection and I just like the physical disc...
But even before the web, it was no different. People heard music free, and perhaps liked it. Perhaps copied it from someone or the radio or perhaps bought it - depending on the value of them actually having the original.
Much of the music people get - download, copied - or such, for 'free' - just isn't compelling enough for them to buy it. I hear tons on Pandora I just don't think is worth the cost - to me.
If I could freely download it, I might, but even if I can't listen otherwise - it's not worth buying in many cases - to me, anyway. I like it 'enough' to settle with hearing it on the web, radio or whatever - on occasion.
But rewinding to the concept at hand - the marketing drives the music to be played to begin with. Simply put, there's no other way to sell it. After that point, it's up to the consumer if it's worth the cost. Some people just aren't going to pay - music or not music. I've always been a music customer (collector) that likes to buy. But even in the 80's, before the web - I knew a number of people that wouldn't buy anything - everything they had was a copy.
It's just that the visibility is more notable now, the ability to copy has been around as long as the music industry - since without the ability to copy the music somehow - we'd have to just go to live performances and in Mozart's day - music wasn't terribly profitable, even for a genius.
I think if the leaders in the music industry were to look back on their high school days - I would be *quite* willing to bet - they had dubbed tapes/8-tracks too. Unless maybe they pre-date 8-Tracks, but even then - record trading was common along with 'borrowing' records - my dad has been a long term music collector too.. :)
They need only look at their own buying habits of the time, and those of their friends to know that today's digital age just mimics that - albeit, on a much larger scale. Regardless of any laws made - their business models will *need* to change to stay profitable - ask "Barnes & Noble" or "Blockbuster" about that one.
It wasn't piracy that has and is forcing these two to close brick and mortar stores. It's on-demand cable and amazon.
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Well... bootlegging helped some bands - dramatically. Even pre-internet days.
I mean, if any of us recall high school, etc - I'm sure a large amount of the music you bought, you had heard for free at a friend's house, or got for free on a dubbed tape.
I had lots of Metallica copied from friends on the recordable tapes, but it didn't stop me from buying it myself either.
But indeed, all I need to do is put their band name in Pandora and yet again, I can listen for 'free' - even though I do pay the yearly sub fee, since it's quite reasonable.
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What worries me, is the concept that just that - might be the intent.
http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/3260
http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/01/george-so ros-expect-civil-unrest/
Free free to dig deeper, but you might not like what you find.
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1. Get the US version. You could have fun comparing the differences.
2. Pirate it, because they are not giving you what you want.
3. Go without.
Or maybe 4 options perhaps:
Or just go to the library and check it out - for free. :)
Ohhhh, but maybe I shouldn't say that - is that promoting 'piracy'?
Hell, before you know it, they'll be playing music for free on the radio.... errr... wait...
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If this is the way the RIAA, etc - of the future is going to act, and if they continue to demonize fans for wanting to listen to music using new technology - by all means, please die, to make room for a new organization.
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