I know of one particular commercial a year back that had a song in it that was really catchy and I wanted to find it, but I never figured out what song it was. If info like that was made more available I would've bought the song and looked into the band's other works.
That is an AMAZING idea. I hope Redbox is listening, 'cause this could be positively groundbreaking for them. I'll admit, I first dismissed Redbox, not because of the business model but because the vending machine nature pretty much makes it the "Best Sellers on the New Releases" rack at Blockbuster, and I don't usually watch those. But this could be huge.
Dead serious, the way I make a living is just sitting around, downloading ringtones, and playing them on my crappy little phone speaker on the street so that people will give me spare change.
I make the mad duckets, yo. It's good to be the king.
I have found pretty much no fault with my Rhapsody To Go sub. I can get my tracks to my MP3 player faster than I ever could with iTunes, or even torrenting the albums. It's handy, user friendly, and as far as sharing goes, sure it goes about as far as telling my friends what album to listen to or just showing them the track on my stereo in my car or whatever, but when has there been a music service that lets you do more than that, legally?
I'll admit Mike's in the wrong here, but to proclaim that he has 'no moral compass' because he twisted a story to be about an issue it has pretty much nothing to do with is a little harsh, don'tcha think?
Speaking as someone who likes the little plastic disks and used to collect them quite fervently-- I have faith in CDs, especially for smaller acts. I can't tell you how many times one of my favorite bands has put together a nice little 'preorder package' that was an absolutely dandy RtB. I got a shirt, maybe a signed poster or maybe the liner notes were signed. Another thing I really liked was the sticking like, say, a music video on the disk that I could access via compooter. And the nice, uncompressed sound. That was cool too.
Now, I'm an ardent supporter of most of the things that are talked about on this blog, but I can't help it if I just love the stupid little plastic disks.
Oh! Really? If I just bought the rights to a song, via iTunes or whatever you will, then those are my rights? Forever? So I can just download them again from iTunes whenever I want, for the rest of my life? And if I'm being /sold/ rights here, as you so claim, can I re-sell those rights? And since I have the rights to those songs, can I play them in public whenever I please?
Well, sir, if that's what you're claiming, then yes. I'm wrong. That's just a daaandy system, sign me up.
Still slinging 'Mike's a Socialist' around, are you? Well, if you paid attention, he's actually arguing against government protection of failing business models.
There is, however, a magic that happens when a rights holder signs over the rights to distribute their materials to another group, which then uploads them as torrents. That, my friend, is authorized downloading.
Equating downloading to stealing. Not true. I just cloned your potatoes. You still have your potatoes. Your potatoes are in no way less valuable. Also, did anyone else catch the word 'crime' in there?
It's not just a copy, it's a civil matter.
Not a crime.
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"Challenge this violation of basic law and order, and you get an A!"
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Shit's priceless.
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What in the name of ANYTHING does this have to do with convincing the customer to BUY A TOYOTA?
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Dead serious, the way I make a living is just sitting around, downloading ringtones, and playing them on my crappy little phone speaker on the street so that people will give me spare change.
I make the mad duckets, yo. It's good to be the king.
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What I was trying to say at the end there was
Misreporting facts "Lesser-than" Punching kittens.
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Misreporting facts
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Now, I'm an ardent supporter of most of the things that are talked about on this blog, but I can't help it if I just love the stupid little plastic disks.
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Well, sir, if that's what you're claiming, then yes. I'm wrong. That's just a daaandy system, sign me up.
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Still slinging 'Mike's a Socialist' around, are you? Well, if you paid attention, he's actually arguing against government protection of failing business models.
There is, however, a magic that happens when a rights holder signs over the rights to distribute their materials to another group, which then uploads them as torrents. That, my friend, is authorized downloading.
I know, it seems like magic, but it's not.
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What they're doing is fraudulent and extortionist. Shouldn't there be a penalty for that too?
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It's not just a copy, it's a civil matter.
Not a crime.
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