Come on this is rediculous. The music industry is trying to scare everyone into not downloading any music but I won't stand for it. I've downloaded lots of music since they started this bullshit. I hate them. They can't stop people from doing things like this. 15 dollars for a CD, yeah right.

I agree with them all 100%!

they should remove all books from Libraries too, how DARE folk go in there and read things for free!

sarcasm meter overloading. abort. abort.

record companies have been keeping their cd prices high for years now. el reg has an article on this somewhere on the front page because Universal Music has just decided to lower their cd prices.

 

To be quite honest, the true reason that the companies' profits are dropping is the fact that they churn out a lot of crap. Most of what's in the top 100 is completely rubbish. And they expect people to buy these records/albums at ridiculously inflated prices - which, to be honest, a lot of people can't be bothered doing. They've had it good for twenty years or so, but refuse to change their business model and refuse to exploit the business potential of internet music sharing. Instead they try to subdue it with subpoenas.

 

I think the phrase 'adapt or die' springs to mind.

And now they're starting a campaign to villify p2p because people trade child porn on it. While they're at it, they should apply the same argument to e-mail, www, newsgroups, ftps, irc, etc. Come to think of it, mp3s are shared on all those systems too... it's only a matter of time before they start lobbying to have the whole internet outlawed.

Don't forget cameras, photographic paper, televisions and video tape.

down with technology!

There will be a public bonfire in Dudde's garden at 19.00 tomorrow - bring all your evil technomalogicoid things!

hey wait...why my garden??

Why not?

good point

free pizza and drink for ALL!!!....who burn their"evil technomalogicoid things"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96797,00.html

 

 

NEW YORK — The music industry has turned its big legal guns on Internet music-swappers — including a 12-year-old New York City girl who thought downloading songs was fun.

 

 

What's even more interesting about this story is how it brings bias in the major US news companies out. CNN (owned by AOL Time Warner) is not carrying the story, CBS (Viacom), ABC (Disney), are all pro-RIAA and not carrying this story, while Fox News, the New York Post, Newsday, and The Register are all carrying it.

bah, suing a 12-year old girl

 

up to $150,000 a song! a lot of people download because they don't HAVE the money to buy the overpriced crap in the first place!

The comments (1180 of them) on that article I posted to slashdot are very interesting.

now wait, is that 1180 replies, or 1180 posts telling the music company they suck? there is a difference

this is getting out of control. someone's gotta do something against these companies.

suicide bombers?

I nominate sayonara

lol

Screw you hippies, I'm going home.

To be technically speaking....Downloading music for free of the internet is pirating....Of course I can't say that I'm against it...I pirate video games.....Stupid Democracy....George Bush is ruining it for everyone........I'm backing Sayonara's nomination......And Fafalone's suicide pilot idea...........Lets FLY!!!!!>.....

sayonara's nomination was for the position of suicide pilots

but now he's gone home

 

I'll have to politely invade his home and persuade him back out with chocolate bunny stars

I think my particular talents could be utilised better than just expecting me to explode at a strategically advantageous moment.

I think you have to believe you're gonna have your own harem with 10 virgins after you die to qualify to be a suicide bomber.

or Japanese.