Only the mentally challenged and those one-week-fresh to the Internets go to those sites. And strangely enough, those tend to be the same people with a VERY limited “sphere” of taste and culture. No offense to anyone living in a trailer.

@Reasoned Mind

I know you have a vision. A return to innocence, in which we merry band of pirates will be tamed by draconian legislation, or by some technological silver bullet.

I submit to you a different future. One in which the artist does not need to work for years to pay back their production advances. One in which the middle man cannot pocket the majority of the artists revenue, for however long their contract lasts.

This is what the labels truly fear. Filesharing is a known risk. A ‘loss’ they cannot adequately demonstrate, but can at least lobby against.

No…

The thing they fear will destroy them is far more straightforward; they fear that the world will wake up to the fact that they are just not needed any more.

The day will come when artists can connect with fans, and fans can connect with artists. All without the ‘assistance’ of the labels.

That someday soon, the internet will make them irrelevant.

You make absolute no sense and your a complete moron.

Your point is no more true then our point, stop thinking you know wtf your talking about and your somehow above everyone else.. your seriously pathetic in all ways.

Lets see if we can make your retarded brain understand this.. ok.. CAR STEALING = Taking a physical object away. FILE SHARING = Copying numbers infinite amount of times.

If I could copy a car, I would.

F*cking retarded donkey.

“You human…”

Oh, where are you from then? ;)

@ ernesto: true true true!

You human are just a bunch of sheeps folowing each other without thinking. If one fall of the clift the others follow.

No offence but many species are smarter than that.

And to be honest, if it wasn’t for the internet with the wide supply I wouldn’t be into the bands I listen too today.

NOTE: Britney sucks

The only torrent site, tracker, that is focused upon is TPB, also in connection with numbers that for TPB doesn’t make sense.

Oh, but the last histogram was at least pretty.

http://www.prsformusic.com/monline/research/Documents/The%20long%20tail%20of%20P2P%20v9.pdf

The same goes to the arts when people say that someone was influenced by others what they’re really saying is that he/she copied bits and pieces from others.

As for countries the USA copied the Europeans, the Japanese copied the Americans, the Chinese copied everybody looking at those patterns I risk saying that sharing knowledge is pretty important for the development of good and just societies which some industries think otherwise.

Well something it does or otherwise they wouldn’t spend millions lobbying congresses around the world to change laws LoL

And it’s not about “sticking to the man!” is about not being criminalized for doing what is only human like I don’t know sharing(pirating) and having access to information that could benefit the whole of society and no just a few chosen ones.

” you may notice that bit torrent, for instance, has some very cosy deals with Fox, Paramount, Warners, etc. – but still its adherents believe vehemently that they are crazy rebels out on the fringes, sticking it to the man, without anything more than a few anecdotes to back up this self-identification. i suppose it’s a bit like evangelical christianity, or those right-wing libertarian militia groups.”

Dude, you totally lost me??!! Are U comparing me to a religous fanatic? Go f U C K yourselves…seriously!!

need to be spelt with an “ie” (not in my family anyway).

extraordinary to come back to this page a few days after leaving my comment.

most of the comments resemble those of an isolated but fanatical religious community, united by a leap of faith, blind to all contradictions.

the strange thing is that pirating is by now a perfectly mainstream activity, does no harm to multinational corporations whatsoever – you may notice that bit torrent, for instance, has some very cosy deals with Fox, Paramount, Warners, etc. – but still its adherents believe vehemently that they are crazy rebels out on the fringes, sticking it to the man, without anything more than a few anecdotes to back up this self-identification. i suppose it’s a bit like evangelical christianity, or those right-wing libertarian militia groups.

Only kids who haven’t heard of Rolling Stones would get satisfaction listening to Britney.

What next? Paris Hilton?

Gimme a break!