Comments on: Survey Shows Huge Demand for Legal P2P

By: yellapieman

yellapieman — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:37:41 +0000

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By: D-VRX

D-VRX — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:07:46 +0000

Why pay for commercial file sharing when there are far superior protocols out there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:47:59 +0000

“If people had to pick three items to take with them to a desert island, 73% would take their music collection.”
What about picking a helicopter, a shitload of fuel and a ship (a huge one)?

By: Lord of Pirates

Lord of Pirates — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:38:12 +0000

If you’re going to pay to share stuff, why not just buy it in the first place? People aren’t the brightest sometimes, not to mention that if it were getting licensed music, the only thing corporations seem to care about for filesharing, then they would probably remove other content.

By: Baux

Baux — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:33:20 +0000

Was this poll taken in Valhalla (Sweden)?

By: ron burgandy

ron burgandy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:28:54 +0000

I doubt there’s a HUGE amount of money to be made in the sector… I mean, unless you fill torrents with crappy “1millionth downloader” ads

By: @ 6

@ 6 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:16:28 +0000

haha!

By: Reacto

Reacto — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:34:14 +0000

P2P is legal already…

By: John Bluefoot

John Bluefoot — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:02:25 +0000

Legal P2P? Where the heck is the fun in that? All you’ll be able to get is a bunch of Mickey Mouse songs! No thanks. I’ll pass.

JT
http://www.FIreMe.to/udi

By: dr00py Nutz

dr00py Nutz — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:57:31 +0000

“music is more popular than ever”

who writes this shit? and why do i continue to read it?

By: rade

rade — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:12:28 +0000

“The Internet and filesharing technologies make it possible to make production (of the copies) and distribution costs disappear, yet the prices still don’t change. Why?”

-good frikin question.

PS Right on Peter Green

By: Wildclaw

Wildclaw — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:23:36 +0000

Any service that would try to replace my use of free p2p would have to compete (yes compete) in several areas. Here is what free p2p provides for me:

* Near instant availability – No need to go to the store to buy something

* Very large selection – From software to music to tv to movies. There is a lot availible, far more than any legal download service that focuses on a single small area, and even within that area only have a small part of everything due to legal issues.

* Constant price – That p2p is free isn’t as important as it being a constant price, independent on how much I use it. I hate having to select between two pieces of information that can be copied indefinitly just because I couldn’t afford both. Price per item simply doesn’t make sense on (near) infinitly replicatable goods.

* Good Service – Distributors on p2p usually provide products with good quality and no restrictions focusing on providing the best experience for everyone. Meanwhile legal services seems to do everything they can to prevent you from using information you buy as you want, using techniques such as properitary formats, DRM and streaming to dictate usage.

I may have missed something, but I think the above represent the big points for many people. I know that I won’t budge on any of the above.

By: a/s/l

a/s/l — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:21:21 +0000

not to mention there would be a major seeding problem on a pay-for p2p service. if i was paying to download stuff i certainly wouldn’t be uploading it too, after all i’d have done my bit for the service by paying for it, why should i waste my bandwidth by voluntarily seeding? and if the service providers demanded similar seeding requirements to private trackers i don’t think they’d do much business.

By: a/s/l

a/s/l — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:17:39 +0000

ummm, i certainly wouldn’t pay for a p2p service, i like getting things for free and will continue to do so. ebooks, applications, movies, TV shows, music, sheet music – i can get it all with torrents. why would i want to pay for it? i will never ever pay for a computer file, there will ALWAYS be a way to get stuff for free and i will ALWAYS take that option, no-one should be suckered into paying for digital music and video. i feel sorry for and pity those who buy all their music from itunes. if i’m going to buy music i’ll either buy a ticket to see a live show or buy a vinyl (or CD if the vinyl ain’t available).

By: Finn

Finn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:37:10 +0000

They did a pretty same survey in Finland some time ago and almost everybody was interested in pay n’ all you can eat service. 80% on the people had downloaded entertainment illegally and every tenth was at sope point the original seeder/releaser. Nothing new here, move along :)

By: Squeak

Squeak — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:06:09 +0000

It’s not about money. It’s about control. The **AA’s want to CONTROL the people by controlling the music.

By: Peter P

Peter P — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:27:58 +0000

@12. Why would you pay for that when it’s probably still called illegal, and only offers you peace of mind and a false sense of security?

By: BlanK

BlanK — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:26:44 +0000

I’d like some legal music sharing, if the music industry doesn’t get any of my money. Only people who get my money are the artists if I happen to like them.

By: Peter P

Peter P — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:22:46 +0000

I believe in free alternatives to CDs and tapes just as there’s always been. In the digital age, the internet and file sharing make that possible.

If the law required that I pay for that; a reasonable amount like say 50c an album, then I would pay it. Even at that rate I wouldn’t be able to afford much, since I am poor and its already hard enough just to survive, with the existing costs of being online also.

However, the music industry already extorts money through various PC related channels, and besides, all the millions they’ve scammed from litigation and ripping off artists more than covers the value of p2p activity, so the leeches deserve to have it taken off them, not constantly streamed in.

By: web design company

web design company — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:28:41 +0000

They have a wonderful money-making system right in front of their faces and refuse it. Idiots.