Comments on: Why Pirates Buy More Music and Music Labels Fail

By: UK Entertainment Industry Wants to Disconnect Pirates | InstantIdiocy

UK Entertainment Industry Wants to Disconnect Pirates | InstantIdiocy — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:25:54 +0000

[...] of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks to download infringing content is merely a sign of a failing industry. Disconnections will not improve the current business [...]

By: P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Pirates as true friends of music

P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Pirates as true friends of music — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:01:41 +0000

[...] piece from TorrentFreak, which sums up the absurdity of the anti-filesharing [...]

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:01:17 +0000

People who solely steal music are essentially cowards. I doubt they head off to the mall and steal themselves their new outfit. Or go to McDonalds and snag another person’s order and run. You’re calling this a “true music fan”? One who can’t even support a band? People seem to think bands are rolling in the benjamins just because they have a CD out. Not true. In this day and age it’s not realistic to say everyone should be buying ALL their music, but taking a trip and snagging a full album should be more regular a thing than it is.

By: Fun Press

Fun Press — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:54:21 +0000

[...] Pirates are the better customers! [...]

By: Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates | IDTorrent Blog

Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates | IDTorrent Blog — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:23:23 +0000

[...] are willing to pay for music. It’s time for the music industry to find out how to get them on [...]

By: Puzzlerf

Puzzlerf — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:03:13 +0000

I’m thinking that the pirate community should make a stand to show how much the Music industry is hurting it’s self.

On the last week of June (June 29th-July 3rd) every person who ‘pirates’ music should not buy any music what so ever. Hold off on all purchases or buy before hand. Just to show the purchasing power of those who download music.

Every one should share this idea and plaster it on every torrent site.

By: Starving

Starving — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:16:42 +0000

I despise greedy corporations and believe information should be free…

but…

I’m also an independent recording artist and an ASCAP member and (though it isn’t much) I DEPEND on the income from my quarterly ASCAP checks (in addition to the day job I can’t wait to quit).

My art utilizes machinery which constantly needs to be maintained, serviced or upgraded. It also requires electricity and a rented studio space in addition to numerous other things, none of which are free, most of which are quite expensive.

I have never made anywhere near enough to be able to sustain my craft with just shows, merch table sales and snocap. Forget about recording other bands, they’re always broke. I have also never met anyone who’s said: ” hey, great album! here’s the several thousand dollars you’ll need to make the next one.” or ” here, let me repair that console for free”.

It’s been years and I’m STILL waiting for someone to show me a “new model” where I can continue to make the music my fans want to consume. Not idealism, not speculation, but HARD DATA. I want to see figures.

anyone? hello?

thought so.

By: adamant

adamant — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:46:33 +0000

I’m fully prepared to send bands $5 or $10 for each album I download – it’s more than they’d get from me buying their album anyway

http://www.tech3d.net

By: Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates | InstantIdiocy

Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates | InstantIdiocy — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:47:02 +0000

[...] are willing to pay for music. It’s time for the music industry to find out how to get them on [...]

By: milkboys » Periodical Political Post *20

milkboys » Periodical Political Post *20 — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:13:45 +0000

[...] Why pirates buy more music than the “good” guys and music labels fail [...]

By: Därför köper pirater mer musik än andra.

Därför köper pirater mer musik än andra. — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:00:40 +0000

[...] Läs hela inlägget här. [...]

By: Comcast Sucker

Comcast Sucker — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:28:12 +0000

Real Pirates don’t participate in studies, we are anonymous.

By: ppb

ppb — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:56:48 +0000

Quite honestly this is all a moot point. The loss of dollars that the recording industry claims they are suffering from, is just a drop in the ocean and they are not really concerned about it. They just use this to fuel peoples emotions which serves to further their cause. What they are really concerned about is the loss of control and their monopoly which they are trying to protect.
Even if they are shown the evidence without a shadow of a doubt, they will never agree that the downloaders are actually the ones keeping their antiquated business model afloat.

By: renegade

renegade — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:09:10 +0000

Ive not bought a CD since 1999.Why?

I always end up with an argument with folk who ask me this question.SIMPLE ANSWER

AVAILABILITY
AVAILABILITY
AVAILABILITY

I was in college when my fave CD used to come out worldwide and we ran to our stores to find out that people didn’t even know who we were talking about.RIAA if your distribution network doesnt reach us in other countries.HOW THe F**K do u NOT EXPECT PIRACY.

PIRACY : The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material.

Thats how the dictionary defines IT.
HOW DO U EXPECT FANS WHO ARE HUNGRY TO WATCH THE LATEST MOVIES not to get an unauthorized version of it.

F**K MAN!!! these OLD f**ks who are at the RIAA/MOvieBOSSES dont have a clue how good technology is these days in distributing content.

GIVE ME A MOVIE’s NAME…I will get to in NO TIME.(and for anyone anywhere in the world)

GIVE me AN ALBULMS NAME….I will get in seconds (and for anyone anywhere in the WORLD)

GIVE ME A SOFTWARE…I’ll get for anywhere anytime and IT WILL FREAKING WORK….

When you learn how to do that without having me pay an exhoberent TAX or SHIPPING FEE or SUBSCRIPTION
I WILL PAY FOR YOUR SH*T….GET THAT ITS THAT F**KING SIMPLE YOU FAT-I-WANT-ALL-THE-MONEY-IN-MY-POCKETS F*GS..

Another THING…you biatches are doing well in spite of the recession…..YOUR BEST YEAR…And you know why ur BREAKING every FREAKING RECORD on the planet..
CAUse its people LIKE US who spread teh buzz about GREAT content

PIRACY HAS Created a Legion of fans in places where none of UR F***KING ARTISTS WIlll be able to FREAJING NAME

By: Super Torrent

Super Torrent — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:09:34 +0000

Maybe people who pirate music just lie on surveys more. Kind of makes sense to me that people who take things without paying would also probably be liars.

By: The Tech Town » Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates

The Tech Town » Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:31:52 +0000

[...] are willing to pay for music. It’s time for the music industry to find out how to get them on [...]

By: Tech Whiz Underground » Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates

Tech Whiz Underground » Amazon Doesn’t Want to Sell Music to Pirates — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:51:04 +0000

[...] are willing to pay for music. It’s time for the music industry to find out how to get them on [...]

By: Rabbit80

Rabbit80 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:31:29 +0000

@98

I assume you use something along the lines of Eraser to delete all these files? If not, its trivial to recover temp files, internet history (which is stored regardless of your settings in index.dat) etc.

The safest way of protecting your computer from unauthorised access (such as if the police took it) is to encrypt your hard disk. Have a look at TrueCrypt.

For cleaning of your files have a look at CCleaner – It can even wipe your tracks to DoD standards!

By: John-Henry

John-Henry — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:06:53 +0000

Hey Everyone!

I’ve been downloading music since early Napster days. I have kept track of how much music I downloaded (way to much to actually listen to, mostly to sample) and How many CDs I have bought. My numbers are about 5,000 songs (DL) and 300-400 CDs purchased. Yes, I have listened to all the CDS. What is everyone elses numbers?

By: graphicartist2k5

graphicartist2k5 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:33 +0000

when will those of you that see file sharing as so “evil” get a freaking clue? it’s in no ways an evil thing to share music/movies/pictures/programs with other people on the internet. and this whole “you’re gonna get caught” thing is getting REALLY old, REALLY fast. do you know who it is that gets caught downloading stuff off the internet? people that are dumb enough to STILL install programs on their computers that supposedly claim that they will help the computer user to be more productive, or some other false claim like that, when in reality those programs are nothing more than spyware. here’s a clue: if you install ANYTHING that has piggy-back programs that want to install during the installation process, and you don’t have the choice of not installing those piggy-back programs, then DON’T install the main program! it’s that simple. not only that, but most people tend to think that their browsing history cannot be traced, when they NEVER set their browser of choice up to delete their browsing history/ internet cookies when they’re done searching the internet, and they close their browser, and they also don’t go through their folders on their computer and delete things out of their temp directory, temporary internet files folder, and history folder that could be used to incriminate them. this is all basic, common sense stuff that ANY person can do that owns a pc, but most people don’t think to do it. personally, i ALWAYS go through my computer’s temp directory, and i have my computer set up so that NO browsing history gets saved by my internet browser, and i also have my recent documents folder set up via a registry hack to NOT have anything saved in it. there’s NO reason to even have a recent documents folder, anyway.

to sum it all up: file-sharing is fine, and those that think it’s not need to get a clue. if you haven’t cleaned out your temporary files directory, then you NEED to do it, and the same thing goes for your recent documents folder. oh yeah, don’t leave your torrent client open for weeks on end without closing it down, just because you want to seed a file. that alone could be the real reason why some people have gotten busted. USE YOUR BRAINS.