In the case of music in general,
I dont spend as much money anymore becasue now I’m aware of more music and don’t waste as much money blindly.

I remember back before filesharing I would waste thousands of dollars on junk that some hollywood magazine shill said was worth buying.

Now I’ll DL it and I’ll KNOW whether its worth buying before I buy it.

And honestly,
90% of the crap the big industries put out aint worth buying.

If its good I’ll want full uncompressed quality and artwork, etc.

But thats about 10% of the shit they push/make available.

And in the case of digital music distribution,
if you’re selling MP3′s instead of full quality,
why should anybody pay for those.

Those should be free samples.

Thats two different continents.

Thats why its called north america and south america, its each its owns continent.
Try a simple google search for the seven continents and see for yourself.

And here is the reason why americans calls themselves americans: Their country is actually named America. United states of america. Yes they are also located on the continent of America, but they are in both respects americans.

Just like ppl from Mexico are mexicans.

Japan citizens are japanese.

Brazilian comes from brazil.

Twist here is, mexicans are also north americans.

Japanese are also asians.

Brazilians are also south americans.

Russians have even more options, they can be russians, europeans AND asian.

Now add on top of the South and North america, the land mass being called Americas or America, signifying both continents and to most scholars the western hemisphere. Formerly known as The New World. This version not being used because there is actually already a country named America, and thus americans. So schooled people and those of the modern ages say North or south americans, when talking about the countries in the respective areas. They do not say America, unless they intend to mean USA.

They already got into the law-makers’ heads that they have a right to fully control an artistic creation for as long as 70 years after the creator’s death. Simple madness in any other economic domain, and even in studies on this specific subject. (I’ve read someone stating that the more “socially efficient” duration of such monopolistic rights should have been 15 years from the creation.)

So, who cares about reality, about actual people’s ability to spend? They want money and control, and politicians allow them huge amount of both. Why would they change course now?
The only answer to this last question is easy: because they would not be allowed to continue anymore. And that needs change in politics. Politicians that actually care about people, not rich lobbies.

- I won’t take out “piracy”. But I really don’t believe that to be a big factor.

- Lower “product” quality (yuck… considering music as “product” really irks me, but they started it)

- Bad communication. Sorry, horrible communication: “you are a thief, even when you actually buy it”. I have not bought a DVD for a long time because the first thing it does is remind you that you are a “thief”. (“FBI warning”, “Don’t download” messages, etc.)

- More entertainment options (movies, games, Internet)

- Economic crisis

Reasons multiply, but they only see their own little worry that “lots of people” just don’t buy their “products”. They don’t wonder why. They just whine about it all day long.

Whats next, “I used to share tapes with a few friends, so sharing a torrent of copy-written music to a few million anons worldwide is exactly the same”.

Thanks for the laughs SDM, you’re reliable in that regard at least.