Comments on: Shocking: Pirates Like Britney Spears Too

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Jamendo Blog » Blog Archive » Press 2009 — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:42:54 +0000

[...] Torrent Freak, “Shocking: Pirates Like Britney Spears Too”, May 14, 2009 [...]

By: El Flamo

El Flamo — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:55:39 +0000

Not so shocking.

By: YessaMassaWEG

YessaMassaWEG — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:10:04 +0000

The idea that anyone trusts the conclusions reached by any company that distributes royalties is laughable. At least some poor schmuck who had a hit in the 80s isn’t going to NOT get his 280 bucks because of this particular conclusion. That’s the ONLY positive way to look at this study. But not to worry. We’ll still download exactly the opposite of what they think we do and they will assume they are correct. Where did they get their stats that day? From whatever ripoff torrent site was gaming google successfully that particular day?

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.

By: Mindful reasons

Mindful reasons — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:40:10 +0000

Thanks TF, I’d never heard of Jamendo, but I’ll certainly check it out.

@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.

By: ...

... — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:29:45 +0000

@ 30

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.

By: Sharing Music Helps Smaller Bands Except on BBC

Sharing Music Helps Smaller Bands Except on BBC — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:27:47 +0000

[...] torrent file tracking sites, presumably, there are more problems with the PRS findings that TorrentFreak points [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:42:11 +0000

@ post 55

“You human…”

Oh, where are you from then? ;)

@ ernesto: true true true!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:33:13 +0000

Because pirates are brainwashed just like evryone else.

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:29:38 +0000

I’ve downloaded so many music over the years.

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

By: Not shocking

Not shocking — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:45:21 +0000

Yet again the ‘industry’ produces a ‘study’ that concludes something based on information you just’ve to take their word for for being accurate.

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