Michaelwagner Wrote: > On the contrary. > > This is like saying the used car market is unimportant to manufacturers > of new cars. > >
Which is not what I said. I said that your money is not going to musicians. What you said is true but you can also draw similar analogies with Allofmp3. Allofmp3 is increasing the exposure of bands to people who otherwise wouldn't listen to a band and as a knock on effect the band may benefit (via concerts, future sales, merch etc) Secondly Allofmp3 is making money because it is providing a service that the consumer wants. no DRM, at a bit rate that you want. People could download the same music from p2p networks but are prepared to pay for the convenience. Why can't the RIAA provide this service? (because they know their business model is on the way out and they are on a money grab while things are still good) Thirdly why is ok for large corporations to shop around in the world labour market and profit from labour laws in certain far off lands that would be illegal in the US/EU but if the consumer does the same well then that's bad ? Also if the Recording Industry had it's way, your secondhand record store would be going the way of the dodo. http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/garth049.shtml -CEMA and three other major record firms--Time Warner's WEA, Matsushita's UNI and Sony Music Distribution--are under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and have been the target of several antitrust lawsuits related to their policies against used CDs. - Finally I have spent 1000's Euro on CDs over the past 10 years but I'm sick of the attitude of the recording industry. I'm done with their greed and I despise they way they have politicians in their back pocket, willing to force through whatever the latest crazy bill they can come up with to further screw the consumer. F*ck them, I'm going to download from Allofmp3 jsut cause it pisses them off. I do pity the musicians that are caught in this but sooner or later this has to stop Sorry for the rant. -- Diarmuid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diarmuid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=595 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25158 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
