Originally posted by Stephengencs
From what I understand, it\'s the record labels and not the artists that are getting **** by "filesharing" or "whathaveyou". I have always thought that bands make the lion\'s share of their money from touring and merch.
If that is true, than I say **** the **** record lables.....
Oh and **** Lars **** Ulrich right in his stupid greedy **** ear.
I agree.
**** the labels. They have become dinosaurs that are not smart enough to be extinct. Please support your local bands and local songwriters (who make a living from publishing rights).
Originally posted by obsession600
I know that the iTunes music store uses a compression based on Flac. The songs that I have purchased from them have sounded great on my computer, home stereo and the sound system of the theater that I work at.
It might be lossless, but there is no way thats its FLAC. If this is true, then apple is just as bad as the people downloading music illegally. FLAC is an open source Free Lossless Audio Codec, and profitting off of FLAC would be illegal.
Originally posted by ChrisF
It might be lossless, but there is no way thats its FLAC. If this is true, then apple is just as bad as the people downloading music illegally. FLAC is an open source Free Lossless Audio Codec, and profitting off of FLAC would be illegal.
Whoops. My bad, it is not based on FLAC. Apple won\'t disclose anything about the code.
Side note: I was under the impression that open source software could be incorporated into a commercial product as long as it was altered to a certain degree (Red Hat Linux, and the other flavors comes to mind). Can anyone explain?
Originally posted by obsession600
(Red Hat Linux, and the other flavors comes to mind). Can anyone explain?
do they charge for it now? it was a free download when i was using it, however you could buy the manual for $50 and it comes with the cd-roms.
Originally posted by ChrisF
buy the manual for $50 and it comes with the cd-roms.
You\'re right. They were selling the manual and the cd-roms, not really the program.
Originally posted by ChrisF
So Paul, will you be buying the Vegas Video / DVD Architect bundle with your Christmas money? I\'ll have to come over and try it out when you get it. I heard its SER.
actually, yes I do plan on buying it.
so paul,what your teeling me is that yo uuse pirate computer software??talk about the kettle callin the pot green,or something like that...,.
yea, I knew this was comming.
Call me hipocritcal if you want, but if I am given something that I actually use / like the band, I will still go out and purchase it. The easy way out would be to just use the pirated stuff indefinetly. I could have had everything zappa ever did years ago, but as of now I have barely half the collection - but I\'ve purchased them, and I will continue to because I like the band(s) and I want to support them/him.
Fred..did u mention when little Livie wants to shake her butt to Britney\'s \'oops i did it again\', and sing along to it...what are ya gonna do, go out and spend 15 bucks on her cd..hell no! DL it and make her happy and us laugh!
JOHN,YOUR 100%RIGHT
PAUL,YOUR 100%HYPOCRITICAL
Thanks for the other torrent sites listed above - added to the bookmarks for future reference. As for music, I used to get lots of stuff from a Russian site called grammy.ru, but they have undergone a revamp and have more mainstream stuff these days.
I think pirated music and pirated software are two different things. I do download the odd album/few tracks by bands I don\'t know as a way of finding out what they are like, especially given the price of CDs in the UK. Also for some of the rarer stuff out there, it is often the only way to get it - especially obscure 60s groups.
However, I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about using copied Microsoft/JASC/Adobe etc software - they make billions out of us all every year and the price of their software is exorbitant. I don\'t mind using slightly older software as long as it does the job. Unfortunately dear Mr Gates is going to continue to get richer just as long as people are daft enough to buy his software.
I run Linux on my computer only because I detest Microsoft so much. I have even resisted the XBOX and that kills me but
**** Bill Gates. I mean when the software needs to be fixed and they still release it. This is ridiculous. As far as dl music. I have never been a studio album guy xcept in rare cases . I much prefer live versions and these are usually not put out by the bands thus I have no problems. I think I agree that the companies are
**** but the artists sign w/ these people and contribute to the whole vicious circle so..... I am for the revamping of the industry and it seems to be happening as cd prices are dropping and more and more bands are distributing on the internet. It is time that smaller companies w/ the Artists in mind come to the fore and thus I am buying Real Radio a studio album though I admit I probably would buy it even from Microsoft.
