In this country one can buy a pirated copy of new version of Oracle database server and other professional software of this kind for $3, while the licence is, say, $4k.
The local representatives of the vendors know it, but don't practically object, because a typical buyer is a IT student or an IT professional and they do it for the educational purpose.
The result is they install the software they know how to work with and their employers typically buy the licence, since their data is valuable.
File Sharing has grown at a steady pace since Napster kicked it all off. Napster only gave users the capability to download music. Now that there are peer 2 peer programs allowing users to download software, movies, games and anything you can think of it is not going to stop. A few law suites here and there will happen. They cannot and will not stop this. The internet is worldwide. Most of the music that is downloaded could very well be from another country. Artists don't even make much if anything off of thier own albums. Look at DMX his newest and last CD is it for him. He said the record company just screws them. This isn't about the artists of theft. All this is about is those few CEO's of the companys not gaining a couple dollars here and there which in turn happens to be millions. Let them suffer for awhile. We all have since Compact Discs came out, and prices have NEVER gone down.
There is always going to be piracy, copyright violations and plain old theft in this world. Nobody can resist the temptation of getting something for nothing. The key is to add value to it so people will WANT to pay. The record companies have to put something in the music that no one else can, even if it's something like an audio version of Macrovision.
The group P.O.D. has come up with a new advertisement for listeners to actually buy thier cd. They have added a DVD plus a PS2 game on it. Doubt it is worth much EX. (Graphics), but it is a start.
i think everyone that has said something 2 do w/ not going to pay for a whole cd wen they only want 2 listen 2 2-3 songs on it.. i feel strongly about that... and most of the people d/ling musiq "illagally" are all teenagers...-hint hint- some teenagers (13-15 years old) cant get a job cuz of there age and CANT pay for an 18$ c.d. i deffianetly cant i have mayb actualy bought only 4-5 (cds)within my life span..... and and its not like most of the people who d/l free musiq are makeing cd's (mixes) and selling them 2 other people so its not like we r takeing the artists money in that kind of way....idk i thot i would put my 2 cents in oh and i do d/l musiq for free....
I just boycott the industry completely. I feel no need to download music or buy albums. Back in 2000, at the height of Napster, I discovered so many artists I never heard before. I was planning on buying slews of albums for myslef, but then I think the RIAA got greedy after their sales dropped (mind you, height of Napster had record sales) and then started going after the consumer. That's when I decided to not support these record companies that unfairly gouge the artists for their wealth.
I've always had the attitude, I'll buy it if I really like it, but not anymore, I just won't buy it. I say the solution to stick it to the music industry is to sell used CD's, thus they only make money off one CD, which you can copy for yourself, and then sell off the original.
I think if the industry had embraced Napster, they would be in better shape now and the filesharing network activity we see now would be substantially lower because people will generally agree with spending money on products.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.
- Gordon Parks
I think these file sharing networks are scapegoats. They have to first know how many people would pay for the things they download in the first place. If people like a product, they'll usually buy it, that's why you still have huge box office successes at the movies. You can get anything free, but if you really like the product, you'll shell out the money for the product.
Music sales went down because of the lack of quality, the audience didn't like the music being put out by the studios. I listen to a Stevie Wonder album fro the 1970's, the whole album is good from first to last track. Listen to most albums today, you get 2-3 good tracks. When Napster was at its peak, record sales were very high, and the number of users using Napster ranged from the computer literate to illiterate. So I think to say filesharing has killed their sales is really not true, I believe they killed their own sales with a shoddy product.
The DVD market has been very successful despite the ease of downloading TV and movies. The quality is better and the package is worth it, so people buy it. Television shouldn't even care because they just use Neilson ratings anyway, so just monitor those people and you'll keep making yor money.
I'm boycotting the RIAA so they'll never see a cent from me, they could have record high sales one year, but knowing none of that is my money is fine with me. If they want to go through with these lawsuits and other legal action, then they should give up the tax they receive placed on blank CD and DVD media. They just look like money grubbers now. It's a business, but being too greedy deserves a punishment.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.
- Gordon Parks
I've downloaded the file "The_Best_Of_The_80s.rar" from kazaa, and when I've extrated the files my computer became slow, crazy and my antivirus software goes down. So, I've run the free scanning process available in a site called infectedornot.com and it found 3 trojan horses virus.
My personal advice: take care about music files from P2P programs!!!
09-16-2003 11:24 AM
