LordPyro

April 23, 2009 at 4:48am

You can also get DRM free download music from Amazon. Most individual songs are the same price as other websites, but you can buy most albums for like $10

bingojubes

April 22, 2009 at 4:03pm

well, someone did have to "buy" it to end up sharing it. i kinda blame music channels like MTv and VH1 (when they used to play music), because they promote the heck out of ONE song, only because it has a music video (usually). if they probably promoted songs from the entire album instead of the one song, i think i'd be more apt to buying the entire album, and not downloading one or 2 songs from it. artists should not be paid super-duper amounts, either. if they think their music is teh shiznit, shouldn't they be promoting it themselves anyways? over-hyping a song and flooding a music station doesn't get me to buy it. guess the album it isn't good enough to be bought, i guess. though some hand-signed, super-duper collections (if you own them) are priceless now. 

one song does not validate a great purchase if i don't like the rest of the album. that "NOW THAT'S MUSIC ##" CD compilation series seems to be a good deal, however if you like that music.

Denis63

April 22, 2009 at 11:42am

So, the RIAA getting a cut of all of my blank CD's is still okay? They don't make anough money from that? Aww, pookems :(       -Denis

 Oh, and pirated music is DRM free, stop screwing over the paying customers. (i know why its there, but piracy will happen anyway)

 Why does this remind me of Sony? "We'll sell you blank Cassettes, tape recorders with that imfamous red "record" button and room for 2 tapes, and tapes with music on them... just dont push that red button."

LordPyro

April 22, 2009 at 10:55am

This situation is very sad; I don't understand at all why people steal
things.

I hope this does not affect the lawsuits in terms of more innocent verdicts.

Because I see no reason why the music industry would not stop hunting down those
that illegally downloading music - it is EXACTLY the same thing as going to a warehouse
containing newly made CD's and stealing them.

Everyone who pirates anything is a thief and should be punished as such, IF
YOU CANT AFFORD SOMETHING - DONT BUY IT!

KaylaKaze

April 22, 2009 at 9:25am

"Boohoo. We're only making  ungodly amounts of profits off the backs of the people who actually do the work instead of ridiculously ungodly amounts of profits off the backs of people who actually do the work."

I Jedi

April 22, 2009 at 7:15am

If what the BI Norwegian School of Management says is remotely true, then wouldn't the RIAA want to take a look into this study, conduct their own studies, and gather studies from others to verify rather or not these results are true or not? To me, it only makes sense to check this out and see if its remotely true. If so, then the case against illegal music sharing just got a bit more interesting, eh? Like the article says, out of 1,900 individuals, a lot of them bought ten times more the amount of music than they stole at the end... Are they loosing revenue? Possibly. But with 1,900 people buying ten fold that of which they steal, then the profits outweigh the loss, don't you think? Maybe I'm just retarded, but if I were the RIAA, I would definitely check this out, rather than be all knowing and saying, “No, this can't be!"

 Tyler