iTunes Vs. Piracy( old news - 07:15PM Tuesday Jun 07 2005) tags: Fileswapping · stats•According to CNET, legit online music has been a smashing success, a new study indicating iTunes is more popular than many p2p websites. One exec - oddly enthusiastic for a statistician, notes "iTunes is more popular than nearly any P2P service", with 1.7 million households downloading a song in March. •According to P2PNet, at any one time, there are nearly 6,290,327 Americans logged in to p2p networks (p2p site Slyck says 10 million globally). Limewire's Coo Greg Bildson wonders where the NPD group gets its numbers: "I mean we get 6,000,000 or more downloads a month so we’ve got to assume that we’re in more than 1.7 million households.”What about Usenet? Bit Torrent? IRC? How many iTunes users crack their DRM?
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canada | WRONG Piracy is ripping the hell out of iTunes, but it's all about the look. They LOOK like they're doing well so people trust them and give the MPAA more reason to be dumb@$$'s | |
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Itunes _ONLY_ purpose for apple is a promotional tool for ipods. Apple (as well as the artists) make hardly anything (a couple cents) off of each download because of the greedy record companies. | |
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| Re: WRONG said by AbBaZaBbA  : because of the greedy record companies. As opposed to the greedy users, who think nothing of stealing every bit of music they can find?
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If you got a problem with piracy go somewhere else and bitch.
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| Re: WRONG said by Anonymous :Why don't you STFU? If you got a problem with piracy go somewhere else and bitch. Anonymous Not taking a side here, but what kind of forum would this be if all we ever got was one side of an issue. Disagree with him or not, everyone should get a chance to voice their thoughts on a topic without being slammed for it
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| Re: WRONG said by fundamentalz :said by Anonymous :Why don't you STFU? If you got a problem with piracy go somewhere else and bitch. Anonymous Not taking a side here, but what kind of forum would this be if all we ever got was one side of an issue. Disagree with him or not, everyone should get a chance to voice their thoughts on a topic without being slammed for it Well said.
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by major marco :Exsqueeze me while I fall off my chair and try not to die of hysteria. Hahhahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahah hahahahaha hahahahaaahahah. Apparently you don't get around the site very often. The thing is, i really do. I for one, am tired of the hate rally's that are the news postings relating to either piracy/RIAA, politicians, or international issues. All the same things are hashed out again and again. Frankly, i was amazed that Steve even bothered to defend his posts at all, seeing that it is almost useless to post any non conforming opinion anymore
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by fundamentalz :I for one, am tired of the hate rally's that are the news postings relating to either piracy/RIAA, politicians, or international issues. Define hate rallies.
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by major marco :Define hate rallies. What i mean by that is the act of one person stating their opinion on a subject, with all people following just saying "I totally agree". In the occasion that someone disagrees you just get the majority flaming the minority opinion. This usually happens when someone brings up a piracy related issue, when any news regarding countries other than U.S. taking ownership of the internet, or when politicians are mentioned somehow
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by fundamentalz :What i mean by that is the act of one person stating their opinion on a subject, with all people following just saying "I totally agree". In the occasion that someone disagrees you just get the majority flaming the minority opinion. This usually happens when someone brings up a piracy related issue, when any news regarding countries other than U.S. taking ownership of the internet, or when politicians are mentioned somehow Funny but I thought that's what free speech and public discourse was all about.
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper I hardly think that public discourse includes anyone who disagrees with the majority opinion to be immediately branded and ostracized. Discourse is fine, but the personal attacks that are becoming all too common in the news posts around here are doing nothing to enhance the discussion
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by fundamentalz :I hardly think that public discourse includes anyone who disagrees with the majority opinion to be immediately branded and ostracized. Discourse is fine, but the personal attacks that are becoming all too common in the news posts around here are doing nothing to enhance the discussion Then do what everyone else does. Go crying to the thought police and hey mod the post. That will result in your comments being deleted and the discussion getting locked followed by a sanctimonious warning for flaming or trolling which are fun euphemisms used to let you know that some crybaby didn't like your opinion.
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| "Hey Mod"ing a comment does not guarantee that it will be deleted, simply that the post is brought to their attention. The call of whether or not to delete a post is their discretion. If they agree that the post was inflamitory, then i am sure that they will take the appropriate action.
By the way, good job of proving my point by labeling people that disagree as cry babies.
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| Re: That's A Good Knee Slapper said by fundamentalz :good job of proving my point by labeling people that disagree as cry babies. People who hit the hey mod button are crybabies. That was my point.
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| said by Steve :said by AbBaZaBbA : because of the greedy record companies. As opposed to the greedy users, who think nothing of stealing every bit of music they can find? Steve That's debatable, really, and I'm speaking as an artist. Copyright law is far too reaching any more, far more than the "limited time" of protection that the original founding fathers envisioned. The first copyright secured protection for the IP owner for a term of 14 years. Now it's the owner's life + 75 years.
Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, wrote an excellent book called The Free Culture in which me makes some very compelling points. The book is available as a free download at his website: »lessig.org | |
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| Re: WRONG said by pianotech :That's debatable, really, and I'm speaking as an artist. Copyright law is far too reaching any more Oh, this is a perfectly fair postiion. Copyright should draw some sort of balance, and there are principled position on both sides that can aim for moving the "rights" dial one way or the other.
But I don't see any way that the guy who burns through 50G of his cable modem cap ever month (not sending a dime to any artist) can escape being called "greedy", even if he dances around being called "thief".
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Canada | Re: WRONG but remember, after the IP owner dies it gets transfered(or is allready owned) by the record company, so even after the artist is long dead somebody other then the artists family is making money off it. | |
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| Ahh, that of course, is where you are wrong.
"Stealing Music", of course, is the newspeak/doublespeak of the 2000's. I love how they use the word 'theft', when they are not deprived of anything, and the word "Pirate", to conjure up bloodthirsy lawless rapist. The reality is completely different. By the corporation definition, I am both a thief and a pirate, since I cracked the DRM on the music I legally paid for, and transferred it to my server so I can listen to it on my slimdevices mp3 player.
Stand back and look at the big picture, you'll see that today's corporations and governments have a terrifying similarity to George Orwell's dystopia. The events of 9/11 added an entire new beuraucracy (homeland security) for our government, and it's purpose is to POLICE OUR OWN CITIZENS. I am very alarmed at the invasiveness of the Patriot Act, and even more alarmed at a possible Patriot Act II, which would further expand government surveillance. In his works, Orwell recognized that "trading freedom for security is a death trap," and the whole concept of "homeland security" is a very seductive temptation used to calm the nerves of the proles, convincing them that the govt will take care of them. Only idiots trust their government. Power corrupts, and 2 years in Washington will corrupt even the most moral of men.
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Why CD price is comparable in price to DVD?
Greed.
At least with Video I know what I get.
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| Re: WRONG said by RadioDoc :Way to crap the thread there, Steve . Nowhere in that response was "pirate", "thief" or even "P2P" mentioned. So discussing piracy and greed in a thread about piracy and greed is off topic? No wonder you're not a moderator anymoreYour love affair with Apple HUH?
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| Re: WRONG If you want to talk about piracy and greed, you need look
no further than the industry itself (or more precisely,
the Big Four). The current standard recording contract
scheme is by design exploitative of both artists and
ultimately, the consumer. Just visit Boycott-RIAA and
P2Pnet regularly, and you'll see beyond the industry's
doublespeak. Do major label artists get fairly compensated
for their work - CD sales or online downloads? Hardly. The
labels give them precious little of the profits (royalties)
from them. There have been numerous legal battles over this.
And speaking of lawsuits, not one penny of the $30 million
in settlement money has gone to any of the artists the
industry allegedly represents.
Indies and smaller label (non-RIAA affiliated)
artists do get better deals. But their music is
hardly ever played due to the RIAA marginalizing it
via Clear Channel and other means. They want to control
ALL music, not just their own. The real reason for stopping
filesharing is not any they've publicly claimed and that
much of the major media has parroted, but is control. For
most small and Indie labels, p2p is a godsend as there is
often no other way for listeners to get exposure to their
music. And that's what the RIAA is trying to stop.
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| said by Steve :said by RadioDoc :Way to crap the thread there, Steve . Nowhere in that response was "pirate", "thief" or even "P2P" mentioned. So discussing piracy and greed in a thread about piracy and greed is off topic? No wonder you're not a moderator anymore Your love affair with Apple HUH? Heh heh. Steve's just Apple-Curious.  | |
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| said by Steve :said by RadioDoc :Way to crap the thread there, Steve . Nowhere in that response was "pirate", "thief" or even "P2P" mentioned. So discussing piracy and greed in a thread about piracy and greed is off topic? No wonder you're not a moderator anymore Your love affair with Apple HUH? Just as expected you don't address the question--again--but instead attack the questioner. That's at least twice in this subthread alone now. You have no basis for your stand so you resort to even more off topic nonsense. Go back to Usenet.
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| Re: WRONG said by RadioDoc : Just as expected you don't address the question-- again--but instead attack the questioner. I've been squarely addressing the topic in this thread, and it looks to have been a lively discussion with pretty good points raised on the "other" side and bringing about a clarity of views.
The only two off-topic posts have been yours and Mr. STFU.
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| Re: WRONG And again. You really don't get it, do you?
You are not a mod anymore either (gee I wonder why?), so you have no right to determine who is and who is not a moron. However, calling someone a moron here is a violation of the site's posting rules.
The OP stated a fact, and then an opinion. You flamed the person and ignored the question, just like any garden-variety message board troll always does. Putting certain words in bold face makes you look even sillier. You have no basis for your attack so you just talk louder.
The greed of the RIAA-member companies is legendary. You can't make that go away by using sleazy debating tactics.
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| Re: WRONG said by RadioDoc :The greed of the RIAA-member companies is legendary. You can't make that go away by using sleazy debating tactics. Steve 's argument is that their greed isn't a valid reason to engage in piracy. It's an entirely moot point and he's completely right.
Show me the part in the rule books where wrongs should be counter-acted upon by an equal wrong.
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| said by RadioDoc :You are not a mod anymore either (gee I wonder why?) I resigned; shall we speculate about you?The greed of the RIAA-member companies is legendary. You can't make that go away by using sleazy debating tactics. I don't believe I ever tried to. Holding the thread up to a strong light, we see that I called them thugs and hoped that their entire business model would go away. I am not sure that qualifies me as any kind of RIAA fanboy.
But they are not the only greedy ones. Those who are trying to bring about better business models are doing good work, but there is a large contingent of those who are not taking this principled approach, and just take everything they can get without any consideration for artists and won't ever pay anybody.
RIAA's greed at least has a fig leaf of moral cover, in that they are acting as agents for valid copyright owners. Those who steal in wholesale have no such principled cover.
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| Re: WRONG said by Steve :said by RadioDoc :You are not a mod anymore either (gee I wonder why?) I resigned; shall we speculate about you? No need to speculate. I stood up to the bullshit that made people like you a mod and called a spade a spade. I refused to compromise my beliefs. They fired me for it. You resigned because you couldn't take the heat.The greed of the RIAA-member companies is legendary. You can't make that go away by using sleazy debating tactics. I don't believe I ever tried to. Holding the thread up to a strong light, we see that I called them thugs and hoped that their entire business model would go away. I am not sure that qualifies me as any kind of RIAA fanboy. But they are not the only greedy ones. Those who are trying to bring about better business models are doing good work, but there is a large contingent of those who are not taking this principled approach, and just take everything they can get without any consideration for artists and won't ever pay anybody. RIAA's greed at least has a fig leaf of moral cover, in that they are acting as agents for valid copyright owners. Those who steal in wholesale have no such principled cover. Steve
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| Re: WRONG said by RadioDoc :said by Steve :said by RadioDoc :You are not a mod anymore either (gee I wonder why?) I resigned; shall we speculate about you? No need to speculate. I stood up to the bullshit that made people like you a mod and called a spade a spade. I refused to compromise my beliefs. They fired me for it. You resigned because you couldn't take the heat. Looks like the pissing contest has begun in earnest.
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| said by RadioDoc : iTunes is mediocre at best. Can you enlighten this iTunes user about why you think it is mediocre at best? Seriously.
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| said by Steve :said by AbBaZaBbA : because of the greedy record companies. As opposed to the greedy users, who think nothing of stealing every bit of music they can find? Steve The central economic distinction between information and physical property is that information can be transferred without leaving the possession of the original owner.
Unbounded intellectual property is very different from physical property and can no longer be protected as though these differences did not exist. For example, if we continue to assume that value is based on scarcity, as it is with regard to physical objects, we will create laws that are precisely contrary to the nature of information, which may, in many cases, increase in value with distribution.
Perhaps those who are part of the problem will simply quarantine themselves in court, while those who are part of the solution will create a new society based, at first, on piracy and freebooting. It may well be that when the current system of intellectual property law has collapsed, as seems inevitable, that no new legal structure will arise in its place.
The laws regarding unlicensed reproduction of commercial software are clear and stern...and rarely observed. Software piracy laws are so practically unenforceable and breaking them has become so socially acceptable that only a thin minority appears compelled, either by fear or conscience, to obey them.
Whenever there is such profound divergence between law and social practice, it is not society that adapts. Against the swift tide of custom, the software publishers' current practice of hanging a few visible scapegoats is so obviously capricious as to only further diminish respect for the law.
Part of the widespread disregard for commercial software copyrights stems from a legislative failure to understand the conditions into which it was inserted. To assume that systems of law based in the physical world will serve in an environment as fundamentally different as cyberspace is a folly for which everyone doing business in the future will pay.
When the primary articles of commerce in a society look so much like speech as to be indistinguishable from it, and when the traditional methods of protecting their ownership have become ineffectual, attempting to fix the problem with broader and more vigorous enforcement will inevitably threaten freedom of speech. The greatest constraint on your future liberties may come not from government but from corporate legal departments laboring to protect by force what can no longer be protected by practical efficiency or general social consent.
Furthermore, the increasing difficulty of enforcing existing copyright and patent laws is already placing in peril the ultimate source of intellectual property - the free exchange of ideas.
Can one explain how the sharing,(A copy) From an original
in this case a cd or song is stealing.? All I see is it's stealing.Your stealing,Your stealing.Money out of the mouths of the **AA's.When A.If that someone didn't buy the original
cd at this very moment.B.It's impossible to know after hearing the cd would one like it enough to purchase the disk..err contents.?. C.Most major art galleries will sell a reproduction of the original painting,at a fraction of the originals true value.Did the artist of the Mona Lisa get ripped off in that case.? No of course not.Suppose one hired a private artist to paint a picture from a book you borrowed.
Is that stealing from the original artist as well.? No of course not.Can some one please explain how one can label something theft,when the physical property,is in the hands of its owner.? | |
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| Re: WRONG said by guitarzan :The central economic distinction between information and physical property is that information can be transferred without leaving the possession of the original owner. Yes, both you and G_Poobah make the completely correct point that "theft" and "stealing" only apply if the original owner is deprived of the use of the item. If I take a CD from your desk, it's clearly stealing, but if I merely make a copy then it is not.
I, however, continue to use this term informally and pejoratively in reference the the disdain for the rights of artists by those who engage in wholesale piracy.
Fair use and "hey check out this cool song" is smalltime stuff that most people don't care about. I certainly don't. The amount of trading that qualifies for "fair use" varies widely in different people (especially in those who take a dim view of the whole notion of intellectual property).
But being exposed to those who do this notoriously and brazenly: "I don't ever pay for music/ software/ DVDs", bragging about the size of their collections, preparing cover stories in case they are caught, etc. This bothers me a lot, and I don't mind calling them names.
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»www.downhillbattle.org/reasons
Five major record labels have a monopoly that's bad for musicians and music culture, but now we have an opportunity to change that. We can use tools like filesharing to strengthen independent labels and end the major label monopoly.
How do musicians get paid for downloads? Simple: collective licensing lets people download unlimited music for a flat monthly fee ($5-$10) and the money goes to musicians and labels according to popularity. This solution preserves the cultural benefits of p2p, gets musicians way more money, and levels the playing field.
Our plan is to explain how the majors really work, develop software to make filesharing stronger, rally public support for a legal p2p compensation system, and connect independent music scenes with the free culture movement.
»www.negativland.com/albini.html
Read it and read it well, pro-RIAA boy...
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| Re: WRONG said by mrchris :Maybe you should clear that thick pro-RIAA head of yours and see the facts yourself: I only "support" the RIAA in the narrow sense that they have legal ownership of the property they're "protecting", but everything I know about them suggests they're thugs to everybody they deal with. It's hard to imagine a worse way they could have addressed the whole music trading issue than the ham-fisted way they are doing now.How do musicians get paid for downloads? Simple: collective licensing lets people download unlimited music for a flat monthly fee ($5-$10) and the money goes to musicians and labels according to popularity. This solution preserves the cultural benefits of p2p, gets musicians way more money, and levels the playing field. I think this is a fantastic idea. Creating a new market for artists benefits everybody: artists, users, and the culture in general. I'd participate in this.
But (1) it must include only willing particpants, and (2) this has nothing to do with those who have no intention of paying for music no matter what the business model is.
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UMMM...The RIAA does not own the material, or "property". The record labels and artists do. The RIAA is only the association formed by these labels to represent them, particularly with the government. The RIAA is the lobbying arm of the industry. The Labels act through them so that they dont have to take the PR heat directly over their suing spree and tactics. That's what "Associations" are for. If the RIAA gets crapped upon in the public eye, the labels will disavow their actions, and then when the heat dies down, the RIAA will simply morph to another corpo |
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