Illegal File-Sharing

[Era]

No it shouldn't, or else everyone will do it, and filesharing generally filters out the complete retards ect, and if that happens people wont be scared and the artists will actually start losing money.

Worst idea ever.

[wavetingle]

File sharing is a boon to the world. If this was to stop, there would be chaos, and a lot of money wasted and even POLLUTION.
------ Using your car for going to the store for every damn song -> POLLUTION-----
------ Huge amount of paper, plastic in which the cds are packed -> POLLUTION----

[filesharing101]

I think file sharing of any kind should continue to be illegal. Although musicians get paid a lot of money, they should not be robbed of record sales, because 2 million unemployed kids don't want to work for their money and spend it on music. I only share files LEGALLY, and I use docusync.com. You have to pay for their service, but atleast you can rest at night know that you won't have the men in black coats coming to your door with handcuffs.

[DyNast]

Should stealing be legalized? \:

[digmen1]

Although I do it, I don't think it should be legalised.

Think about it, if the artists did not make ANY money from making CD's, they would not make any ! So there would be NO NEW songs to download !

Sure artists can make money from tours and t shirts but there would be no recorded music !

I also get sick of guys coming on forums saying they d/l music illegally because the price of CD's is a rip off or that the record companies make to much of a share compared to the artists. These same people say that broadband access is too dear as well.

The fact is that people do have to make money.

I think that accountants charge too much
I think that escorts (prostitutes) charge too much
I think that lawyers charge too much
I think that beer is too dear

get the idea ?

The fact is, that if people can get something for free they will go for it. I mean hiring a DVD, or even buying a used one from a Video hire shop is not very much money.

Regards

Digby

[Tarniz]

Yes I do. I do think that, whats today, illegal filesharing ought to be promoted. I think there is better ways in distributing music and get paid at the same time. Radiohead did a great thing when they released their album free on the Internet via their own webpage.

I do watch several concerts each month, buy merchandise and other stuff from the bands that i download and feel connected to. Recent studies has shown that for each downloaded CD the sales of CDs increase by 0.44 CD per download (source TorrentFreak). The artists gain a pretty low amount of each CD, today the big money is in merch and I hope all of you guys downloading, support bands in other ways! I download a great deal of GB music each week but still I spend over 50dollar each month on music related products.

Sharing is caring!

Music for life.

Edit. Link to the study I was talking about http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-boosts-cd-sales-071103/

[suckermc]

This is the reason that file sharing should be legalized.

People like free shit. The internet makes it easy to get free shit. Attempts to stop people from getting free shit with the internet will fail.

Solution? Legalize getting free shit and find a way to monetize the free shit. How can this be done?

Look at the model that google has. They provide free shit yet they make billions. How? By giving people what they want - free shit - and getting someone else to pay. Thats a good model. I bet that many a person would tolerate targeted adverts for some free shit. If they use google they already do!

[Aaxel21]

Look at the model that google has. They provide free shit yet they make billions. How? By giving people what they want - free shit - and getting someone else to pay. Thats a good model. I bet that many a person would tolerate targeted adverts for some free shit. If they use google they already do!

Good example. There are other ways to profit for an artist. Like shows, t-shirts etc. They just need to accept that their way of doing business is changing. Like the newspaper, befour the TV that use to be the only way to get the news, now I can flip on ABC for free and get the news with out paying a dime.

[fnu]

Well, maybe not legalized. But apparently the current business method isn't working. I think we will see a solution like a subscription like Last.fm within a couple of years, and if it's good enough, people will use it on a large scale.

[digmen1]

Well, maybe not legalized. But apparently the current business method isn't working. I think we will see a solution like a subscription like Last.fm within a couple of years, and if it's good enough, people will use it on a large scale.

People that use this forum will never use a subscription service ! If people can get things fro free they will.

I'm just getting some false teeth, if you think CD's are too dear ! try buying some false teeth.

Regards

Digby