
Originally Posted by
patroclus
Well I think it makes sense for them to go after private trackers. Otherwise sites like What.CD would be able to have open registrations. Could you imagine the amount of content that would be on that site if everybody could join. With only 100,000 users they have over 500,000 albums. Anyways going back to your loaning CD principle. If you give someone else your retail copy than you no longer have it. Therefore you are letting him borrow it. Unless you were a really friendly guy, he would have to buy his own copy to continue enjoying it. With file sharing you are distributing something so both of you have it. Now he doesn't have to go buy it which is why studios/record companies have a problem with it in the first place. Their problem is also our problem. We are living in a digital age and everything is so available. We go on music sites and are constantly bombarded by the latest track to download. I can find out about new artists instantly and that only sparks my curiosity more. In their ideal world, we the end user are supposed to decide through previews if we want to buy it or not. They claim that those services are sufficient enough to help us make a determination. I on the other hand rarely find myself using those services. Aside from Last.fm, I don't really use iTunes or Myspace Music to find tracks. I actually find most of my stuff through dedicated blogs/fansites/forums or trackers. It's really hard though to decide how one should go about doing this. I've just gotten so used to file sharing that it is the most comfortable. When I look in the right places I am ensured the same decent quality as if I were buying a CD. Maybe I am mindlessly downloading files but I for sure am making the best use of it to my ability.
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