The big record labels are now planning to go after the ISPs to prevent P2P traffic. What do you think?
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I also imagine that users will have a problem if they choose an ISP that "blocks" P2P, but they still have bandwidth caps as if they were pirates.
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It seems a bit unfair to me for ISPs to try to punish users for accessing resources which the ISP itself makes available. That's like a newspaper publisher punishing people for reading an article which they've warned people not to read but which is published and plainly visible anyway.
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M$Look, why do the RIAA deserve money? Janis Joplin is dead. If you download her version of "Summertime" why should some sleazy suit make a dime?
These are the same people who screwed most of the original artists out of their royalties in the first place.
The RIAA are criminals who steal with a pen. The whole system of copyright was developed to "encourage artists to create art." They have bribed congress to give them more and more and now they think America owes them money for music they never wrote, recorded or distributed.
RIAA = thieves in suits.
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What will probably happen is that they will make deals with ISPs just like media companies do with Youtube. Let people host our content as long as you share with us whatever ad revenue you make from displaying the content. As long as they try to bully people and try to push private entities into law enforcement that they are not allowed to do, they will fail. You can't expect to make money forever by treating your customer as a criminal.
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Keep in mind, we're looking at this as customers of music. Think about the artist, though. Imagine how much it sucks to know that people like Elvis or Michael Jackson once were able to create great music (judged by people) and sell millions upon millions of records, and now it's impressive if you sell just a one solitary million records. This is despite the fact that CDs are higher quality sound, easier to work with, and prices haven't gone up relative to either inflation or wealth.
I think it's fair. I think it sucks too, because I haven't bought a CD or mp3 except off the street by some random rappers, but I think it's fair.
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Record companies are dying and this will allow the artists to evolve into the next stage for music. Already many have found that allowing their music to be distributed freely has been beneficial and some have come up with some very novel ways of recouping the cost of recording. Artists will succeed where companies have not by being creative and realizing that the more people hear your music, the more music you will sell.
Personally I liked Prince's idea: with every ticket to his concert, you got his newest album "free". This meant that his true fans got the music and the casual listener wasn't forced to shell out a lot of money for the new disc. Also, the method that Coldplay adapted by charging "whatever you feel its worth" proved successful in that they recouped their expenses.
Record companies will die, it is inevitable. Its just sad that so much litigation needs to preceed it for that to happen.
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