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Jen G from Canada writes: I've already left another comment on this topic, but thought I'd leave another. It occurred to me that if they are successful in stopping file sharing it doesn't mean that suddenly people are going to flood to the record stores. It doesn't change the fact that the music industry's product, is for the most part, crap. They need to start signing people because they have musical talent, not because they look like Barbie and Ken.
I'd be more likely to go to the library and borrow a CD or DVD.- Posted 24/02/08 at 12:34 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Wil Mazerolle from Canada writes: Agreed Jen. I'm a metal (among other degenerate genres) fan myself, I went into buy a cd from a CANADIAN band that was released in 07 and they wanted $28 for it! A half-hour cd that, in the end, was only mediocre for $28.
Take away my "piracy" and I'll simply not listen to it at all. It's really that simple. If the MPAA and the RIAA really cared so much, maybe they should concern themselves more with content. I bought many cd's last year from talented artists who either were on small labels or produced tremendous works, and most even had a nice layout. Good quality songs and some album art go along way to convincing me to purchase, helps when the cd is under $20 too.- Posted 24/02/08 at 11:32 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Stuart G from Canuck in Silicon Valley, United States writes: The biggest problem with requiring ISPs to screen for sharing of copyrighted material is that to do this they will need to inspect every single packet sent from your computer. This will open up the all of your communication to inspection. It won't stop any sharing of copyrighted material but will instead drive the those doing so to use methods around the detection schemes (encryption or even simple obfuscation).
- Posted 25/02/08 at 1:38 AM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Johnny LaRue from Second City, Canada writes: Now there's some useless legislation. Just because the telephone is used for insidious means, do phone companies have to monitor all conversations on their lines? Try as they might, there will always be ways around these types of monitoring. You can use different protocols, encrypt your data, etc. The swarm is a many-headed hydra.
- Posted 25/02/08 at 7:55 AM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Phil M from Toronto, Canada writes: That quote at the end summed it all up. No one can justify charging 20 dollars for a cd or DVD, and so consumers are taking the alternative. I mean, if Joe Average would rather learn how to use new hardware and software while being threatened with lawsuits, then your business model is dead. RIP.
- Posted 25/02/08 at 4:34 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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