Facebook Comments Trus1te Said...
Yes and no; its just like anything--its the same game with different rules.
Music companies need to adapt to the new rules and understand that illegal pirating CAN lead to an increase in sales.
Remember, society is based on the principal that civil conduct over scarce resources is a far better game than a brutal pursuit of the right to exist.
With this in mind--I would encourage music companies to stop believing that anarchy is truly a motivating factor behind piracy and start opening their eyes to the possibilities that increased access allows their ears that have never been accessible before.
Get your thumbs out of your arses
02-Nov-09 10:38 AM
blinkofani Said...
Well, you can make numbers say anything in a study. It's pretty natural that big music consumers will eventually buy more music than people who don't buy much music in the first place. Someone who's not inclined to buy a lot of CDs because just listening to the radio fills his/her music needs won,t be the person who downloads illegal music.
What you could say is that people who buy a lot of CDs but download a lot of illegal music also would have to pay more money to fullfill their needs if they decided to be legit. Because i buy more watches every year than the average joe doesn't give me the right to go in a jewelery store and steal one!!!
02-Nov-09 01:42 PM
Wes Said...
Music fans are used to purchasing music with a certain budget. Under the last model, us avid music fans got REAL tired of spending our hard earned cash on music that turned out to be crap. If I had paid for the Ting Tings album, I'd be pissed that there were 2 good songs on the whole thing. Now, we can download music for free which leads us to better understand the artists we are interested in without wasting all of our spending money. Or leftover disposable income still goes to music, it just no longer goes to $hi+ music. I still spend money on cd's, t-shirts, and shows of the bands I love. But I no longer have to support advertising generated hype bands. Thank god for and long live downloading!
02-Nov-09 08:12 PM
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