Oh, those silly record companies (So much for new copy-protection) (1 Viewer)

[KeithH]

Ricardo asked:

However, if the content is of SUCH lousy quality, then why are they pirated so much?

Because most people wouldn't know good music if it smacked them in the face.

 

[Ricardo C]

Absolutely. But that means the content doesn't suck FOR THEM, which renders the "I don't wanna buy a CD I don't like" defense moot. If they truly were after the "one or two songs" they claim to like, they'd either buy the single, or tape it off the radio, or tape it off the TV, and make themselves an MP3. If I despise Creed but like "Arms Wide Open," (WHICH I DON'T! Wouldn't want anyone thinking I like Creed ) I can either buy the single or create a lower-quality MP3 from a radio recording. No need to rip off the entire album.

 

[Rachael B]

Mike, I beg to disaggree with you. The artist's cut is so small that it's hardly relevant. A boycott would hurt the labels, the executives...so be it. It may come to that. It maybe the only thing that can get these people's attention.

Their gouge prices are a huge factor, but the whole market has changed. People want downloadable music and if the labels don't provide it at low, reasonable prices, the amount of boot-legging is going to explode to levels they can hardly imagine. That's why they're trying to sieze control of the PC and A/V equipment market, they do have some imagination.

A digital war is going to happen. The big five want to force the market rather than serve it. This is going to go way beyond just CD's. Digita TV will be the big battle that will engage everybody. Afterall, CD's & records are a teenage phase, supposedly. That TV "window" really hits home with a really large number of people. The big five thinks we're all a bunch of milk cows....

R we going to allow ourselves to be herded? Not I said the cat!

 

[Jack Briggs]

Is sound quality ever an issue in this debate, though? Just a thought.

The boundaries set forth by populist sentiment are clearly drawn. But it seems as if the idea of high fidelity was lost in the noise long ago.

 

[Mike Broadman]

Ricardo, if I want a song, then of all the options you described, I think downloading it is the easiest. Cheaper than buying a single (who even buys singles anymore?), you don't have to sit around and wait for the radio to play it, and you already get it in mp3 form.

Jack, sound qualiy is most certainly and issue. You can complain all you want about how CDs are mastered, but it still sounds better than mp3s.

NP: Miles Davis, Cookin', SACD

 

[Carlo_M]

Ricardo:

Most people download SINGLES - 1 or 2 songs from an artist. Why? Because it's not worth it to buy an album for 1-2 songs.

Remember that people still bought vinyl, and religiously when good ALBUMS came out, even though they could tape them fairly easily.

Nowadays you have throwaway pop music that has 1-2 hits and that's what people are downloading. People are NOT downloading entire Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears albums.

I still maintain that good quality and content CDs, coupled with reasonable prices ($10-$12) will make the casual downloader go back to buying good quality CDs.

There will *always* be those unscrupulous kind who refuse to pay for any music, and no amount of anti-piracy is going to stop those people.

 

[Ricardo C]

Carlo: I hope that's the trend with the majority of the people who download songs. I know this kid who loves to brag about how all he spent on CDs was whatever he spent for the CD-Rs he used to burn his downloaded files. It pisses me off. He's in college, has a broadband connection, and all he does is download music.

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

I have merged the two identical topics into one thread, and ask posters to pay attention when starting a new thread.
PLEASE
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