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Fucking music industry twats
Dec. 1st, 2004 03:01 amhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4056201.stm
"Many millions of music fans still prefer to download for free even though the legal services offer such good value", said Simon Dyson, author on a report on file-sharing. What a cock.
Fact - most independent labels have no or little representation on the legal file-sharing networks. Real music fans, as opposed to the drones that want the latest Kylie Minogue single, can't get what they want through the legal online channels.
Fact - even when I can get what I want, the prices are shit. Napster charges £0.99/song, £9.95/album, iTunes £0.79/£7.99 minimum. Given that the people using these services are those with personal computers connected to the internet, they could just buy the CD online for those prices. (I can buy cds new, including delivery, off eBay for £8.00 at the most; more like £6 if I buy a few at once.)
Fact - many of the legal downloads are encumbered with 'Digital Rights Management', which is essentially about making sure you have fewer rights. Examples of this are being unable to play the songs in whichever media player you like, being unable to burn the song onto a cd to put in your personal cd player, being unable to buy/download the songs on one operating system (eg. Windows) and play them back on another (eg. Linux), etc.
And did I mention that you can't even use iTunes on Windows 98? Do these cretins think I'm going to upgrade my whole fucking operating system just so that I can 'enjoy' this service?
Mr Dyson also warned that "converting illegal peer-to-peer file sharers was central to the industry's long-term success." Well, no wonder. The so-called 'industry' is like a virus that only exists to perpetuate itself. They'll quite happily take away your rights and kill off any useful technology that spreads access to diverse and interesting music if it helps them maintain their monopoly over the shite manufactured pop that they want us to consume.
"Many millions of music fans still prefer to download for free even though the legal services offer such good value", said Simon Dyson, author on a report on file-sharing. What a cock.
Fact - most independent labels have no or little representation on the legal file-sharing networks. Real music fans, as opposed to the drones that want the latest Kylie Minogue single, can't get what they want through the legal online channels.
Fact - even when I can get what I want, the prices are shit. Napster charges £0.99/song, £9.95/album, iTunes £0.79/£7.99 minimum. Given that the people using these services are those with personal computers connected to the internet, they could just buy the CD online for those prices. (I can buy cds new, including delivery, off eBay for £8.00 at the most; more like £6 if I buy a few at once.)
Fact - many of the legal downloads are encumbered with 'Digital Rights Management', which is essentially about making sure you have fewer rights. Examples of this are being unable to play the songs in whichever media player you like, being unable to burn the song onto a cd to put in your personal cd player, being unable to buy/download the songs on one operating system (eg. Windows) and play them back on another (eg. Linux), etc.
And did I mention that you can't even use iTunes on Windows 98? Do these cretins think I'm going to upgrade my whole fucking operating system just so that I can 'enjoy' this service?
Mr Dyson also warned that "converting illegal peer-to-peer file sharers was central to the industry's long-term success." Well, no wonder. The so-called 'industry' is like a virus that only exists to perpetuate itself. They'll quite happily take away your rights and kill off any useful technology that spreads access to diverse and interesting music if it helps them maintain their monopoly over the shite manufactured pop that they want us to consume.
