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Post by Sox Populi on Apr 16, 2012 16:22:39 GMT -5
carmichael, how do you feel about pirates who got a CD for free but then went out and bought their discography/went to their concert/bought merch? That's what happened with me with Tenacious D (and a bunch of other artists i like) The last two are exactly what you should be doing if you want to respectfully financially support an artist. The percentages of album sales they see are both indefensible and laughable. Tour and merch revenue is where they make their real money...and in may notable cases, any money of note whatsoever.
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Post by Patrick McFadden on Apr 16, 2012 17:36:39 GMT -5
The word 'Piracy' is tossed around so much and it kind of clouds the issue because it doesn't paint a complete picture of what's going on.
There's room for an open and honest dialogue between both sides of the issue, but calling it 'piracy' mars that discussion.
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Post by Gerald Sinstad on Apr 16, 2012 21:36:07 GMT -5
Well i think its wrong that you use something for free that someone has made and set a price on? Its arrogant and criminal imo. Okay it might not be stealing in its purest sense but its a bit morally shit. Also about canadians and americans have netflix and stuff, we have lovefilm and bbc iplayer and that last one is basically free to use. Its not all bad, i agree that we're a tiny bit behind America in its development of tv technology but their whole country is built round the television, the uk is not so much Right or wrong it's here to stay and it's never going away.
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Post by carmichael on Apr 16, 2012 23:40:45 GMT -5
Well i think its wrong that you use something for free that someone has made and set a price on? Its arrogant and criminal imo. Okay it might not be stealing in its purest sense but its a bit morally shit. Also about canadians and americans have netflix and stuff, we have lovefilm and bbc iplayer and that last one is basically free to use. Its not all bad, i agree that we're a tiny bit behind America in its development of tv technology but their whole country is built round the television, the uk is not so much Right or wrong it's here to stay and it's never going away. its not here to stay, governments are getting tighter control of the internet, its only a matter of time before they work out how to clean it all up. in 10 years time the pirates will look at this as a 'golden era;
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Post by Jason X on Apr 17, 2012 3:49:01 GMT -5
I love it. The internet is so wonderful for entertainment.
Stream It Up!
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