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Originally Posted by KingDaddyO  Thanks for your comments.
A little clarification regarding my auto industry analogy: I guess what I am trying to say, is that the music industry, by ignoring their customers 'wants' for a very long time (ex., music that can be played on any player ... no DRM to contend with ... reasonable prices, etc.), they are acting very much like the auto industry did, in the pre-Japanese invasion era, where the big three also ignored their customers 'wants' for a long time (ex., they didn't build smaller, fuel efficient cars ... what they did offer was of fairly poor build quality ... and there often long term maintenance issues, etc.).
The moral of this analogy: It takes a little effort to keep your current customers satisfied, but to try and win back the ones that you already had but lost to arrogance ... well, that will cost you dearly, and is to be avoided at almost any price. |
There are also laws which are
enforced that keep most people from stealing cars. This helps to protect those who set out to manufacture a car with the
intention of
selling it.
I understand your points above and while relevant several years ago, they are really no longer applicable in this argument. The fact is that nowadays most popular music can be bought online. It is also a fact that the general public (especially those savvy enough to be logging on to P2P's) is now aware that music is available for purchase online.
This issue has been in the public eye long enough for people to now know that when they log onto a P2P, type in 'The White Stripes' and click on 'download', they are engaging in something illegal.
There is no grey area anymore and to defend illegal file 'sharing' when most albums are now availabale for $9.99 on iTunes (or CD Baby for indi acts) is rediculous.
You can keep rationalizing why illegal file 'sharing' is ok but it doesn't change the fact that it is indeed illegal. Everyone knows what P2P's are mostly used for. The only people that are defending them are either those who are illegally file 'sharing' themselves, or those who do not earn their income in the entertainment industry.
