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Originally Posted by Jazzpunk 
I understand your points above and while relevant several years ago, they are really no longer applicable in this argument.
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.  |
Maybe it's just syntax, but it appears that you are misinterpreting my comments.
I am not attempting to rationalize in any form (
nada, zip, zero, squat, naught) that illegal file sharing is ok,
nor am I making any argument that illegal file sharing isn't illegal !!
I am also not defending P2Ps (which you keep bringing up, and I could care nothing about).
What I am stating, is that the tactics used in the attempt to STOP those practices by the RIAA, are IMO ... clueless, ineffective, and ultimately self-defeating. And by continuing with this strategy, they will only serve to further alienate those whom they might have converted into their most effective ally's. Ally's who might then have been pressed into service, to convert other illegal downloaders into becoming long-term, paying customers.
And for the record, I don't download any illegal music, don't have a P2P client installed, and don't care to waste my time with that juvenile stuff. My comments are all coming from a perspective of '
this is a problem to be solved, and here are my thoughts on what might work and what doesn't'. So please stop insinuating that I must be downloading files illegally, since you appear to believe that I am trying to defend that practice. I am not, and I don't.
FYI: Both
we7 and
EMI are now making FREE and non-DRM encoded songs available for download (see the earlier links in this thread). So it would appear that a few industry brains are hard at work on the problems as I also see them, and by understanding the issues, they are attempting to compete with innovation. I wish them much success, especially as it will also benefit the artists. But someone should really talk to their buddy (the RIAA) lest they continue to act in a self-defeating manner.
Given this context, I believe these comments are relevant in the current scenario.
