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1. Comment - RIAA Tries to Combat P2P Networks

   (Sep 23, 2005 - 6:47 AM)

   I read your post and several others, i really liked what you said in your post. I remember buying tapes, cd's getting them home, being all excited and getting 2 good songs, and the rest was filler music.
   
   To avoid this i only purchased cd's where the artist had at least three good quality songs out, which meant waiting forever to buy a cd. Then music stores started letting you listen to the whole cd before purchase and that helped with the problem.
   
   There are many artist who have one or two songs that i like, but i would not want to get the album, because it wouldn't be wholewhile. The songs that i would hear from these artist would be songs that i would come across on the radio anyways so if i really like them i would record from radio.
   
   I think the music industry does have to focus on quality of artist and what they are outputting to the public. Then people would be more tempted to buying the cd's. (Which come with picutres, artist thoughts, and lyrics.)
   
   There are worthwhile reasons to get the cd's, but quality of songs and the artist being produced will be the main drives, that's why no matter what goes on some artist continue to sell regardless of p2p sharing networks. Quality will always sell and be marketable.

2. Comment - RIAA Tries to Combat P2P Networks

   (Sep 23, 2005 - 6:19 AM)

   I really tired of this. I am a semi-casual music downloader. I download songs that i would hear on the radio. (Songs that are legal to download, I assume, because i can tape them off the radio and then burn them to mp3) So why do i have to be inconvienced by lame associations who want to push people to download these same songs for $1.00?
   
   If it's legal for me to download it off the radio, then it's legal for me to download it off the internet. (If they don't see that, then they are the ones in for the fight of their life.)
   
   Don't get me wrong. I highly disapprove of going and getting an artist's whole album without paying for it. (If you like the artist enough to want their whole album, then pay for it.) But for a single song, that's free and readily available on the radio for download, why would i pay for it?
   
   If it came right down to it, and all the free sharing networks were shutdown, i still would not use the pay per song network, I would download off the radio, then burn to mp3. (It's that simple.)
   
   All the songs i listen to or would download are on the radio, and if i really like an artist i will go out and get the full album in store.
   
   For a single song that's free on the radio, i will not be paying for it. I grew up taping songs off the radio, and there was no b/s about the innappropriateness of it all. So why can't i download said same songs off the internet and same myself a step? It's ridiculous and i will not be buying into this music recording industry b/s.
   
   I think if enough people pointed this out or started a network that just shares songs that are available and free from the radio, then i would like to see what the music association would do?
   
   I have just never understood the problem with this. If it's free on the radio to download, why is it not free on the internet? It's a crazy. One format is free and clear legally, but another format is not. I can't mentally contemplate the difference.
   
   I guess i will start looking for nice new mediums. I will use services that let me record straight from internet radio to mp3, or from radio to mp3 format. Just like in Jurrassic park, life will find a way, and people who want to share music will find a way.
   
   (But please do respect the artist and only get the songs that are free from the radio, if you like them that much then get the cd.)
   
   But until they make downloading off the radio illegal then i don't see a need to pay for the same songs, because i get them from another medium, which is the internet.
   
   (Thanks for hearing out my rant.)