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1. Comment - Paramount to Support Blu-ray

   (Oct 3, 2005 - 7:34 PM)

   Consumer bewilderment?
   
   I can already see the scene in Blockbuster - one queue of people hiring out the DVD's and another queue returning DVD's that they've inadvertently rented in the wrong format.
   
   That is, of course, if they choose to stock/rent both formats. This will be interesting to watch.
   
   Yay! Chaos!

2. Comment - WinMX Shuts Down After RIAA Threat

   (Sep 23, 2005 - 11:46 AM)

   I think it's only the leechers and the immature/knuckleheads who think 'all music should be free'.
   
   I think there's way too much concentration of discussion on the leechers - they don't give a toss about price.
   
   But I *do* think there needs to be some kind of discussion about how to accommodate the growing unhappiness among LEGIT customers. It's not always a case of taking our money elsewhere - we might still want to listen to some of the trash being thrown at us, just pay a fairer price for it.
   
   As I said already, WHY won't they operate some kind of incentive scheme? Almost every other industry does it in some form. It encourages loyalty. It encourages the punters to stay legal. It encourages further sales.

3. Comment - WinMX Shuts Down After RIAA Threat

   (Sep 23, 2005 - 11:39 AM)

   Hmm. You're right. But what happened to that old days-gone-by thing called 'Customer Relations'?
   
   Surely someone, somewhere, within the music industry realises that the stance they are taking is exacerbating the problem. The industry should be embracing the loyalty of those customers who DONT spend their life illegally downloading. Some kind of incentive to KEEP them from doing so is, surely, a way forward?
   
   If prices keep rising/quality keeps dropping then those loyal and legal 'customers' may start thinking of alternatives.
   
   I really couldn't give a stuff about the leechers, who wouldn't give a toss if all music was virtually free (they want free, not virtually free and will continue to steal it anyway). I'm more concerned about the trying-to-stay-honest guy. Like me. Recently, I've had to fight with my conscience over how to obtain music and I'm sure I'm not alone.
   
   If *I'm* starting to think of alternatives, lot's of others are too. Why don't they offer some kind of incentive to me instead of punishing me with ever higher prices and much reduced quality?
   
   This is one industry where loyalty isn't rewarded. Perhaps it's time it should be.

4. Comment - WinMX Shuts Down After RIAA Threat

   (Sep 23, 2005 - 11:06 AM)

   I'm really torn on this one - on the one hand, yes it IS stealing someone elses stuff, but on the other why don't the music industry simply release into the public domain a lot of the old catalogue stuff that is never going to be released? It really smacks of 'if I cant have any money for it, then you aint getting it'.
   
   Taking a leaf out of the software industry's books, perhaps they could release the old stuff for free with a sweetener of a discount on the purchase of some recent stuff? It seems to work well with coverdisc mounted software on all the mags - 'Here's version 1 free and we'll give you a discount if you upgrade to 2'
   
   At the end of the day though, we all know that this problem has been caused by the incessant leechers who spend 24 hours a day downloading anything and everything from the p2p networks. Most of which will NEVER be listened to. The small guys who download the occasional track to get a feel for an album, or perhaps an artist they have no experience of, always suffers in the end.
   
   Still, as many people have already said, it's still stealing. Doesn't belong to anyone but the copyright holder (however greedy they may be - thats irrelevant).
   
   I wonder though just how many people could hold their hand up and say, in all honesty, that they've never downloaded even one single track? Very few, I reckon.
   
   One thing is clear though. Something has to be done to conquer the problem, not only for the music industry, but for us punters too. The music industry feels they're losing a fortune; we feel we're being ripped off (we don't ALL live in the cheap 'ol U.S of A!).
   
   I fear though that the music industry really couldn't give a stuff about us. They're not interested in fair pricing. And therein lies PART (not all) of the problem. The 24-hours-a-day-leechers are the other.
   
   Okay, you can all rip me to bits now.

5. Comment - Google Testing Out Free Wi-Fi Service

   (Sep 21, 2005 - 8:09 AM)

   What a really clever way to show just how pathetic you are. But of course, you knew the answer to everything from the moment your mother evicted you from her womb, didn't you?
   
   Perhaps YOU are the one who should be running home to mama.
   
   I hope you get the same kind of response next time you ask a question.
   
   The amount of time you expended on your idiotic response to a genuine query could have been better spent actually pointing him in the right direction. But no, it suits you more to act like a jerk, clearly.