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#4
Posted 24 October 2007 - 05:41 PM
i punctuate for idiots
I prosecute for illegals
Brutally Policing Internets
Beating Pirate's Interests
Foiling Illegitimate Outlawed Distributions
Eventually Closing Down
Entails Capturing Dealers
This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 24 October 2007 - 05:56 PM
#5
Posted 24 October 2007 - 07:39 PM
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#7
Posted 25 October 2007 - 12:11 AM
The two most recent articles sum up my take on the whole thing.
On a more humorous note, however, the BBC aired a report on it that was so amazingly misinformed that it's quite hilarious. They made it seem like some bizarre cult.
This post has been edited by Heccubus: 25 October 2007 - 12:12 AM
#9
Posted 28 October 2007 - 12:25 AM
The industry is going to have to learn one way or another. They can either embrace the technology, and find a way to benefit from it, or they can watch the sales of CDs decline gradually for years until the whole system collapses on itself.
It sounds lame, but we really are on the cusp of a revolution of sorts, I think. The music industry is in dire need of a complete overhaul, and I think it's only a matter of time before it finally kicks in that they should be embracing the file-sharing community that they've been trying to fight this whole time. I think it's more or less been proven by now that we're stronger than them. Not just in numbers, but in integrity. This isn't the first time they've toppled a giant, and it won't be the last, but we keep coming back with bigger sites and better ways to get the music. I don't think this will be any different. Hell, in all of this, the only part of my life that's changed is that I'm using Soulseek more than I have in years.
Also, I just noticed this, but how was floppydisk posting warez?
1) Torrents aren't warez.
2) Oink was shut down. There was nothing there.
3) I didn't even know that people still used the term "warez". Does that make me 'out of the loop'?
This post has been edited by Heccubus: 28 October 2007 - 12:31 AM
#10
Posted 28 October 2007 - 04:21 AM
#12
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:58 PM
I'm not so sure. Explaining things like DRM-free MP3 files to a record industry exec is like pulling teeth. They don't understand that if someone wants to distribute MP3s to other people, they're going to find a way no matter what. Encrypting the actual CDs with copy protection didn't work, and people have found ways to remove DRM encoding from files downloaded from stores like iTunes.
Until someone takes the reins away from the uninformed maniacs who are running the established recording industry, I don't think we'll see anything like OiNK's Pink Palace operating legally anytime soon. It would be nice, of course, but it just doesn't seem likely.
And yeah, I caught that it was a joke, floppydisk. I wasn't being all that serious myself.
This post has been edited by Heccubus: 28 October 2007 - 08:58 PM