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- MrD0
o i agree jaline, i used to do that a lot.
i think there is a certain mystery and anticipation about new music that you buy.
there are fillers in an album but i prefer that feeling of discovery
each of that new one you discover and love is well worth the price of full albums
- M0NEYCIDE0
"who is going to off set the balance their investments?"
Bottom line is album sales isn't the end all be all of their investments. Artists at any level are a full package from live shows, singles and t-shirts. There's money to be made no matter what, music sells. It's like asking "But who's going to offset the cost of the free peanuts on the bar?" The answer is more beer sales. Why do restaurants give free bread at the beginning of meal? You'll drink more. Granted it's not exactly the record company that has decided to do this to sell more stuff it's just the consumer who did it, morally or not, but the companies are going to have to learn to start giving away peanuts for free to sell more beer. The people have spoken.
- M0NEYCIDE0
http://media.locals.ca/localscon…
http://media.locals.ca/localscon…
this is where I got my info. that other link i got from digg so i think either there's some serious chaos misinfo going on or canada is getting kicked out the loop. fuck if i know can you get on?
- MrD0
sadly
you are all canadians
:(
like i have said, i am not saying what you are doing is wrong. i just try to deter someone, but i cant say you are crazy. everyone has reasons.
in my eyes, stealing is wrong in any sense. for you, justification over rules the norms of morality.
- Jaline0
I do agree that album artwork and packaging is sometimes worth buying the CD for. Even to "support" the artist, but I'm still unsure of what exactly this means.
The band "Stars" had their most recent CD available for download (through online purchase) about one month before the release date specifically because they knew someone would inevitably leak it anyway. On their website, they mentioned this: "It's our hope that given a clear, legal alternative to downloading music for free, you will choose to support the creators." Clever.
Nowadays artists are adding more extra stuff into their CDs because they realize that there needs to be more of an incentive for many people to buy the product. Although if you're a real fan and you have the money it makes sense to just get the album. Or just go to the show with your newly purchased CD and get them to sign it like I do :)
- M0NEYCIDE0
happily i'm canadian and am not dealing with facist corpratism incriminating and punishing every free citizen they can grab
: D
MrD if it makes you feel any better you simply are not a criminal for clicking on a mp3 link. Feel good about clicking. Click, please.
- Jaline0
Hey, you're a Canadian too buddy :P
- M0NEYCIDE0
yeah Jaline it's called trusting respecting and including your fans in your business not turning them into theives like metalica.
metalica = old
stars = with it
- MrD0
MrD if it makes you feel any better you simply are not a criminal for clicking on a mp3 link. Feel good about clicking. Click, please.
M0NEYCIDE
(Sep 30 07, 19:28)o i understand, its more of a moral choice.
i think there is a difference between accumulation of mp3 and accumulation of music.
for the love vs for the number of songs
- M0NEYCIDE0
Hey, you're a Canadian too buddy :P
Jaline
(Sep 30 07, 19:29)you talking to me buddy? i thought you knew as much. halifornia all da way.
- MrD0
she is talking to me
yah thats how i roll, i get attention from all the ladies.
- waynepixel0
anyone have an invitation to the wonderful site, oink, please sir?
- linearch0
i'd love an oink invite...i have lots to share.
- lvl_130
why oh why does it make me log in like 400 damn times! it seems like it has a lot of stuff and everything, but it keeps telling me to log in!!!
i log in, then try and download something, get a 404, go back to the site and have to log in again! repeat!
anyone?
- Jaline0
Clear you cache or something and try again. That never happens to me.
- lvl_130
will do. thanks jaline.
yeah, it's pretty annoying. i had such high hopes...and now that flav invited me, i can't get the damn thing to work correctly!
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- brian0
If oink has the rare are more obscure stuff I'd like an invite.