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Quote:quote:Originally posted by rustedtight
got anything intelligent to add?
copy/paste from another thread has no relevance.Also, regarding your ‘size doesn’t matter’ comment, I think size (amount of money and political pull) does matter in this case. SBC didn’t build a monopoly by praciticing good business tactics.
Where did I copy+paste from? Link please.
[edited since my other post was deleted for some reason.]
Why did you delete my post?
You’re pretty much saying what I said earlier. To answer one of your questions, both the industry (RIAA member record companies) and the ‘artist’ are to blame. I’m not going to define what the ‘industry’ is because 1) you already know 2) it’s fairly obvious; however, the ‘artist’ in this instance can be the performer, the writers (since many big budget image artists don’t even write their own material anymore), the marketers, the pasty fat balding male who shapes the young boy band into teenage heart throbs, etc….
Like you said, they need to cater to the source (customer). Instead of throwing money down on the image of some ‘artist’ they sculpted out of musical feces, they should concentrate on supplying content. Yes, they need to get with the program and see what people are downloading. People aren’t (for the most part) downloading the entire Briteny Spears album; they are downloading the singles–not the fluff. When they download Radiohead material, I’m willing to bet it’s the entire album. You can insert any consistent and musically self-sufficient artist in that last statement.
Afterall, people aren’t downloading image, they are downloading content.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by ShadowSlayer469Not you ruin your joke, studies have found that bears actually like pepper spray. They say its like catnip to them!
That’s pretty interesting. Do you have a link with more info? I know pepper spray is also like misty-testosterone for uber drunk guys who are in a blind rage and like to fight anything that moves in a little bar district around here called Broad Ripple.
I’d use “legal” software over illegal anyday. The reason? Customer support. I want to have someone to talk to if something goes wrong. However, nowadays with the way customer service has gone down the toilet, I’m not so sure it even matters to me.
BAM! You’re correct. I just tried hotmail and got the same thing. Damn. Oh well.
Productivity at Vandelay Industries just went up 98.7%.
I know that using pirated software is not legal, but how legal is it to ruin someone’s computer? I don’t think that should give them an “all access pass” to your PC.
Well, damn, there’s a first for everything. No other sites that I know of are blocked by my company. Oh well. I’ve even tried going though varios anon-proxy services.
This isn’t a chatroom; you’re going to have to give people some time to reply to your post. In the mean time, I’d search google.com for an answer.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by JeffIf you can get people excited about a band, even if that means giving away songs for free, you’ll always find a way to make money.
Exactly. If you produce a quality product, you’ll be fine. But the industry has been pumping out crap or CDs with one or two ‘hits’ for years. Now P2P sharing, iTunes (which I see doing very well), etc… are forcing them to up the ante. It’s much like a form of musical Darwinism–sink or swim–produce a quality product, or get out.
They cry about lost record sales when bands like Radiohead leak out their own material months prior to release dates and still sell the hell out of units.
The bottom line:
If you produce a great record, people will buy it. You’ll be fine.
If you produce a mediocre record with only one or two decent tunes and the rest is fluff, you’re doomed for failure and deserve it.
On a side note, I’ve bought more CDs this year than I have in the past three. Crazy eh?
Quote:quote:Originally posted by rustedtightQuote:quote:It’s about time.Thoughts?
Discuss.
*thoughts?* Yawn….. Kazaa just got thru trying to sue RIAA n fell on their butt.
I have a feeling that SBC has a [sarcasm]LITTLE[/sarcasm] more money to fight with than Kazaa–and that’s what it’s going to come down to.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by rustedtight*Discuss.* These are early days and nothing is set in concrete regarding this litigation, discussion at this time would be pointless.
However………. let the discussion begin.Early? Early for what? Napster was shut down years ago, was it too early for that to happen? No. And you’re right, there’s no point discussing anything until AFTER it has happened… 🙂
Quote:quote:Originally posted by rustedtightGet serious here,… BIG business OWNS you. 🙁
Never said they didn’t… Besides SBC is much much larger business than the RIAA.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Dragooni would find the one i used but i’m too lazy…search google…they have them….
It’s a good thing you decided to take the time to post this message. We were on the edge of our seats waiting…
Quote:quote:Originally posted by freddyI would have e-mailed this, but bigblueball’s host wont take e-mails off .co.uk e-mail addresses 🙁
You didn’t do the account locked for security reasons one;)
An answer such as:
Locked because multiple cracking attempts were made. Ban usually lasts between 12-48hrs, continually trying account could prolong ban. Go to http://login.yahoo.com/config/login and the first login will fail, second verifies its not a bot attempting more guesses (word verification system). If lasts more than 48hrs after, try contact Yahoo! at cc-advoc@yahoo-inc.com.
🙂
Edited to correct typos:o
Accounts are also temporarily locked when you remove buddies via Yahoo IM and not the contacts site. I would add that.
