With regards to your message at 06:20 PM 9/20/02, Gary Lawrence Murphy. Where you stated: >Ok, let's be more direct: How many of the files _you_ have downloaded >have _you_ subsequently purchased?
Several. MP3 and OGG files are OK, but if I like it I buy it, to get the better sounding CD. I think that fact should be stunningly obvious. Of course if you don't own and have never owned any real high fidelity equipment you might not know. And if that is the case I suspect you belong to that elite group of induhviduals who drive drown the street in a car that goes "thumpa thumpa" > I know I have bought /other/ >recordings by artists who's work I have downloaded, and I have >downloaded recordings I already own, but I have not nor have I met >anyone who has downloaded a product for free (music, video or even >software) and then voluntarily gone out an purchased the /identical/ >file. If you have, please cite the instance. Congratulations. You are different than some of us. I believe diversity is considered normal by now. >But be aware of what I said: A lost sale does /not/ imply a decrease >in revenue. To make that logical jump is a non-sequiteur. Absolutely true. I respect Janis Ian's views and actions. But I would never buy her CD's ( or download her songs, for that matter) >And David Kilpatrick's experience was neutral: Releasing his material >for free made him the #4 most downloaded artist (across all >categories) in the UK on MP3.com last month, but it did not result in >a single booking or a single extra sale. And that was determined by what statistical method? Did every CD sold hold the new purchaser at gunpoint and demand their reasons for purchase? > David has, I think, a sane >reaction: He's happy that people like his songs and trusts that >the rewards will come. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" is the >pithy aphorism that comes to mind. Even by his reasoning and viewpoint he obviously lost no sales. For the #4 download that pretty well proves the point that downloading does not hurt the industry. >Absence of evidence is not evidence of absense, and anecdotes don't >prove a point, and that is why this RIAA thing cannot be resolved by >rhetoric. Where Janis Ian has it right is that someone must actually >stop pontificating and /test/ the hypothesis (and watch out for >efolkmusic.org where I will be involved in an empirical test of Janis' >words) It's easy to deal with. Download all you can. Post all you can. Demonstrate your right to freedom. Pay for what you like. Demonstrate that you have some tiny ethical and sane bone in your body. With our best regards, Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Edmonton, AB, Canada http://www.harddata.com/ T5X 1Y3 2.3TB RAID5 NAS server - dual AthlonMP CPU, Linux, $10,995 CAD / $6850 USD
