willyhoops;199078 Wrote: > the point is that without drm (basically where we are now becuase itunes > drm is dead) music sales collapse, artists stop making music unless its > mega bucks pop t-shirt sales stuff, our economy shrinks a bit, and the > record companies won't release fancy new formats as digital files we > can copy to our devices. > > so life would clearly be better if drm was possible... and once you > start thinking that way you realise how well maybe with a bit of > lateral thinking and tough anti piracy legislation...
Geezz... I never thought that people could be influenced this much by the propaganda of the RIAA... Roughly seen, I bought about 350 titles when my age was between 20 and 30 (not much compared to a lot of other people but here in the Netherlands we used to pay a lot more than in the USA). These days I hardly buy a CD, in the last 5 years it's probably some 20 to 30 CD's... Why? It has nothing to do with piracy, all the music I play with my squeezebox, I have bought! First, it's because I've bought quite a lot of DVD's. (that's money I can't spend on CD's). Second, I've spend a lot of money on photographic hardware (that's money I can't spend on CD's). Third, I redecorated my house partially. (that's money I can't spend on CD's). And last but not least: the music the big companies invest in is mostly utter crap (IMO), 99.9999% of it should never have been released. And DRM handicapped crap I will NEVER buy... I will decide how and where I will play my music, that's not something the music companies need to decide for me... -- servies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
