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Davey_B
Davey_B
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Feb 12, 2008, 16:39
It'd cost more to police who's downloading what and tracking all the bits of data and seeing if they are legal or not than they would save in lost royalities.

People will just starting using proxy services, data encryption and ISPs based abroad. It's completely impossible to police the whole internet and the 25 million people in this country using it.... if it was that easy why haven't they locked up all the pedos yet.......

I download stuff and it hasn't in anyway reduced the amount I go out and buy if anything it's made my shopping list even longer.... this idea will disappear quicker than the Titanic on her maiden voyage....

Dave B
zphage
zphage
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Feb 12, 2008, 16:41
The sub context here is US Dept of Commerce may no longer seek EU approval of mergers/anti trust considerations.(i.e. Yahoo/Microsoft)

Because it is felt Europe cannot/ will not protect copyrights(e.g. film, software, music, patents, books, etc)

Hence the beginnings of crackdowns in Sweden, France, Germany


The EU does not want to be marginalized. If they want the say in larger business issues, they have to been seen as willing / able to enforce copyrights.
the dude
the dude
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Feb 12, 2008, 16:47
shanshee_allures wrote:
Oddly enough, I've bought many cds just through hearing them first (yes, I'm being honest here), and part of what enticed me was the fact they've taken time over packaging. Simple.

I'm sure many of us have those dreadul reissues with 'nice price' or whatever slashed across a pointlessly small reproduction of the original album sleeve.

This is where the 'industry', I think, is getting is just deserts.

They serve us music like it's burger and fries to go, and the independents out there (who I'm sure see the net as their saving grace in many ways) recognise what people want and deserve.

My most recent one is this.

http://www.blankworkshop.co.uk/index.htm

A beautiful little aesthetic and the music pleases my ears too (and is the source of my current avatar musings!)

Bigwig Record companies = soulless cretins.


x




wow thats great,loved the feel of that site and the music
Davey_B
Davey_B
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Feb 12, 2008, 16:51
But it won't work... you simply can't police every single byte of data flying around the internet especially if it's going to start going through proxies etc.... they'll be a huge growth of things like Torpark and little members only clubs for downloads..... it's unworkable...... I'd rather they used their resources to catch real criminals who go phishing, or swindling people with letters telling then they'd won the lottery etc
zphage
zphage
3378 posts

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Feb 12, 2008, 17:05
They don't have to be 100% successful.

They have to be seen as willing to do something (have laws and enforce laws). Hollywood much more quietly than the RIAA has been pushing for this.


To lose the anti trust considerations would be a big blow to EU, and their US relations and the 'spirit of cooperation".


China and India from the US and EU are getting the same push.
Eduardo
Eduardo
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Feb 12, 2008, 17:12
Greedy beggars. I've just forked out for broadband & all..
IanB
IanB
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Edited Feb 12, 2008, 18:08
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Feb 12, 2008, 18:07
That's a good point.

My view? The ISPs profit hugely from the traffic caused by downloading and file sharing and they should be paying something to people who create art and have rights to it. You can't win this by victimising music fans and the rest is genie in the bottle stuff.
zphage
zphage
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Feb 12, 2008, 19:32
Germany did and may still have a special tax for cassettes for exactly that.

The ISPs are under greater and greater pressure. Comcast has stopped uploads of certain sizes.

RIAA would love to see clubs created for downloading. Then they will be able to demonise the activity enabling them to evoke RICO act and child pornography extraordinary measures against downloading. You do not want this to happen.
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