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"In an order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan entered a permanent injunction, ordering the service to disable the searching, downloading, uploading or file trading of its software and to block the sharing of unauthorized music files.... She also found Mark Gorton, LimeWire's founder, personally liable.
"'We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge the gap between technology and content rights holders,' [Chief Executive] Searle said in the statement. 'However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software.'"
The problem I have with this is they are blaming the technology and not the people abusing it. Historically the RIAA and MPAA have a long history of trying to kill or hamper tech that can potentially interfere with their business. The VCR, Standalone CD recorders, DAT, MP3 players, DVD/CD burners.... that's just the short list. While they have legitimate concerns their rights do not trump those of the public.
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For every torrent site they close down at least one more will pop up and take it's place. The RIAA and MPAA will never learn.
An mp3 costs how much now? $1.20? A CD? $12 to $15.00?? Remember the old vinyl LP records? What did they cost? $16.00? How many songs were on the LP? 16 or so? Just checked Amazon, CD's go for $12.00 to $20.00
In 2010 paying MORE for songs than in the 70's? This is why the torrent sites will never get shut down, people are NOT going to get ripped off.... Maybe if they charged something reasonable people might actually buy music.
Funny how one torrented song is worth more than 3 human lives in todays world. An article I found a month ago stated how an airport gave 20K to family's who lost someone when a plane crashed and how a lady was charged 60K for every illegal song she downloaded. -sign-
For every torrent site they close down at least one more will pop up and take it's place. The RIAA and MPAA will never learn.
An mp3 costs how much now? $1.20? A CD? $12 to $15.00?? Remember the old vinyl LP records? What did they cost? $16.00? How many songs were on the LP? 16 or so? Just checked Amazon, CD's go for $12.00 to $20.00
In 2010 paying MORE for songs than in the 70's? This is why the torrent sites will never get shut down, people are NOT going to get ripped off.... Maybe if they charged something reasonable people might actually buy music.
Somehow I just can't rationalize stealing something just because I don't like the price put on it by the owner.
There is a personal principle involved there, and it is one with which I am comfortable.
"Rip off" is an overused and often misapplied term. A "rip off" is when one party doesn't honor an agreement.
"Rip off" may apply when someone's intellectual or artistic property is stolen via torrenting or other unlicensed copying.
For every torrent site they close down at least one more will pop up and take it's place. The RIAA and MPAA will never learn.
An mp3 costs how much now? $1.20? A CD? $12 to $15.00?? Remember the old vinyl LP records? What did they cost? $16.00? How many songs were on the LP? 16 or so? Just checked Amazon, CD's go for $12.00 to $20.00
In 2010 paying MORE for songs than in the 70's? This is why the torrent sites will never get shut down, people are NOT going to get ripped off.... Maybe if they charged something reasonable people might actually buy music.
Um, inflation? Also, 16bit PCM is significantly superior to vinyl.
Do you steal cars because they used to cost $6000 in the 70's but now cost $35,000?
An mp3 costs how much now? $1.20? A CD? $12 to $15.00?? Remember the old vinyl LP records? What did they cost? $16.00? How many songs were on the LP? 16 or so?
Usually about 8 to 10 on LP. Anything larger and it was issued as double album. As far as the cost difference:
Result here is the original will have more nuances with a richer and "warm" sound that most will find superior to the digital version that will have a more crisp but flat sound. Makes you wonder what you're missing out on for new releases.
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Here's sample of what you're missing, this compares CD version with the version on guitar hero of recent release from Metallica.
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