When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent |
When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent |
 Oct 29 2007, 21:30
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perhaps an interesting/entertaining read: (not by my hand, found it yesterday)
http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when...k-birth-of.html QUOTE (article introduction) For quite a long time I've been intending to post some sort of commentary on the music industry - piracy, distribution, morality, those types of things. I've thought about it many times, but never gone through with it, because the issue is such a broad, messy one - such a difficult thing to address fairly and compactly. I knew it would result in a rambly, unfocused commentary, and my exact opinion has teetered back and forth quite a bit over the years anyway. But on Monday, when I woke up to the news that Oink, the world famous torrent site and mecca for music-lovers everywhere, had been shut down by international police and various anti-piracy groups, I knew it was finally time to try and organize my thoughts on this huge, sticky, important issue. edit2: thanks for editing the title, kind (and anonymous) moderator 
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CDs in Germany usually cost 15-18 EUR (20-25 USD). :-(
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QUOTE (SebastianG @ Oct 31 2007, 19:13)  CDs in Germany usually cost 15-18 EUR (20-25 USD). :-( SG QUOTE (Cosmo @ Oct 31 2007, 18:20) Who pays $15 - $18 per CD?  CDs on Ebay are a lot cheaper!
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boombaard When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink Oct 29 2007, 21:30
neomoe very nice read! thank you for sharing this... Oct 29 2007, 22:58 Fandango "so this is why CDs cost $18..."
H... Oct 29 2007, 23:17 seanyseansean If you disregard their 'illegal' status, b... Oct 30 2007, 00:19 LANjackal Interesting. I was wondering just how long it woul... Oct 30 2007, 02:02 Canar Mentioning an illegal site that no longer exists i... Oct 30 2007, 03:23 plnelson I certainly don't disagree that the music indu... Oct 30 2007, 18:25
skamp QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 30 2007, 18:25) No ... Oct 31 2007, 14:26 Fandango *rofl* Why is it always the stealing cars analogy ... Oct 30 2007, 19:31 plnelson QUOTE (Fandango @ Oct 30 2007, 14:31) *ro... Oct 30 2007, 19:46 Canar An MP3 is a very long number. Likewise, a track on... Oct 30 2007, 20:30 plnelson QUOTE (Canar @ Oct 30 2007, 15:30) An MP3... Oct 30 2007, 21:31 neomoe numbers are interpreted by a program, so they are ... Oct 30 2007, 21:34 plnelson QUOTE (neomoe @ Oct 30 2007, 16:34) numbe... Oct 30 2007, 21:51 Light-Fire QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 30 2007, 15:51) ...... Oct 31 2007, 03:54 Canar neomoe, at the basic level, words are numbers as w... Oct 30 2007, 21:54 plnelson QUOTE (Canar @ Oct 30 2007, 16:54) plnels... Oct 30 2007, 23:22 boombaard QUOTE An MP3 is a very long number. Likewise, a tr... Oct 30 2007, 21:57 krabapple from the rant:
QUOTE because you can all but guar... Oct 30 2007, 22:10 greynol Didn't we already have this discussion a short... Oct 30 2007, 23:26 Axon The bigger question is how the overall flow of mon... Oct 31 2007, 01:14 plnelson QUOTE (Axon @ Oct 30 2007, 20:14) Would i... Oct 31 2007, 16:09 skamp QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 31 2007, 16:09) All... Oct 31 2007, 17:30 plnelson QUOTE (skamp @ Oct 31 2007, 12:30) QUOTE ... Oct 31 2007, 18:20 greynol QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 31 2007, 10:20) And... Oct 31 2007, 18:55 skamp QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 31 2007, 18:20) And... Nov 1 2007, 09:41 Artemis3 QUOTE (plnelson @ Oct 31 2007, 11:09) All... Oct 31 2007, 19:22 sraffa QUOTE (Artemis3 @ Oct 31 2007, 13:22) . .... Oct 31 2007, 20:19 plnelson QUOTE (Artemis3 @ Oct 31 2007, 14:22) Rig... Nov 6 2007, 18:24 digital .
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You cats need to take a stiff shot of your fa... Oct 31 2007, 02:13 Fuchal How long do you think before the labels are out of... Oct 31 2007, 04:06 LANjackal @ plnelson: Aren't you the same guy who starte... Oct 31 2007, 04:29 Canar Let's take a look at the people who are provid... Oct 31 2007, 04:35 Artemis3 My, my, this topic is also here
Quoting myself at... Oct 31 2007, 07:27 boombaard QUOTE All the armchair philosophizing in your post... Oct 31 2007, 16:59 Triza Just my 2 pence: Labels will be smaller, but they ... Oct 31 2007, 23:15 Lyx QUOTE (Triza @ Nov 1 2007, 00:15) Just my... Nov 1 2007, 06:19 Cosmo Who pays $15 - $18 per CD? Nov 1 2007, 00:20 david_dl Here, a newly released CD by a local artist, or an... Nov 1 2007, 03:54 randal1013 i just read on blabbermouth that trent reznor had ... Nov 1 2007, 04:42 Night Surfer The numbers argument is funny. Of course one canno... Nov 1 2007, 15:53 greynol Not one single person in this entire thread is jus... Nov 1 2007, 17:30 Pepzhez An easy solution to this dilemma could be devised ... Nov 1 2007, 21:14 Lyx QUOTE (Pepzhez @ Nov 1 2007, 22:14) An ea... Nov 2 2007, 09:39 plnelson QUOTE (Pepzhez @ Nov 1 2007, 16:14) Had I... Nov 6 2007, 18:40 Pepzhez QUOTE (plnelson @ Nov 6 2007, 09:40) If y... Nov 7 2007, 05:58 uart QUOTE (Pepzhez @ Nov 1 2007, 12:14) Speak... Nov 7 2007, 09:56 simonh well said, pepzhez. Nov 1 2007, 22:58 Artemis3 And yet, Pepzhez is not the only one...
So plnels... Nov 2 2007, 07:53 ArtMustHurt usually artists dont earn much from cd sales unles... Nov 2 2007, 13:19 Fandango Personally I like this idea of an ideal state-of-t... Nov 2 2007, 14:20 skamp QUOTE (Fandango @ Nov 2 2007, 14:20) Arti... Nov 2 2007, 14:51 Fandango QUOTE (skamp @ Nov 2 2007, 14:51) So... p... Nov 2 2007, 15:04 skamp QUOTE (Fandango @ Nov 2 2007, 15:04) Yes,... Nov 2 2007, 16:35 SnTholiday QUOTE let people decide what they want to buy.
Pe... Nov 2 2007, 23:01 Leto Atreides II QUOTE (SnTholiday @ Nov 2 2007, 15:01) So... Nov 4 2007, 06:45 Lyx QUOTE (SnTholiday @ Nov 3 2007, 00:01) Pe... Nov 6 2007, 18:31 jaybeee When Pigs Fly...
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