Poll: *RANT* Napster Vs. Record Companies *RANT*

[hpkeeper]

Okay, you all know about the deal with Napster having to give up the distribution of copyrighted music... rarely I'll Buy a Cd for the price of $12.99 - $18.99, Why are record companies intimidated by these peer to peer file transfer programs? It's just because they're free... Record companies need to take a Fscking hint, make your CD's cheaper. Record companies have to be the most Greedy buisnessmen on the planet... besides the fact that the band has to buy equipment, how much do you think the band has to pay to make that music? If the money was going to the artist I'd be more forgiving about the whole shutting down of Napster and other File Transfer programs, but it's not, it's just going to line the pockets of some CEO at the top of a record company who didn't do anything but stamp out the CD.

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[ThisIsMatt]

I voted "other" because napster has always = suck, and these stupid clients just make the RIAA more involved...

 

[MrAnderson]

You are exactly right. The only bands that are making any money are the one that are with small companies or have their own studios. Even though you see these huge numbers of how much a given album makes the artists don't see a very big percentage of it!

 

[syzygy]

pointless rant. nef poll. but . . . the record giants were in collusion (may still be) by severely restricting price competition among retailers for fear they would withold the ever precious ad dollar. worse, they reported an industry wide profit and none of the major record companies reported a loss during the past fiscal year. methinks the arguement is predicated on the principle of wanton copyright infringement and possibly long term economic harm.

 

[Soybomb]

Not everyone is been or ever has been napster dependant for mp3s there MP3s were around long before napster and will be long after, not there are just going to be more lamers on irc and the like

 

[prodigy]

I voted other because I both download music and buy CD's.

I have some CD's that I can play all the way through, I wouldn't buy a CD because I like 1 or 2 songs though.

 

[DannyLove]

its not the end of the world guys. napster sucks anyways.

 

[hpkeeper]

Poll updated!

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Yeah, you guys make it sound like the end of the world and that crapster was the best thing since broadband. Well, there are much better ways than mindless searching on napster, ALTHOUGH, napster was handy when trying to find that *one* song...

 

[Elledan]

I voted 'other' because I haven't used Napster for a long time. There's more than just Napster, like iMesh, Scour, Direct Connect, WinMX, Audio Galaxy, Gnutella, BearShare, Aimster, FTP-servers stuffed with mp3's, IRC-channels for trading, borrowing CD's from a friend and rip it, etc.

No matter what the RIAA does, they're fighting a battle they've lost before they started it.

and BTW I mostly listen to mp3's of bands from which I can't get albums on CD's here, so even if I would, I couldn't buy CD's from those bands.

 

[Yzzim]

I agree with prodigy...the only reason I use mp3s is because I'm not going to buy a whole cd for 1 or 2 songs. And I'm not going to buy a single for $4 or whatever.

I remember using mp3s before Napster was around. Napster just made it easier for all the newbies to get the music.

 

[hpkeeper]

oh, I'm not saying Napster is God, I'm saying that it's just the beginning of the RIAA, do you think they're going to stop after Napster? hehe... yeah.... right... they're going to go after any file sharing program that distributes copyrighted music. The reason I like Napster is that I just use it the most.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

hpkeeper...that's why I hate crapster, because it got the RIAA more involved. Sheesh, mp3s have been around quite a bit longer than crapster, but there wasn't this hugh controversy going on...

 

[prodigy]

IMO Napster was the most user-friendly and easiest to use.

 

[hpkeeper]

that's why I like it Prodigy69, It's the most user-friendly, I downloaded Bearshare yesterday and I haven't gotten around to installing it yet, any opinions on that?

 

[Linflas]

I replied other. Napster was easy and convenient but when it is gone I will get them from the usenet where I got 90% of all my .mp3's to begin with. The current system of recording and royalties is ultimately doomed and the RIAA and the record companies are too blind to realize it yet. As far as I am concerned the shift is no less dramatic than the move from sheet music sales to artists performing their own works once recording technology became available.

 

[Compellor]

Most bands and solo artists don't make a dime off their first CD. The money made off of the first one goes to pay for their agents, record company, studio time costs, etc. The cost to make a CD these days is something like $.30 to make. Then you have to figure in the marketing and advertising costs for the record companies; advertising isn't cheap. It eventually adds up, but not for the price of a $17.00 CD. Record companies have been scamming the music fans for years, but people just keep buying the CD's because they love music.

 

[jacobnero6918]

WinMX is the best client I used, you can resume your broken download and you can connect to napster and open nap servers.