[identity profile] laviemoderne.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
This is why I don't feel bad about pirating music most of the time.

[identity profile] red-pill.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
quite

its hard for record componeys to harp about the evils of piracy and not paying for music when contracts are writen so awful for artitsts. not only that, they try to take payments for all artists, even those not inside there system. and the rank hyprcoisy (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/11/0615258/record-labels-to-pay-for-copyright-infringement) of them when they also do it is startling.

there leagualy right (when there not involved in the story i linked too or the like, or installing root kits on to peoples pcs who PAYED for CDs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal)), but they long ago lost the propandga war by being colloasal dicks.

[identity profile] johnny9fingers.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed.

The record companies deserve their fate.

[identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't tell who it is.

RIAA deserves to be crushed.

[identity profile] madscience.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I only pay for music when I can put cash directly in the hand of the artist.

[identity profile] lafinjack.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers

[identity profile] chron-job.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Another point to remember, current legislation being pushed by content owners is being touted as neccesary because of the enormous economic losses to those owners. Here's a funny Ted talk on how content owners arrive at their extreme pronouncements of economic loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0