Court rules against RIAA

[H Tower]

Originally posted by Lord Merciless
I will begin to buy CDs once their prices drop below $4.

Happy pirating then

[faded glory]

yabadabbadoo!

Dont stop sharing

Thats exactly what they want.

[mrmitchell]

Another good option is to quit listening to any of the bull**** they put out at all, on the radio, on CD, or downloaded. I have found less than 1% of music that they put out to be better than utter bull****, and have decided it's not cost-efficient to continue eating their "culture" even if I don't pay for it.

[Elok]

I think theft is theft even if the people you're stealing from are a bunch of total creeps like the RIAA. Plus I'm more or less of Mrmitchell's opinion regarding the state of modern music. All the CDs I ever want are classics, and I usually get them as presents anyway. I guess the long and short of it is, I don't really care.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Their lobbyists have a stranglehold on the government. If they got close to going bankrupt, they'd probably even be able to wrangle "subsidies" out. The whole music industry right now, honestly, is just a big flaming pile of bull****.

I like to think I'm a law abiding citizen, but I swear the day the goverment starts subsidizing the likes of J-lo and Brittney will be the day I load up and go on a shooting spree of Congress.

[faded glory]

sprayber, that same day. Call me. Ill go with you..

[Sprayber]

It's odd because usually id be all for buying the damn CD. But the bastards over price the ****t and most of I dont' even want.

Can someone tell me what is so wrong with them providing a way that a consumer can go into a store or sit at their computer and buy exactly what they want for a resonable price. I understand they should make something but damn they don't have to rape me to get it.

[Soul Survivor]

well I buy CD's by bands I like cause I know if I stop buying their CD's they'll stop making them...... wouldn't want that

[mrmitchell]

Great! If it's more than one person, they'll call it a terrorist act and just pass another Patriot Act!

[faded glory]

Its bullcrap. Most music today is just a looped chorus and 2 verses. Doesnt make any sense at all. Full of profanity and trendy words that get 13 year olds to buy it. Wrapped up in 9 layers of cellaphane and made for 50 cents.

[alva]

10 to 15 year old girls is their market and I have no problem with that except for forcing me to listen to it all day on the radio

[Soul Survivor]

Originally posted by faded glory
Its bullcrap. Most music today is just a looped chorus and 2 verses. Doesnt make any sense at all. Full of profanity and trendy words that get 13 year olds to buy it. Wrapped up in 9 layers of cellaphane and made for 50 cents.

but isn't that the way its always been?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Sprayber
It's odd because usually id be all for buying the damn CD. But the bastards over price the ****t and most of I dont' even want.

Can someone tell me what is so wrong with them providing a way that a consumer can go into a store or sit at their computer and buy exactly what they want for a resonable price. I understand they should make something but damn they don't have to rape me to get it.

At one time some stores were experimenting with a process through which a buyer could purchase a custom made CD, i.e., the customer would select items to be copied on the disc. I guess it never caught on. Frankly I'd think that would be the best way to improve quality in the music industry. People would just pay for what they want.

[alva]

SS,

face it, it's getting more prefab every year. Do the artists even have any input left??

[monolith94]

The more they raise cd prices, the more people will turn to net options, whether they be pirating or downloading mp3s cheaply. If they raise cd prices now, it'll be game over man, game over!