Comments on: $500 per download

By: Roy Harrold

Roy Harrold — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:24:06 +0000

Strange video? Ben Bernanke is a straaaange Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. “Who’s yer daddy, America? Ben Bernanke?” lol!

So what about all those people with walls of cassette tapes & VHS tapes of materials that aren’t really backup copies of a legally purchased product? We, ooops I mean THEY, are off the hook ’cause the technology is out of date? What about people who acquired a zillion MB of materials in the early days of Napster & Limewire and then “retired” with all their acquisition dreams fulfilled? Why are they safe but their kids are not?

By: themusicgod1

themusicgod1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:10:59 +0000

Stageleft: I find anything that old tends to break down, unfortunately. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m gutting cd players for their parts…

Saskboy, nevermind 4GB; 4GB is just what we are capable of today. Think 25 years from now. We may very well have 4TB iPods by that point, so instead of 800*500, it’ll be more like 800,000*500. That’s a hell of a lot more lucrative. Assuming we don’t run into planck-size problems before then, of course.q

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:49:31 +0000

That’s a straaange video Roy :-)

Zhu, I care about artists making money. I think the Musiccreators members do too, and they are right that the American DMCA sue-happy method is turning consumers against artists. It becomes even more cool to download, just to thumb ones nose at “the man”. And The Man is certainly the ones writing our laws.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:36:47 +0000

I just wish we could find a solution that benefits both artists and consumers. But so far, no one cares about both of the above…

I don’t have an Ipod though. ;-)

By: Roy Harrold

Roy Harrold — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:06:31 +0000

What a great and totally appropriate contraction: MAFIAA.

Time to switch to enjoying and supporting non-corporate, self-marketed independent artists like Neil Cicierega:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfsb5HUFMQ0

By: Lore_Weaver

Lore_Weaver — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:36:06 +0000

There’s too much dissenting opinion in Parliament for this to pass, and the industry caucus is very non-partisan. Any bill that gets put up now is more of a “statement of intent”. There are a few Conservative members who think this is a good way to go, and several more who disagree.

This is more of a lead up to the policy convention, in my opinion, than it is legislation designed to pass.

Anything that gets put on the order paper now is doomed to fail, either due to a fall election, or proroguing of Parliament. (This may likely include bull C-484 and maybe even C-51)

By: stageleft

stageleft — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:09:47 +0000

I doubt it Saskboy, in addition to not having a digital music device I don’t travel into the states (ever), rarely leave the country (there are so many great places to see right here), and when I do the last thing I’m interested in packing is my laptop :-)

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:54:35 +0000

One can hope, I guess, Lore_W.

Stageleft, they’ll find a way to get you, and your little walkman too *evil cackle*. Analog avoider!