Comment Re:I think... you do? (Score 1) 295
A year or 2 ago, 50% of the cds I bought sucked and I had no way to find out until after i bought it; like buying a DVD only because of the trailer of the movie.
I just find the whole thing convienent, honestly. There's plenty of mom-and-pop video shops that rent VHS and DVD movies... usually they get their stock by simply going to the nearby Tower and buying the films as they are released.
This could probably be considered a worse thing solely for the reason that the shop is continuing to make money off a purchase (of which the studios don't see a dime of) by renting it... but it is common practice and widely "accepted". Of course, I use that term loosely.
In THIS case... Someone buys the CD, rips it to MP3 and gives it away for free to other users who download from them. I'm not even going to begin to get into the fair use laws, I'm sure everyone has them memorized by now.
Now, with this survey (which, no doubt, the results of which actually hold true for a LOT of us), they're saying that Napster sharing has increased sales by allowing people to preview what they were interested in.
I think the same could hold true for the video shops. Most people rent a movie once and forget about it. Okay, so, there's lost money here because the video shop is probably not quite doing things legally... However, if someone rents the video, likes it, buys it... nobody complains.
Apples and oranges, perhaps... but there are a lot of strong parallels here.
You can just go to hell, but be sure to bring back some souviners...
I just find the whole thing convienent, honestly. There's plenty of mom-and-pop video shops that rent VHS and DVD movies... usually they get their stock by simply going to the nearby Tower and buying the films as they are released.
This could probably be considered a worse thing solely for the reason that the shop is continuing to make money off a purchase (of which the studios don't see a dime of) by renting it... but it is common practice and widely "accepted". Of course, I use that term loosely.
In THIS case... Someone buys the CD, rips it to MP3 and gives it away for free to other users who download from them. I'm not even going to begin to get into the fair use laws, I'm sure everyone has them memorized by now.
Now, with this survey (which, no doubt, the results of which actually hold true for a LOT of us), they're saying that Napster sharing has increased sales by allowing people to preview what they were interested in.
I think the same could hold true for the video shops. Most people rent a movie once and forget about it. Okay, so, there's lost money here because the video shop is probably not quite doing things legally... However, if someone rents the video, likes it, buys it... nobody complains.
Apples and oranges, perhaps... but there are a lot of strong parallels here.
You can just go to hell, but be sure to bring back some souviners...
