Comment Copyright is OK - Pricing is not (Score 1) 515
My personal belief is that copyright is a good thing and should also apply to digital material (no difference, other than that it is easier to copy). Someone providing something for others to enjoy and use should have the right to claim compensation from the users.
I also believe that the record companies have created this situation with their own greed.
I strongly believe that most people are fairly honest and would prefer to be paying customers for music and film.
The problem is the gap between what producers claim and what the users deem a fair price.
If the price for a music album on MP3 was set to say $6 (compared to $20-$30 for a CD) then I think that a lot more people would buy the album and also like the feeling of supporting the artist and being honest.
Of course there are people that never will pay, but does it really matter? In any system there are parasites. A system with decent pricing would have removed most of the problem if the record companies had realised it in time. Now it can be tooooo late. It would be nice to see them try though. The group (was it Radiohead?) that "sold" the album for your own price sort of indicated that a lot of people are honest when they can afford it.
BR /Bus
I also believe that the record companies have created this situation with their own greed.
I strongly believe that most people are fairly honest and would prefer to be paying customers for music and film.
The problem is the gap between what producers claim and what the users deem a fair price.
If the price for a music album on MP3 was set to say $6 (compared to $20-$30 for a CD) then I think that a lot more people would buy the album and also like the feeling of supporting the artist and being honest.
Of course there are people that never will pay, but does it really matter? In any system there are parasites. A system with decent pricing would have removed most of the problem if the record companies had realised it in time. Now it can be tooooo late. It would be nice to see them try though. The group (was it Radiohead?) that "sold" the album for your own price sort of indicated that a lot of people are honest when they can afford it.
BR
