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| Thread ID: 100746 | 2009-06-19 06:16:00 | Woman fined $3m for illegal downloads | davidmmac (4619) | PC World Chat |
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| 783589 | 2009-06-20 07:19:00 | He who has the money buys the best lawyers and legislators.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 783590 | 2009-06-20 22:38:00 | The fine is not meant to be sensible, it's to scare everyone else. Well, CDs are a ripoff and so is downloading paid MP3s. If I am going to pay for a download I want it to be CD quality, with no DRM and an open source and free format. this means FLAC or an ISO image. Also, if I buy a CD I want it without any DRM or copy control. I would also rather buy a CD than any download. Until the big places like iTunes store start selling music people have actually heard of in FLAC they should all stop whinging about piracy. flac.sourceforge.net Notice how none of the big names are on this list? Until then, the best place for FLAC downloads is The Pirate Bay.... ironic isn't it? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 783591 | 2009-06-20 22:42:00 | Yes it is ironic I don't download MP3 as it sounds crap on my stereo using my amp and mission floor speakers I CAN tell the difference between MP3 and CD quality | gary67 (56) | ||
| 783592 | 2009-06-21 00:03:00 | Yeah, If I'm going to pay for something I want it to be good quality. But I might download it in MP3 first to see if I actually want to pay for it. Then, if I do, I can have a high quality hard copy of the music to begin with, then rip it to whatever format I like and play it wherever I choose. And yes, I know some people don't like the idea of CD ripping but in my opinion, if you bought the CD you can do whatever you like with it (limited to personal use, of course) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 783593 | 2009-06-21 00:18:00 | When I had to have 14 months off due to injury and subsequent recovery from heavy surgery I ripped all my CD's gave me something to do I did around 250 | gary67 (56) | ||
| 783594 | 2009-06-21 19:57:00 | tvnz.co.nz Ouch, your going to feel that. Would have been cheaper to buy them. Silly Sausage :rolleyes: The record industry will lose further ground with this ridiculous decision and they know it, which is why they are already trying to do a deal. They can of course never collect the money anyway. Kick back watch it crumble See the drowning, watch the fall I feel just terrible about it That's sarcasm, let it burn www.youtube.com |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 783595 | 2009-06-21 20:42:00 | The media were hounding Gissy town council for fining a kid skate boarding in the city limits. The fine was wiped because it was not a fair go. Same here for fining some dweeb millions for a few bucks worth of downloads. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 783596 | 2009-06-22 01:08:00 | Although she did upload those songs to a few thousand people. Remember, it was the jury who decided on that amount, not the RIAA. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 783597 | 2009-06-22 09:43:00 | Although she did upload those songs to a few thousand people. Remember, it was the jury who decided on that amount, not the RIAA. They need to move on and get a new business model though, oh that's right the bands don't need them anymore. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 783598 | 2009-06-22 09:55:00 | Hehe I saw this just in time: :D xkcd.com |
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