Re: Penalising downloaders


"Mike_B" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:YlUyIMWK990HFw3h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In message <fr0mhh$4ou$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Norman Wells <norman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

It isn't a prospect I even recognise as being faintly likely.

How do you reckon that then? If anyone can instantly download for no cost any music track they want with no loss of quality from the original, they're going to, aren't they? So how exactly are recording companies to make any money?


Do you read threads with your eyes closed or just your mind? I repeat, the record industry has claimed for decades that new technologies will bring the downfall of the music industry and lead to "artists" starving on the street.

And I have dealt with all of the 'newe terchnologies' you mentioned.

Until P2P, there has been no way of accessing whatever track you want, whenever you want, with no loss of quality, and at no cost. There have therefore always been good reasons for most people to buy the originals. Now, there are absolutely none. You must be astonishingly thick if you can't see the difference.

"Why would anybody buy a record if they can just listen to it free on the radio?"

1) They can't listen to it when they want or how often they want
2) It may not be played on the radio when they listen
3) They can't listen to it without a radio
4) It's probably overridden with inane DJ burblings at either end.

"Why would anyone buy a track if they can just tape it off the radio or borrow it and copy it from their friends?"

1) Poorer quality
2) They don't know when or if a particular track is going to be played
3) It's probably overridden with inane DJ burblings at either end
4) Their friends may not have it or may not be prepared to lend it

"Why would anyone buy a track if they can download it, for free, whenever they like, with no loss of quality?"

Er, ....

Perhaps you'd answer that one.

"How can the music industry make people pay for their products, and how can it survive if it can't?"

Er, ....

Perhaps you'd actually answer that one too rather than just avoid the issue.

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