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They're really hurting themselves with this legislation, I for one welcome it. If pirating Beyoncé will put you in jail, more people will be willing to listen

by hodwik 11y ago

They're really hurting themselves with this legislation, I for one welcome it. If pirating Beyoncé will put you in jail, more people will be willing to listen to all of the great free music on sites like bandcamp and soundcloud. That's the major benefit to this legislation as I see it. Overpriced pop media garbage will become decreasingly popular in exchange for better but less-popular works. As recording and film companies see large swathes of the population leaving their works for independent producers, they'll lower their prices to try to stay relevant. I say this even as a frequent media pirate -- this is not the end of the world, far from it. If this legislation has teeth, it will birth a new world of free creativity, of the people and for the people. Edit: The same, I propose, will be true of opensource hardware.

bad_user 11y ago
I think you're going to be disappointed about the future. Given I need music to keep focused at work, I got a subscription to Google Play. Now I've got access to all the Beyonce I need for $10 / month. It kind of sucks because my desktop is not capable of caching music for offline use, only my Android can. Plus, if I end my subscription, I get to keep nothing. It's a great way to discover new music though. And I don't like SoundCloud because the signal to noise ratio is not that good and I don't have the patience. My point is that the notion of buying songs and albums is coming to an end. I personally don't like it, but there you have it. And sorry to say it, but for this future in which we rent music, I also blame piracy. I also think ad-blockers will be the catalyst for a similarly dark future for websites. The underlying cause is always people illegally using and not willing to pay for other people's work.
- shkkmo 11y ago
  > for this future in which we rent music, I also blame piracy Um, how? Why not blame high-speed internet instead?
retrogradeorbit 11y ago
Except the law will not be applied to protect the rights of independent musicians. Only of big business. Everyone will pirate the indies and those rights holders will be ignored. This law, like all laws today, will not be applied evenly. It's not meant to serve us. It's meant to serve power.
- 5ilv3r 11y ago
  Indies thrive on sharing...
orionblastar 11y ago
Piracy will never be stamped out. People are already paying for VPN access so they can torrent stuff without getting caught. Either that or they go to a private tracker instead of a public one. The Pirates will just develop a new technology to avoid detection, even making a Mesh Network off of the Internet that is a private network that stores pirated files and other stuff. You'd have to know someone to get access to this Mesh Network. But I imagine people in colleges will make their own Wifi Mesh Networks for students to use to share files and then extend the range to allow people near the college to share files as well. People will invest in a Seedbox to download torrents for them and share access to it with their friends. Much as I'd like to see independent artists get considered, most people still go for what is popular based on what they hear on the radio or in TV shows or movies.

by hodwik 11y ago

bad_user 11y ago

I think you're going to be disappointed about the future. Given I need music to keep focused at work, I got a subscription to Google Play. Now I've got access to all the Beyonce I need for $10 / month. It kind of sucks because my desktop is not capable of caching music for offline use, only my Android can. Plus, if I end my subscription, I get to keep nothing. It's a great way to discover new music though. And I don't like SoundCloud because the signal to noise ratio is not that good and I don't have the patience. My point is that the notion of buying songs and albums is coming to an end. I personally don't like it, but there you have it. And sorry to say it, but for this future in which we rent music, I also blame piracy. I also think ad-blockers will be the catalyst for a similarly dark future for websites. The underlying cause is always people illegally using and not willing to pay for other people's work.

shkkmo 11y ago
> for this future in which we rent music, I also blame piracy Um, how? Why not blame high-speed internet instead?

retrogradeorbit 11y ago

Except the law will not be applied to protect the rights of independent musicians. Only of big business. Everyone will pirate the indies and those rights holders will be ignored. This law, like all laws today, will not be applied evenly. It's not meant to serve us. It's meant to serve power.

5ilv3r 11y ago
Indies thrive on sharing...

orionblastar 11y ago

Piracy will never be stamped out. People are already paying for VPN access so they can torrent stuff without getting caught. Either that or they go to a private tracker instead of a public one. The Pirates will just develop a new technology to avoid detection, even making a Mesh Network off of the Internet that is a private network that stores pirated files and other stuff. You'd have to know someone to get access to this Mesh Network. But I imagine people in colleges will make their own Wifi Mesh Networks for students to use to share files and then extend the range to allow people near the college to share files as well. People will invest in a Seedbox to download torrents for them and share access to it with their friends. Much as I'd like to see independent artists get considered, most people still go for what is popular based on what they hear on the radio or in TV shows or movies.