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> When the music industry can offer a product superior to piracy Problem there is that the vast majority of people - be they pirates or normal consumers- cant
by ErrantX 17y ago
> When the music industry can offer a product superior to piracy
Problem there is that the vast majority of people - be they pirates or normal consumers- cant tell the difference between the quality.
(also, TBH it's complete bull because a large amount of ripped music is of pretty poor quality in my experience)
- rms 17y agoI was referring specifically to the music hydra and its 175,000 users as the example of the superior product. All of the rips on the hydra are of the highest quality and in multiple formats, as I said in my post.
- ErrantX 17y agoMethinks that the relatively small community (and market) is what helps keep the quality up. Larger communities would probably see a decline in overall quality because generally people aren't too worried. Or rather, the people pirating music because of a desire for higher quality is, I suspect, only a small portion of the group - most want a free lunch.
- rms 17y agoI disagree, the music already exists in the hydra. It costs nothing to duplicate. More and more users can be added without having to diminish the qualities of the existing rips, as only one rip of each type is allowed. Adding more downloaders would actually benefit the ratio economy more than hurt it. What happens when the hydra hits a million users? The cost of duplicating digital music is nothing and it doesn't take all that much bandwidth to run a bittorrent tracker. 2 million users? 10 million users? For reference, it took about a month for what and waffles to get to the stage where the user experience was comparable to oink. I expect the hydra to grow even faster in the next round. I give 50/50 odds that the RIAA will disintegrate before the hydra.