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This article is going to be written over and over until someone finally takes the step and creates a way for people to download something conveniently (easy to
by iamben 15y ago
This article is going to be written over and over until someone finally takes the step and creates a way for people to download something conveniently (easy to find/quick to download/no DRM), cheaply and legally.
- jwr 15y agoThis article has already been written many times. I wrote it once back in 2009: http://jan.rychter.com/enblog/2009/9/17/why-i-will-steal-music.html http://jan.rychter.com/enblog/2009/9/17/why-i-will-steal-mus... Things have moved forward since then, but very slowly.
- iamben 15y agoYeah, Spotify was a huge leap forward, although it's not perfect by any means. TV and film is as dreadful as it ever was.
- slyall 15y agoIf I go to www.spotify.com it redirects to http://www.spotify.com/int/ http://www.spotify.com/int/ and the following message comes up: " Spotify is currently not available in New Zealand. Enter your email address to be first in line when we launch! " Which isn't exactly solving the problem...
- jwr 15y agoSpotify does not want my money (I live in Poland).
- astral303 15y agoIf you look at the site referenced, Juno, it does let you quickly and conveniently download WAVs without any DRM, easy to find and all. Cheaply. And legally. But not for everyone. The question is that you are prohibited from doing so due to B.S. licensing issues described in TFA.
- iamben 15y agoSure, except that site misses lots of music I'd normally download or listen to (or find on Spotify). And the convenient/legal/cheap argument applies to music/tv/film.
- c0ur7n3y 15y agoUnfortunately for society, the middlemen whom that would put out of business are doing everything in their power to make sure that never happens.