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> the same industry that failed miserably at adapting to new challenges. I didn't realize the "users sharing tracks they pirated" industry had had trouble with
by adgar 14y ago
> the same industry that failed miserably at adapting to new challenges.
I didn't realize the "users sharing tracks they pirated" industry had had trouble with adapting to new challenges. If anything, they have the most experience adapting to new challenges.
Edit: Before someone says "not every single track on Grooveshark was pirated," think carefully about whether that's an intellectually honest argument to make.
- moe 14y agothink carefully about whether that's an intellectually honest argument Don't lecture me about "intellectual honesty" after referring to file-sharers as if they were an uniform entity and likening them to an "industry".
- adgar 14y ago> Don't lecture me about "intellectual honesty" after referring to file-sharers as if they were an uniform entity and likening them to an "industry". I was referring to services whose business models are designed to exploit file sharing behavior as an "industry." Not the file sharers themselves.
- koide 14y agoWhat's the huge difference with YouTube besides Vevo and huge amounts of crappy user generated content? Please illuminate me.
- caublestone 14y agoI was referring to the music industry in general, who did fail to adapt to the rise of the internet and focused on trying to stop pirating rather than create new avenues of consumption that appealed to the new generation of listeners. I think we can both agree on this point. I'm not really interested in arguing about the piracy industry as it opens up too many emotionally backed arguments that naturally disregard logic in favor of subjective terms.
- adgar 14y ago> I'm not really interested in arguing about the piracy industry as it opens up too many emotionally backed arguments that naturally disregard logic in favor of subjective terms. Right, it's just that that's the industry Grooveshark is in, not the music industry. They're trying to muscle into the music industry with their userbase. But they'd never exist if they hadn't assumed users would share tracks illegally en masse from the start.
- jamesmiller5 14y agoI personally upload tracks from indie artist that usually have there music for free or at very low cost on bandcamp.