Piracy is bad

This post has been edited by 1mpr1m1s: Nov 15 2007, 05:40 AM

Oh, how I despair sometimes

So 1mpr1m1s, theoretically If I happened to take control of your GMC account it would be mine to keep and you would be happy for me?

Going by that logic...

(not that I would/can or anything)



This post has been edited by Owen: Nov 15 2007, 05:03 AM

This post has been edited by 1mpr1m1s: Nov 15 2007, 05:12 AM

If everyone took that attitude, we would live in Mad Max world.

edit: I see he edited it away. Maybe he was not really serious, might have just been an emotional thing, and he really did not mean it.


No, 40% of tickets are alloted to you guys. Should we lose, I would be stuck with about 35,000 missouri fans next to me, could not take that. I do hope we both win this week, so we can settle it in Kansas City. You guys are more talented, but we hold on to the ball a lot better, which could be the difference.
I listen on radio. Executed my tv. I live 2 blocks from the stadium, maybe they will show it on the big scoreboard tv.

I feel that I will root for Missouri if you get past us, as you represent the North, and then the big 12 in the national championship should you beat us and get past Oklahoma.

Which surprises me. I get mobbed off of tigerboard within about 2 minutes of any post. I know a few Missouri people feel that way, but not very many. Most hate us to the bitter end. Same on our side I guess. Although it seems to me that Missouri fans hate us even more than we hate them, which seems nearly impossible on the surface.

This post has been edited by fkalich: Nov 15 2007, 05:09 AM

I take it you will consent to Kris giving me your password then

Thanks Tony for your excellent post, and the interesting debate that followed! This time, I surpisingly agreed with fkalich, which means we must be right this time!

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind what the consequences of illegal file sharing are - since the exact same thing would happen to gmc if we were exposed to that.

Development of the product is heavily slowed down and in worse case the product dies. Naturally the ones who go first are the small ones.

Please be gentle with us?

Sure Owen tell him I said it was ok. Maybe since you cant understand the lessons on your own account you want to sign in on mine ---------

edited by Kris - member warned - you are entitled your opinion but not this language

we probably agree on more than it would seem on the surface. You have clearly made the good decisions to this point, but I am sure you would like to continue to expand your entrepreneurship, and this is one of the things you have to deal with. But so far so good, or so it seems to me.

I admire this fine product. You find examples of this in other fields, entrepreneurs who have come up with a product that is superior to anything even the big boys are putting out. For example, language lessons. Some have come up with programs that are far superior to what the big companies have provided in the past, and they have to deal with these same issues.

Now, cmon, there was absolutely no need for that.

I was only joking with you, that was uncalled for.

Your a funny guy .

This post has been edited by 1mpr1m1s: Nov 15 2007, 05:23 AM

Never have done that...but thanks for the idea

...just kidding

Hysterically so.

edited by Kris

This post has been edited by Kristofer Dahl: Nov 15 2007, 05:46 AM

I wouldn't blame you one bit!

I <3 You Too.

Well Gentleman, i must say.........

Im not touching this one with a 50 foot pole

Sigh, this is what happens when you mix politics and music. People get upset, and hostility is created.


Why can't we all just play some music?

Guitar jam party round your place then

I'm starting to get a little bored with saying this but keep it civil to each other guys. I don't like the naming calling or flaming that a small minority have sunk to - and which Kris has recently dealt with. If we can't discuss this topic reasonably then I'll close the thread.

Tony

In all of human history, I have never seen a single example of that ever working on a large, nationwide scale. Ever. It's a short term solution that's bound to fail miserably. And who's slamming capitalists? I've already stated that corporations have done more good for the world than anyone and anything in all of human history. I haven't heard a single person claim to be anti-business so far in this discussion.

Thanks for the reply. Sorry that I misunderstood your title in the original post. I re-read my old post and I see how I came across as saying "if we can't afford it, steal it". While my argument leads to that idea, my main claim is that no band, artist, or record label can ever really "own" the music they make. Once they create it, it belongs to the world.

Regardless of copyright laws.

I think a lot of people feel this way, and that's what fuels "pirated" music downloads. None of us feel morally wrong doing this. The people sued by the RIAA are an excellent sample group. When you have a range of people from ages 12 to 70, who have never made contact with each other, live in separate parts of the country, and have no predominant history of crime, and ALL of them are guilty of music downloading, that tells me average people don't think of it as being "wrong".

I'm advocating that if you want a piece of music, get it. It's yours. It's as much a piece of your life as it is of the band that made it. Get the song however you want to. If you've got the cash, buy a CD, if you don't, download it. Personally, I use Rhapsody because of the quick downloads and song quality.

You shouldn't have to pay millions of dollars to look a .jpg of a famous painting, and you shouldn't have to pay to listen to the music that's a part of your life.

The business model will have to change. I believe P2P websites will eventually charge a subscription fee that will help pay for the licensing of software and music. We're at a turning point in technology. Just like with the invention of the assembly line, P2P makes products more readily available and affordable. And just like with the assembly line, businesses are going to have to adapt to the changing times or die off because they can't compete.

It may not be the "Power to the People!" revolution some people are talking about, but a technological revolution can influence the world far greater than a social revolution.

File sharing isn't bad, it's probably the greatest computer technology since the invention of the Internet itself. The problem is that the technology is so new people aren't sure how to properly implement it yet. What do you think the world would look like today if if electricity were banned after the first person died from it? What about cars being banned after the first DUI?

P2P sites are in their early growing stages, but I suspect they will outlive us all.

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And tonymiro, I'm usually a nice guy so I'm going to assume you wrote that with the friendly intention of keeping me out of trouble. If that was the case, thank you.