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Aug 30 2010, 01:13 PM
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QUOTE (maharzan @ Aug 30 2010, 07:55 AM)  I don't think worrying too much about illegal distribution is healthy. Its the truth and its bound to happen, no matter what you do. Companies make big softwares, and very next month, its cracked. So, this will go on and on. You can only think of better ways to promote it.. or say sell more so the piracy doesn't bother you. I mean thats what happens in Film industries. They are making billions so if they lose a million, its really not a big deal. People tend to prefer watching movies in theatres than buying DVDs. Come to our streets, you will see every blockbuster movie DVDs pirated.  But then does that bother the film producers? I highly doubt.A bit OT but I'll bite. Whilst it may happen that does not make it right. The film industry does worry about piracy a great deal. They've been running anti-pirating adverts for decades and in the UK and USA and actively pursue and prosecute pirates. Film production companies make a substantial part of their income from home DVD sales. One big Hollywood film production company went to the wall very recently despite having a good portfolio of successful major film releases at the theatres. Reason - DVD piracy had eroded its DVD sales so much. So carry on believing that piracy doesn't matter but the reality is rather different. This post has been edited by tonymiro: Aug 30 2010, 01:13 PM -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Aug 30 2010, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE (maharzan @ Aug 30 2010, 12:25 PM) ... So, the reason is if you make $100 and loose $80, it will affect. If you make $1000 and lose $80, it really doesn't make much of a difference. You are still at the advantage of $920 than just $20. Thats my point of view. Probably the example you gave lay in the first category. We can always debate.. and I like it.. haha.  To that micro economic analysis you really should look at the clearing point as well as the volume to sales price. Whilst the clearing point is different from market to market and indeed product to product it is such that wrt film production that the potential lost sales due to piracy for large production houses is such that many cannot achieve clearance for a lot of their portfolio dvd home sales. As that is a significant income stream one has already gone to the wall and others may well follow. Net result for you the consumer is that there will be fewer films made. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Aug 30 2010, 03:26 PM
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So GMC policy is to deliver worse product (without backing tracks for download) in order to decrease it's illegal file sharing? Great idea
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Aug 30 2010, 04:15 PM
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QUOTE (Marek Rojewski @ Aug 30 2010, 02:26 PM) So GMC policy is to deliver worse product (without backing tracks for download) in order to decrease it's illegal file sharing? Great idea Not sure how you get this conclusion as I don't think there has been any thing said here official or otherwise about 'GMC policy'. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Aug 30 2010, 05:15 PM
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Never knew worst and worse are the same word.
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Aug 30 2010, 06:38 PM
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Awesome burning guys. Still though, file sharing is already possible as we all have access to backing tracks - it's just limited! What if every member on GMC were to fileshare the two or three backings he had? You don't need free access to start piracy, if this is what you're afraid of, you might as well remove indirect access to backing tracks via instructor PM's. Oh wait, then the REC programme goes kaput...
I am fully aware of GMC's concern about piracy. HOWEVER, there must be a faster way to access backing tracks than what is currently happening. File sharing is already possible, and if it hasn't already happened (according to you) then why would it happen if you make it free? Do you only trust active members? In that case, what about a password-protected section with active MTP/REC-using GMC'ers? I would consider that to be a viable option. Remember, piracy is already possible; expanding the availability of backing tracks won't change this! Downloading lessons may be worse, but then again, that's a matter of luxury, and not necessity (MTP/REC). Make sense? Please read this post of mine if you haven't already done so. QUOTE So in theory we could just send a message to an instructor asking for all his backing tracks? Where do we draw the line? I mean personally It takes a lot of will and motivation for me to record a video, and having a hard time with school and studying, there are very few times when I have enough energy to record videos etc. When I have to adapt that already rare time to instructors who are sometimes inactive, I really hope the system is going to be changed.
Illegal Redistribution I understand that being able to download everything would make it easy to share illegally etc. BUT we are already ABLE to do so with the few files that we do have. In other words, this argument is irrelevant. Moreoever, tabs and GuitarPro files are already available for download, so why do we not do the same for backing tracks? What if some nutbag just downloaded all the GP files and redistributed everything on some site? Either the management hasn't considered the similarity between downloadable GP-files and backing tracks and will make it all moderated because of this post, or somebody should start considering this aspect. People like me find it very hard to adapt their recording rhythm to the availability of instructors all over the world. I think backing tracks should be more accessible, maybe even entire lessons (although these aren't already moderately downloadable). This post has been edited by Alexiaden93: Aug 30 2010, 06:38 PM -------------------- My YouTube Channel
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Aug 30 2010, 09:44 PM
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Wow ok, I didn't think it was such a big deal...
We all know 'game protections' are just punishment and hassles for those that legally purchase the game (key, online activations, decyptions, requires cd to play, call online support because its not working) rather than leeching and cracking it (one file copy and replaced). Not saying it's right, but it's where the world seems to be heading. All because they where scaried it would be copied and they will lose money, they spend a fortune on trying to protect it, just to have it cracked the next day anyways... Attempts to 'file share' the GMC forum, all the helpful guitarist and super cool instructors advice! I'm gonna need a bigger hard drive! Yeah, sure... I guess there will always be priated content, but this website offers something a bit more than that, a service, if people can't see that, well they are missing out big time! That can never be priated. Even if content leaked, if it was watermarked with GMC and the website URL, just a small part of the big collection, I think it would just become more like free advertising for this great service. If people really wanted to pirate it, no matter the protection or limitations in place, they would find a way and it would of probably been already done? This post has been edited by Azzaboi: Aug 30 2010, 11:04 PM --------------------  Play Games Arcade Take a break, Play Games! Play the best free online flash games at Aaron's Game Zone like Bloons Tower Defense 4! |
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Aug 30 2010, 11:12 PM
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This is by no means a complaint to GMC, it was mearly a suggestion - I respect if it's not an option and I can deal with it. If I have anything to complain about it is the limitations and restrictions of my ISP. I have pretty bad monthly internet caps. Streaming videos gobbles that bandwidth up quickly. Half the month I can't enjoy GMC, which I normally daily visit.
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