Why Should File sharing Stay Alive

[PuNiShErKiLl666]

I like File sharing but i want to know why you people think it should be able to stay around ( Why the RIAA should Leave File sharing Alone) I have my reasons why it should be left alone what is your reasons

[evilmegaman]

Because People are WAY too GREEDY!!

[TC75580]

It's not that it should be left alone, but that it should be improved. I would love it if the RIAA and the five major labels came up with a subscription service that allowed full, un-copy-protected downloads of any song that has been released on their labels. Unfortunately, none of them has been smart enough to release a great service.

[Foreverboard]

It should stay alive because million and millions of downloaders cant be wrong.

[mojo-ris-in]

Originally posted by TC75580
It's not that it should be left alone, but that it should be improved. I would love it if the RIAA and the five major labels came up with a subscription service that allowed full, un-copy-protected downloads of any song that has been released on their labels. Unfortunately, none of them has been smart enough to release a great service.

:devil Well said Trickclaw too bad the RIAA just doesn't get the point

[indigoJk]

Ever downloaded the song Pass it along...


Its evident... Its a free exchange of ideas, information, and experiences! it just not music. P2P has many other functions, The technology is pioneering and innovative.

The people are in-charge. A bearth of somthing new... shearing info, experience, and resources... UNiTY.

The Industries, Corporations, and Governments: Where do you want to go to day?
The People: Somewhere, Where you can never take me!



Or, in short.... ITS REALY REALY COOL!
:fire

[12345678910]

File Sharing Should Stay Alive Because My Mommy Always Said That Sharing Is Nice......

[MorningSon]

i am seriously hoping that my file sharing will help change the music industry

$21.00 for a CD and the artist gets $1.50 if they are lucky...

[klgray]

Originally posted by TC75580
It's not that it should be left alone, but that it should be improved. I would love it if the RIAA and the five major labels came up with a subscription service that allowed full, un-copy-protected downloads of any song that has been released on their labels. Unfortunately, none of them has been smart enough to release a great service.

I second that. And just to add to what you said, I would also expect to see the same availability that WinMx has. I go to Winmx for those unusual, hard to get songs. I wouldn't mind paying for Winmx at all - if it came down to it.

I also think file sharing should continue because it's so much more convenient. I don't like going out to buy a CD for only 2 songs I like on it. I also like the convenience of having those songs on my computer. Download + Play = very simple and fun!!

[klimt da man]

Corporate America (Canada, England, etc, etc.) has never volunteered any kind of positive revolution. Witness legislation on child labour, reasonable working hours, overtime pay, stat holidays. On and on. They never volunteered. It was forced on them.

No one was ever going to suddenly decide that charging $20 for a CD was too much. Were they going to stop at $25? $30? No. It's all about consumer tolerance, and in a world where the average Joe and Jane puts up with nearly anything and everything, I'm happy to see people actually forcing a change, and pretty much the only way it can happen -- through corporate pocketbooks.

Same goes for those shitty albums with the one or two good songs on it. That's the artists' end not the company's, but then maybe something's wrong with the format. Maybe forcing me to buy a dozen of your songs at once doesn't work anymore. Revolution, again.

Add to that the fact that I'm 100% sure that I'm spending more on products because of P2P. And not different products (computer, connection) but the same ones. If I really like something, I'm going to buy it. Hell, I'm waiting to get home so I can buy a season of Six Feet Under on DVD when it comes out, and I wouldn't have even seen that over here (The Netherlands) if it wasn't for P2P. And I don't even own a DVD player. Gonna buy that, too. The companies just don't get it and they don't WANT to get it, because they know what every grocer knows. If you let people peek in the corn, they'll only take the good ones.

I don't want to see artists and creators taking up other work because their craft doesn't support them anymore (please -- no arguments of "if they loved it they'd do it anyway" -- everyone needs to eat). And I'm aware that copyright and patent are very different animals than ordinary theft. No one goes out of business because my roommate and I share a toaster. But if I build a factory and mass-produce your product for cheaper, then we're *approaching* the kind of violation that copyright infringement in the form of P2P creates (but not the ease with which it's done). There *does* need to be a new economic system of reward for these guys, and it probably involves us paying something. I'm down with that. But if you steal and you steal and you steal from us, expect a little theft in return.

and now I insert the bouncing frog :fire

[Rickio]

file sharing will stay in one form or another, just because that's what people want to do.

[dmorgan89]

The Music Industry and Music Artists don't want p2p and piracy because it take money out of their pockets. These people are greedy. By protesting against this artists are losing thier fans more than gathering them. The Computer World is smart. Microsoft and any other big company have smart people, but none like the underground computer world. In the computer world there are no rules. You're free to do what you want. There are no limitations so the technology goes further than any big business. The computer world will triumph. P2P will never die!!!! No one can stop it.!

[hedgedog]

I want it to stay for shows that are off the air that I still want to watch.