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The success of iTunes shows ....
... that people will pay for a product if the cost is reasonable and they have CHOICES.

Most music CDs now a day have a SINGLE song that is worth listening to. The reason people started stealing music was because the industry was forcing them to buy a $15-$20 CD for a single song. No wonder college students (how are usually hard for cash) started looking into ways to get the music they like .... sharing was cheaper than buying an expensive CD to get just one song.
Posted by: wackoae   Posted on: 10/25/09  (Edited: 10/25/2009 @ 05:03) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The success of iTunes shows ....  wackoae | 10/25/09
I agree...  zwhittaker ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
No amount of rationalization ...  ShadeTree | 10/26/09
Some declarations of 'illegal' seem silly to me  HollywoodDog | 10/26/09
It seems God has spoken  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Are you retarded?  AzuMao | 10/26/09
Riaa, and MPAA  kcredden2 | 10/25/09
This isn't the RIAA or MPAA though  nucrash | 10/26/09
So you're saying...  rapson | 10/26/09
Not at all  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
No..  AzuMao | 10/26/09
I doubt piracy has an overall negative effect on music sales  P. Douglas | 10/25/09
It does have an impact...  Fark | 10/26/09
Saying it affects sales requires assumptions  HollywoodDog | 10/26/09
There is certainly SOME effect.  richard233 | 10/26/09
I agree, except...  moviedemon | 10/26/09
Non sequitur at its finest.  AzuMao | 10/26/09
Seriously?  balaknair | 10/27/09
Not just any CRAP... EMI CRAP! wink  AzuMao | 10/27/09
Encore une fois  johnfenjackson@... | 10/26/09
contributions  tmsbrdrs | 10/26/09
riaa and mpaa - gigantic criminals  ljenux-23043766007667558234416105604265 | 10/26/09
Why should criminals be rewarded?  AzuMao | 10/27/09
Cut off access, sounds right to me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/26/09
And...  SpankyFrost | 10/26/09
only if he's stealing...  Fark | 10/26/09
Are they?  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
The same as shoplifting...  Tom12Tom | 10/26/09
Fail  AzuMao | 10/26/09
Won't pay artists either...  Tom12Tom | 10/26/09
Yeah you tell 'em, Tom  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
You know this.. how? First-hand experience? wink  AzuMao | 10/26/09
Once there was a site...  MariusSilverwolf | 10/26/09
RE: Universities in hot water over students' peer-to-peer sharing  kimberlymccabe | 10/26/09
Packet Shaping????  fzr600vw | 10/26/09
Who is the criminal?  bizcad | 10/26/09
Congress should legislate...  Keywalker4God | 10/27/09
The system needs to adapt  JessMeats | 10/27/09
How the RIAA can end piracy now  flpierson@... | 10/27/09
How the RIAA can end piracy now  taskman | 11/09/09
Sorry, no.  AzuMao | 11/09/09
Over the Air Broadcasting  fLaKeYjAkE | 10/27/09
Damn space pirates!  AzuMao | 10/28/09

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