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blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!! Little bittie byte!
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!! The cd is dead

It costs more than a dollar to manufacture, ship, package, promote, account for inevitable theft and damaged merchandise and pay everyone along the way who handles said CD. CD's might be a good value for the consume at three or four bucks, but where is the incentive for the manufacturer? The basic idea IS dead. What will be the average perception of file sharing and digital files over antiqucated CD's in 15 years? I swear, this is what it was like watching people cling to the idea that vinyl was superior, or that 8-track was worthwhile. CD's will not survivie another decade. Music bundled in physical for will not survivie another decade. The music industry will be so irrevocably altered by file sharing that it will eventually become unrecognizable or it will die altogether. For better or for worse, this is what millions of music fans have done to music with file sharing. People tend to forget that the music industry, as we know it, is relativly young. There is no reason to believe that it will be around forever. The pop bands will die. The mega-hits will die. the sold out amphitheatres will die. Albums going gold will die. In a world where no one in there right mind will pay for music, there will be no way to pay for the massive infrastucture that supports these things. Because of this, many talented bands will not be heard by millions because there is no huge promotional push. There will be more small pockets of music culture. The basic idea is as dead as dead can be. There is only a small chance for adaptation, but who will be willing to stay in a medium that no one is willing to pay for?

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Extraordinary, really  Fred Fredrickson | 02/02/04
Well...  DarbyOhara | 02/03/04
You Asked  TMS_z | 02/03/04
yup, about the do-gooders  geekrific | 02/03/04
I kind of agree  ParadigmOdyssey | 02/02/04
Get rid of P2P it is stealing------  usapride | 02/02/04
Give It Up Bit  Bobby Sskcat | 02/02/04
Re: Give it up bit  usapride | 02/02/04
Whatever Bit  Bobby Sskcat | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!! Little bittie byte!  geekrific | 02/03/04
Calm down P2P is not stealing it can be used for stealing  tahtahwichita | 02/02/04
Why you are completely wrong  prong@... | 02/03/04
don't forget ..  g_ludlow | 02/03/04
I not for stealing, BUT suppose I do use it legally  el1jones | 02/03/04
All Networks are P2P.  Update victim | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty...  AbsolutelyNot | 02/03/04
Get rid of the Recording industry  JAS2803 | 02/03/04
It is piracy!  Tomas Saduikis | 02/03/04
If that is piracy then so is  prong@... | 02/03/04
Poor response here  voska | 02/03/04
What about cd burners?  tic swayback | 02/03/04
Not so  prong@... | 02/03/04
Is so  voska | 02/03/04
Watch it, buddy.  gordon@... | 02/03/04
this is a LANDMARK case  JWatson77 | 02/03/04
remember when the VHS first came out  JWatson77 | 02/03/04
same with cassette tapes  Hanover Phist | 02/03/04
And let you know when it was time to flip the tape  AbsolutelyNot | 02/03/04
Ban VHS it's used for criminal activities!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
Let's get rid of computers all together...  el1jones | 02/03/04
Let's not forget ...  jwhanon | 02/03/04
Uneducated Attorneys  voska | 02/03/04
Outlawing P2P is not the answer  Mack DaNife | 02/03/04
Agree / Disagree  tic swayback | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!!!!  M_c | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
"blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!". I second that!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
Inmates running the asylum  Al_z | 02/03/04
Stealing?  tic swayback | 02/03/04
Stealing?  Al_z | 02/03/04
Perhaps you should explain it to the Supreme Court then  tic swayback | 02/03/04
Perhaps you should explain it to the Supreme Court then  Al_z | 02/03/04
Some insight here  voska | 02/03/04
Some insight here  Al_z | 02/03/04
Open the Criminal Code sometime  voska | 02/03/04
Theft versus copyright infringement  tic swayback | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!!!!  geekrific | 02/03/04
blah blah blah piracy rocks!!! The cd is dead  geekrific | 02/03/04
Not quite dead  tic swayback | 02/03/04
very sick?  geekrific | 02/03/04
Depends  tic swayback | 02/03/04
I've got two Audio DVDs  voska | 02/03/04
That's why piracy rocks!!! The cd is dead!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
cd is dead, not artists  bugmode | 09/30/04
People steal, not programs, networks or computers  crseasblik@... | 02/03/04
Ban it if used for criminal activities!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
Ban it if used for criminal activities!  cybershoplifter | 02/03/04
copyright inducement  newgreatyear | 07/23/04

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