Comments on: Clearly Record Labels Don’t Get It http://www.runwiththelaw.com/2009/04/clearly-record-labels-dont-get-it/ AN ENDURANCE RUNNER'S PERSPECTIVE ON LEGAL NEWS AND EVENTS Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:38:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.runwiththelaw.com/2009/04/clearly-record-labels-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Bill Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:53 +0000 http://www.runwiththelaw.com/?p=16#comment-74 Yep. People who download music are generally people who want music (as opposed to the unbelievably large segment of the population who just don't care). You've got the guys who are happy streaming radio throughout the day; they've never spent all that much and probably never will. With the expanding capability of the internet (songs transferred through IM!), the ordinary person doesn't even really need the big, obvious methods of piracy. <br><br>You've also got the big spenders, the ones with thousands of CDs. They're often the heaviest participants in torrent networks - they're the reason the music is available online in the first place. By shutting them down the industry is committing suicide. Yep. People who download music are generally people who want music (as opposed to the unbelievably large segment of the population who just don't care). You've got the guys who are happy streaming radio throughout the day; they've never spent all that much and probably never will. With the expanding capability of the internet (songs transferred through IM!), the ordinary person doesn't even really need the big, obvious methods of piracy.

You've also got the big spenders, the ones with thousands of CDs. They're often the heaviest participants in torrent networks – they're the reason the music is available online in the first place. By shutting them down the industry is committing suicide.

]]> By: Bill http://www.runwiththelaw.com/2009/04/clearly-record-labels-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Bill Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:27:53 +0000 http://www.runwiththelaw.com/?p=16#comment-31 Yep. People who download music are generally people who want music (as opposed to the unbelievably large segment of the population who just don't care). You've got the guys who are happy streaming radio throughout the day; they've never spent all that much and probably never will. With the expanding capability of the internet (songs transferred through IM!), the ordinary person doesn't even really need the big, obvious methods of piracy. <br><br>You've also got the big spenders, the ones with thousands of CDs. They're often the heaviest participants in torrent networks - they're the reason the music is available online in the first place. By shutting them down the industry is committing suicide. Yep. People who download music are generally people who want music (as opposed to the unbelievably large segment of the population who just don't care). You've got the guys who are happy streaming radio throughout the day; they've never spent all that much and probably never will. With the expanding capability of the internet (songs transferred through IM!), the ordinary person doesn't even really need the big, obvious methods of piracy.

You've also got the big spenders, the ones with thousands of CDs. They're often the heaviest participants in torrent networks – they're the reason the music is available online in the first place. By shutting them down the industry is committing suicide.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.runwiththelaw.com/2009/04/clearly-record-labels-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Anonymous Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.runwiththelaw.com/?p=16#comment-4 Dude...you are sooo right... companies like trueAnthem are the future....legal free ... Dude…you are sooo right… companies like trueAnthem are the future….legal free …

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