[vorbis] Record companies drive me nuts (was: new MS codecs)

[Angus Griffin]

I agree with Freya (quoted below) very strongly. Not to restate what's
already been said, but record companies claim "we lose $XX million in sales
each year because of people pirating our music using mp3s". In reality, one
of the following cases hold true in most situations.

1.
People wouldn't buy the music they are pirating, even if they couldn't
pirate it. It's either too expensive or not accessible to them (or just too
difficult to get hold of...). (Living in Australia, I know this feeling. Has
anyone tried to get hold of the film Pi on DVD?... only in the US. and they
wonder why we pirate their software).

2.
The pirating acts as a catalyst to a purchace, because people stumble upon
music they didn't know they liked, or are 'evaluating' the music

There are certain individuals who pirate music just to spite large labels...
or just because they are cheapasses, but I feel this is rare. I have a
reasonable sized CD collection, a lot of which is rare stuff which was
difficult to get hold of. Online distribution would give me access to a much
wider range of tracks/artists/albums, leading to more sales. Record
companies frustrate the hell out of me, they shoot themselves in the foot
waaay too often.

Regards,
Angus

> Anyway I think the whole thing is a load of OTT
> nonsense. Is anyone here old enough to remember "home
> taping is killing music?". People always tend to buy
> the original if they really like some piece of music
> and can get their hands on it.
>
> Speaking as someone once involved in an independant
> label, a lot of small labels and artists are very
> happy to have people copy their music so that it will
> be more available, it tends to lead to more sales! :)
>
> love
>
> Freya
>
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