surely it's easier to shut down the file share programs like they did to napster years ago than hunt individuals

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well common sense & sheer logic would tell you this but hey!!!??

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And then what happens? after a 6month legal battle, (which will cost taxpayers hundred of thousands of pounds/dollars) they win and another program will simply appear to take its place...

 

Only way to stop em is to stop the people who use them

Edited January 28, 200520 yr by Chris Hutchinson

dunno how it works Chris or the in's & outs but amazes me how it is illegal yet you do a search in google & shed loads of file share sites come up, just seems more logical to get rid of these

 

It is just one of those things I guess that will always be there & they will always be trying to stop.

dunno how it works Chris or the in's & outs but amazes me how it is illegal yet you do a search in google & shed loads of file share sites come up, just seems more logical to get rid of these

 

It is just one of those things I guess that will always be there & they will always be trying to stop.

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Those sites do not host files though so are not doing anything illegal...

sounds like the album site I found , (get them b4 the shops)

chris - this sounds like its a subject close to your heart! it is unfortunate that people loose money in royalties etc when people download files illegally in this way but if they want more people to BUY it in the first place then maybe they should try reducing the costs. the price to actually manufacture them are pence, and royalties are a very small percentage of the actual price the customer pays. if the police want to reduce the amount of illegal downloading which goes on, maybe they need to look at changing the law about the profits record companies and distributers (e.g. HMV) are making. if these were cut, the actual cost would be much reduced and i believe, many more people would be prepared to actual buy them!

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if they were cheeper , why download them .

 

chris - this sounds like its a subject close to your heart! it is unfortunate that people loose money in royalties etc when people download files illegally in this way but if they want more people to BUY it in the first place then maybe they should try reducing the costs. the price to actually manufacture them are pence, and royalties are a very small percentage of the actual price the customer pays. if the police want to reduce the amount of illegal downloading which goes on, maybe they need to look at changing the law about the profits record companies and distributers (e.g. HMV) are making. if these were cut, the actual cost would be much reduced and i believe, many more people would be prepared to actual buy them!

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Yeah, your right - im going to go and beat somebody up and rob them now because I cant be arsed to buy things with my own money

 

What great logic you display by trying to justify it 'because it costs too much'

and as for costs - you can buy albums for like £8-£9 brand new from play.com which works out to about 90p per track

 

your telling me thats too expensive to buy???

Sod these file-sharing apps - anyone not on EasyNews.com is a pure madman !

dunno how it works Chris or the in's & outs but amazes me how it is illegal yet you do a search in google & shed loads of file share sites come up, just seems more logical to get rid of these

 

It is just one of those things I guess that will always be there & they will always be trying to stop.

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Those sites do not host files though so are not doing anything illegal...

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im confuddled now hahah so kazza, slsk, winmx etc are not illegal to use then?

 

 

chris - this sounds like its a subject close to your heart! it is unfortunate that people loose money in royalties etc when people download files illegally in this way but if they want more people to BUY it in the first place then maybe they should try reducing the costs. the price to actually manufacture them are pence, and royalties are a very small percentage of the actual price the customer pays. if the police want to reduce the amount of illegal downloading which goes on, maybe they need to look at changing the law about the profits record companies and distributers (e.g. HMV) are making. if these were cut, the actual cost would be much reduced and i believe, many more people would be prepared to actual buy them!

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thats bullshit!!! As Chris says your justification for this is lame im sorry

 

It is not just the music indistry either, the film indistry is suffering due to illegal downloading

chris - this sounds like its a subject close to your heart! it is unfortunate that people loose money in royalties etc when people download files illegally in this way but if they want more people to BUY it in the first place then maybe they should try reducing the costs. the price to actually manufacture them are pence, and royalties are a very small percentage of the actual price the customer pays. if the police want to reduce the amount of illegal downloading which goes on, maybe they need to look at changing the law about the profits record companies and distributers (e.g. HMV) are making. if these were cut, the actual cost would be much reduced and i believe, many more people would be prepared to actual buy them!

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Yeah, your right - im going to go and beat somebody up and rob them now because I cant be arsed to buy things with my own money

 

What great logic you display by trying to justify it 'because it costs too much'

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and exactly how did i suggest that your going to beat someone up to buy it?

 

and can i just point something out? just because i have said all this, doesnt mean i ACTUALLY download music etc. and even if i did i feel it would be within my right to do so.

 

New DVD's are nearly £30, how the hell is that justified? Where does all that money go? In the pockets of fat money hungry company directors, why should i pay to line their pockets?

 

chris - this sounds like its a subject close to your heart! it is unfortunate that people loose money in royalties etc when people download files illegally in this way but if they want more people to BUY it in the first place then maybe they should try reducing the costs. the price to actually manufacture them are pence, and royalties are a very small percentage of the actual price the customer pays. if the police want to reduce the amount of illegal downloading which goes on, maybe they need to look at changing the law about the profits record companies and distributers (e.g. HMV) are making. if these were cut, the actual cost would be much reduced and i believe, many more people would be prepared to actual buy them!

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thats bullshit!!! As Chris says your justification for this is lame im sorry

 

It is not just the music indistry either, the film indistry is suffering due to illegal downloading

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are you saying the vast majority of the money DOES go to the recording artists then? and i wasnt just relating it to music, i just used that as an example, sorry i should have made that clear.

 

hahah you have said it yourself, the artist does NOT get the full amount of cash that we pay for a cd, so clearly by downloading it illeaglly you are stopping the artist, who has worked hard to make a tune or a song, get less or nothing!!

 

Is it not better that the artist who has made a song/tune for our pleasure to at least get something back, rather than everyone downloading tunes for free & them getting nothing??

New DVD's are nearly £30, how the hell is that justified? Where does all that money go? In the pockets of fat money hungry company directors, why should i pay to line their pockets?

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I hope your getting gold plated dvd's for £30 a time

 

www.play.com - use that for cds and dvds - based in Jersey so its all vat-free (just like the tesco jersey site)