Comments on: Illegally Downloaded Music http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music A Site About Everything and Nothing Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Illegally Downloaded Music by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2866 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:31:51 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2866 Craig nice to hear from you again and pleased to hear you are on the mend. You raise many valid points, the industry have encouraged all this by their greed and look as though they are now going to pay the price for it. I have no real sympathy for them, my concern is that in the ned there will be reduced choice and options for the consumers of things that are not massively popular and therefore viable enough to carry the illegal downloads. Regards Rod Craig
nice to hear from you again and pleased to hear you are on the mend.

You raise many valid points, the industry have encouraged all this by their greed and look as though they are now going to pay the price for it.

I have no real sympathy for them, my concern is that in the ned there will be reduced choice and options for the consumers of things that are not massively popular and therefore viable enough to carry the illegal downloads.

Regards
Rod

]]> Comment on Illegally Downloaded Music by: Craig http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2865 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:07:17 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2865 All of the pricing encourages piracy, as do superstars like Paul McCartney whining about copyright issues. In my opinion it will be viable, but the profits will not be so high. Sales of music, video etc have dropped because there are so more ways to spend your money. In the heyday of records, you couldn't also buy films, computer games, games for consoles and various other expensive hobbies. Because they are trying to milk this cash cow to the extreme, people are buying what they really, really want and downloading the rest, because they can't afford it. In other times this didn't happen because you couldn't actually get a copy so had to buy the original. I download stuff, then buy the original when it drops to what I consider a fair price, and £15 for a DVD, £12 for a CD aren't it. All of the pricing encourages piracy, as do superstars like Paul McCartney whining about copyright issues.

In my opinion it will be viable, but the profits will not be so high. Sales of music, video etc have dropped because there are so more ways to spend your money. In the heyday of records, you couldn’t also buy films, computer games, games for consoles and various other expensive hobbies. Because they are trying to milk this cash cow to the extreme, people are buying what they really, really want and downloading the rest, because they can’t afford it. In other times this didn’t happen because you couldn’t actually get a copy so had to buy the original.

I download stuff, then buy the original when it drops to what I consider a fair price, and £15 for a DVD, £12 for a CD aren’t it.

]]> Comment on Illegally Downloaded Music by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2855 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:24:09 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2855 ARB there is much in what you say, DVD pricing policy does encourage piracy. With music there are now some quite well known names who cannot get a record out because sales have tipped below viability levels, a large part being illegal downloads. PS I too never download anything on my computer - blubster is virus/spyware city and should be avoided like the plague ! ARB
there is much in what you say, DVD pricing policy does encourage piracy.
With music there are now some quite well known names who cannot get a record out because sales have tipped below viability levels, a large part being illegal downloads.

PS
I too never download anything on my computer - blubster is virus/spyware city and should be avoided like the plague !

]]> Comment on Illegally Downloaded Music by: A Retired Bookdealer http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2852 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:54:14 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/illegally-downloaded-music#comment-2852 <i>Download - Downloaded - Downloads - etc </i> Morning all , I presume the same will apply to Film and Dvd. I can see the problems film makers and distributors will have, mainly a loss in long term revenue, but this may encourage them to sell items at a realistic price from the start, and not try and sell a twenty year old film for £14.99 +. They may also turn things around much faster, i.e. the Film and dvd released at the same time, and lets not forget the cost of a making a good film and profits on it, are covered by the box office ticket sales - cinema, prior to the launch of the dvd. The second and third rate productions may suffer, but this may encourage them to concentrate on quality rather than mass produced garbage. Regarding downloads, I must admit it is something I have never done,the main reason being I am a little worried as to what else I may be downloading onto my computer, spy ware, viruses and whatever else is lurking in cyber space. Well there are some of my views, which are based on what little I know ....... ARB. Download - Downloaded - Downloads - etc
Morning all ,

I presume the same will apply to Film and Dvd.
I can see the problems film makers and distributors will have, mainly a loss in long term revenue, but this may encourage them to sell items at a realistic price from the start, and not try and sell a twenty year old film for £14.99 +.

They may also turn things around much faster, i.e. the Film and dvd released at the same time,
and lets not forget the cost of a making a good film and profits on it, are covered by the box office ticket sales - cinema,
prior to the launch of the dvd.

The second and third rate productions may suffer, but this may encourage them to concentrate on quality rather than mass produced
garbage.

Regarding downloads, I must admit it is something I have never done,the main reason being I am a little worried as to
what else I may be downloading onto my computer, spy ware, viruses and whatever else is lurking in cyber space.

Well there are some of my views, which are based on what little I know …….
ARB.

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