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| From | "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> |
| Subject | Re: too much and or not enough |
| Date | Sat, 12 May 2007 10:54:17 -0700 |
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> Aren't you just pissing into the wind when you complain that some/most
> people want to pay as little as possible or even nothing for your music?
"Even nothing"? Seriously?
I have an analogy for you, regarding the illegal download of tracks --
because that's what your talking about when you're talking about getting
your music for free, if you're physically going online and finding tracks that
you're not paying for (the ones that aren't promotional, or streaming, or
given away along with a purchase or whatever):
Imagine a highway full of speeding cars. We all know that speeding is
illegal, but just about everyone does it (here in L.A., anyway). People not
only speed they drive reckless.
There isn't a state trooper in the world that can pull EVERY speeder over.
Why bother? But should they stop pulling people over? Of course not.
The meer presence of the police car causes people of moral character to
obey the speed limit. Even the ones that speed anyway slow down when
they see the cops, and the fear of getting caught causes them to speed in
moderation.
Up until now there has only been one large, faceless and apparently inept
organization (the RIAA) supervising an over-the-top large scale campaign.
There are other NO COPS ON THE ROAD...so people are speeding and
saying "I don't have to obey the laws on this road ...no one else is...." and
they continue to speed (or download music illegally).
Oh, wait...a cop has pulled someone over... people are hitting the brakes.
More labels are following suit. More cops means less speeders. We need
more cops making sure people aren't breaking the laws, or at least the
presence of more cops to give the impression that people are breaking the
law.
That's probably not a great analogy, but every time I see someone posting
a comment about getting music for free, I can't help think that there should
be a cop writing you up a ticket at the DSP level, tacking it on to your online
DSL bill....after paying a couple of those fines -- say the price of a hefty
speeding ticket -- $200 bucks in a months time, let's say -- do you think
you'd still be speeding along on the free music highway?? No, you'd
probably start to obey the laws a little more, wouldn't you?
Bryan
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