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dangonay · 01-30-2012, 11:09 AM

The reason they don't complain about radio is you can't pick your own songs to listen to on the radio. Oh sure, if you go to the streaming version of the station you can go back and pick previous songs to listen to, but who would bother with that when you can go to Spotify and create your own custom playlist and leave out all the songs you don't want to listen to?

I have a hard stance against copying/piracy, but of the things that can be copied (music, software, movies/TV) I have the least sympathy for music being copied. I did a calcuation awhile back and it seems relevant to bring it up again.

If game companies and movie companies used the same distribution methods and markups as the record labels, then a typical top-rated game would sell for $700 and a top grossing movie would sell for around $3,500. This is how crooked the music industry is.

01-30-2012, 11:09 AM	#9
dangonay Ready to be Man handled by RS! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Burnaby Posts: 1,798 Thanked 1,502 Times in 506 Posts Failed 418 Times in 151 Posts	The reason they don't complain about radio is you can't pick your own songs to listen to on the radio. Oh sure, if you go to the streaming version of the station you can go back and pick previous songs to listen to, but who would bother with that when you can go to Spotify and create your own custom playlist and leave out all the songs you don't want to listen to? I have a hard stance against copying/piracy, but of the things that can be copied (music, software, movies/TV) I have the least sympathy for music being copied. I did a calcuation awhile back and it seems relevant to bring it up again. If game companies and movie companies used the same distribution methods and markups as the record labels, then a typical top-rated game would sell for $700 and a top grossing movie would sell for around $3,500. This is how crooked the music industry is.