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I hope this is not to say that if the RIAA would give their fare share to artists (which I doubt since that’s how the RIAA works - exploiting artists, it’s like that synthesis thing that Karl Marx said, thanks Cardemonde Anderson! I looked it up!), then artists would side with the RIAA?

What’s up with artists disagreeing on file sharing anyway? Some are in favor and some are not…I mean, either file sharing is detrimental or it is helpful. Or maybe as Joel said, file sharing IS. As in, it’s just some phenomenon that may or may not be helpful but you can’t stop it. Maybe it helps only those who embrace it.

Actually Joel I’ve downloaded/streamed music, movies, TV series and books. Not a single one of those led me to buy an original copy.

Except for that one time where I bought Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban VCD. The commercials were annoying. Quality sucked. Still download and sometimes even buy pirated DVDs.

HOWEVER, just because file sharing hurts sales (if it does…superbly assuming I would’ve bought every single one of those movies I downloaded had I no other means…which is impossible since I can always tape or borrow from a friend) doesn’t mean it’s evil. It’s a wake up call for the industries to change their business model.

How do you compete with free? With free, duh! If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Make yours free too. Just get from Google Adsense as mentioned above. They could even upload on YouTube then just place ads on the video. People will tend to watch the shows on the official channel in case others download and reupload.

Didn’t you say that file sharing is…wait let me quote,
“Joel: I’m not saying that file-sharing is right. I’m not saying that it’s wrong either. What I’m saying is that file-sharing is.”

But if the link you gave shows file sharing is beneficial (meaning file sharing is right, well, which it is), then aren’t you contradicting yourself?

Of course file sharing doesn’t hurt sales any more than lending, burning or photocopying does. As mentioned above, it would be preferrable to artists, consumers and the industry (well maybe just the first two) if music was posted online while the content creators (and MAYBE distributors, if they would adapt) got money from Google Adsense. Heck, the RIAA could have a partnership with Google.

Hmmm…either the RIAA controls Google and effectively all search engines or Google helps the RIAA recover the money lost from suing Jammie Thomas and Joel here and ultimately helping them adapt.

Either way, we have reached a point which a certain proponent of communism called “synthesis” wherein the music industry and the distribution of music would never be the same again.

Unfortunately, no one cares. Everyone’s getting files free so why give a fuck about some graduate getting sued? Some don’t even know about it. But perhaps this is also a good sign that the RIAA can’t control people?