http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 1 May 2003 13:54:54 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/30/093743.php#comment-8925 yeah! i have to agree. thanx to filesharing, i have discovered several bands that i like enough to have bought some of their cds, that otherwise i might not have. Other stuff i have, i would deem worthy of shelling out for a cd and unfortunately i am not in a position to join any of those music providers (tho i would if i could) who offer single tracks. The sooner the music industry wakes up to the fact that they would do better to embrace filesharing and make proper use of it, rather than fight it, the better. 8925@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 May 2003 13:54:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/30/093743.php#comment-8815 Amen. From a business point of view, this kind of s**t has to be suicide. Big CD buyers = Gen.com = Kazaa downloaders. It's crazy. I know I find myself more likely to buy CDs if I come across something interesting I have never heard before and check out some of the back catalogue first. Oh, Pizzicato 5 has a new CD? They're great, I'll check it out. Of course, then there are those damned foreign pirates. I bought a copy of Photoshop 7, reg code included, in a shopping mall in Brazil recently for $3. This is intellectual-property terrorism! Invade Brazil. 8815@blogcritics.org Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:38:01 EDT