-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 24 January 2009 17:02:40 Thomas Cameron wrote: >> I've had long debates with some friends about downloading MP3s. For me, >> I wind up downloading MP3s for music I find interesting but not worth >> buying the CD for. So in my case, I can honestly say that the whole >> RIAA argument about musicians having lost revenue are complete bullshit. >> If I find an artist I *really* like, I will go and buy the CD. It's >> worth 15 cents a track to check out an artist I'm not familiar with. No >> way would I plunk down $12-$15 for the same CD. > > Artists lose revenue through illegal file-sharing. I would argue that. I am 100% certainly *not* going to buy a CD from an artist I don't know. So in my case, file sharing is actually much *more* likely to earn them a sale. If I can listen to a CD for a very low price (e.g. 15 cents/track at http://gomusic.ru or free via p2p) and then I like it, I go buy it. So the argument could be made that file-sharing is actually a win for the artists in my case. TC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJfm45mzle50YHwaARAlLiAJ0XInyBKzAenBdpsiloYAHscF7a2wCfVsgV N50sSnvZXn1lZ1tGtyt8+Oc= =Q3dS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines