Comments | shatterwall: rantsy today, aren't we?

shatterwall

rantsy today, aren't we?

Jun 24, 2002 22:36

1st napster, now audiogalaxy. wtf.

if the music industry didn't charge bleeding $18 for a CD consisting of maybe two or three decent songs & the rest plain shite--fillers!--then maybe their outrage at the internet swapping of copyrighted material would be justified ( Read more... )

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allie June 24 2002, 21:06:06 UTC

I agree!! It's a fucking disgrace!! Not only that, everyone's losing touch with the big picture. The purpose of music is to inspire us, enlighten us, add to our lives. If we can download anything we want on the internet at the click of a button, we can be exposed to so much more, and therefore, we'll be more enlightened. Fuck money, I'm so sick of this bullshit. I want my music and all other downloading programs fuck up my computer. Have you found anything else yet that works for you?

shatterwall June 25 2002, 22:37:40 UTC

amen, girl.

i haven't found ANYTHING else. fuckin morpheus won't even fuckin fire up. like what the fuck. (i'm still vexed, can u tell?)

right now -- my friend is DLing songs for me... his OS is linux... so they've got their very own software & programs, & apparently, these programs are very good and still work. so i just sent him a list of 50+ song requests. bwahaha :)

shatterwall June 27 2002, 09:34:21 UTC

found this just yesterday:

www.soulseek.org

highly recommended

eightythree June 24 2002, 21:14:43 UTC

i cannot justify spending that much money on a cd. i buy a cd when i know that it'll be good. and i only know after downloading half the album first. i don't like to buy cds for one song; i did that too much pre-napster and always ended up regretting it. i've gone through so many downloading programs (napster, rapigator, limewire, morpheus, etc.) but i've been using kazaa for several months with few complaints. i'd recommend it.

shatterwall June 25 2002, 22:42:44 UTC

yes, agreed. cus the quality of an mp3 IS noticeably inferior to that of a standard CD... i can perceive it with my naked ear. if the songs on a CD were good, i WOULD pay for it.. but how would i know if they were good or not?

& i've tried kazaa... eh. its ok. it's exactly like morpheus. also - i think i got a virus off of it. booh.

shatterwall June 27 2002, 09:54:50 UTC

just found this yesterday:

www.soulseek.org

highly recommended

eightythree June 27 2002, 10:28:26 UTC

i will check it out
thank you :)

beginning June 24 2002, 21:31:12 UTC

An album costs about $4.95 to make. I refuse to pay $13 more for publicity and pyro-technics.

I use LimeWire. Its got a good Napster feel going on. Give it a whirl.

shatterwall June 27 2002, 10:12:14 UTC

"pyro-technics" bwahahah - ur the funniest :)

i'll try limewire, thanks dear.
but meanwhile, yesterday, i discovered soulseek.org -- i highly recommend it

ex_aerialist181 June 24 2002, 22:12:23 UTC

ROCK ON.
truest words i've heard all day.

windowshade June 25 2002, 05:39:04 UTC

Congress knows the Big Five are on their way out, so it's puzzling to me why they keep winning all these suits. The record companies were the only means of distribution for almost 100 years, and so they could do whatever they wanted - you couldn't get yr music any other way. But now that alternative means exist they frantically grasping at straws. Very few are taking steps to change their outlook, because it might endanger their hefty paychecks.

(It's like the deal with Amtrak - they've never been profitable, and have been walking around with crutches their entire existence. But Congress can't not help them out because it would impact millions of people = millions of taxpayers. Perhaps because audio filesharing is considered a young people's issue [read: nontaxpayers] they're staying more on the side of the record companies?)

I admit, I used Napster and Audiogalaxy occasionally, and honestly I do feel some guilt about it. The artists are completely justified in wanting to recieve all their royalties - it's their music. But I am ( ... )

shatterwall June 27 2002, 17:11:28 UTC

analytical & well-said. you're agreeing with me!

shite: paula cole's something-something-fire.... jay-z... no doubt's tragic kingdom (her voice is so thin - has anyone else noticed??) ... cranberries' "everybodys doing it so why can't we" ... & live's "throwing copper" -- these are all the CDs i have ever bought, pre-winamp days, and i dislike the majority of each one of them.

& i am extremely thankful for peer-to-peer networking. without it, i'd be 100% disenchanted, rather than 50%.

btw - i also really do appreciate your comments. unlike many pple, you actually put some thought into it intead of, "ok, cool... so add me please?"

windowshade June 28 2002, 08:37:09 UTC

I agree with you for the most part. But not completely on the bad CD business. Yeah, there's a lot of notsogreat stuff out there but to base yr opinion on five albums? Seems a little premature, if you ask me. There are some all around good albums. For example, I remember you liking Poe - do you have Haunted? It was treated as a single entity, not a collection of singles, and so the entire thing works together. I'll assume that thanks to all teh filesharing apps you've amassed quite a digital music library. If you like something a group does, do you download the rest of their tracks? I know I will try to. So then (assuming still that this is what you do) what makes you think you won't like the actual CD if you've already pre-approved half the songs?

And thanks for noticing. I don't tend to comment unless I feel like I have something worthwhile to say. Or, if I just really feel like saying, Damn, you're hot! %^).

shatterwall June 28 2002, 10:13:25 UTC

ah ok, i see what you're saying ( ... )