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    Why Piracy Works

    in Everything Else Message Board

    Posted

    I agree with both of you (Sammy and thedavidescapeplan). I am not anti-piracy, but the argument of lower prices and drm-free has yet to be proven.

    The $1.29 per track DRM-free iTunes model is kind of ridiculous and eMusic does have a sparse selection (but it is getting better). To play devils advocate, Apple makes very little (or no) money off of digital tracks they sell through iTunes and use it merely as a vehicle to sell iPods, macbooks, etc. Apple has kind of screwed labels as well, forcing them into a model of making a fraction of what they were formerly making on average, per-track basis. Not that I really care about major labels' revenue streams.

    To address the timeliness issue, as I understand it, movie companies are toying with the idea of day-and-date releases of certain movies, i.e. the movie is released in theaters, on DVD, on demand, on-line, etc. It's too early to know whether or not this will reduce piracy.

    In short, no one really has the answer.

    Why Piracy Works

    in Everything Else Message Board

    Posted

    Piracy works because the entertainment industry is greedy. If they sold movies the way people actually wanted them, i.e. with no copy protection, for a reasonable price they'd sell more movies. Whatever, they don't care, the rental places buy 5 million right off the bat.

    I have yet to see any empirical data that backs this theory up. You'd think people would be willing to pay for movies if they had no copy protection and were cheaper, but I believe that the advent of DRM-free digital music has proven the opposite.

    Don't fuck with old men who wear fanny packs

    in Everything Else Message Board

    Posted

    NYC is actually the safest i've ever felt on Public Transportation. New Haven you gotta deal with a LOT of gang related shit. It's pants shitting terrifying when a gun gets pulled out.

    I have honestly never felt unsafe in the city. I lived in Bushwick for a year and now live in Bed-Stuy, and think it's way safer than a lot of people think. If you can walk down the street while keeping your head up and not looking like an easy target I don't think it's a dangerous city. At least not where I've spent any real amount of time.

    Having said that: it may be different if you have a vagina.

    Lived in Bed-Stuy in 2008, near the Marcy Projects (Myrtle and Nostrand). I never had a problem there, but several of my neighbors had been mugged or attacked. But I've walked home really drunk from Sputnik or Rope and was never fucked with.

    BRAND NEW "DEVIL AND GOD" 180G 2XLP - OUT 03.16

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    I don't know if there is any truth to this, but I'm pretty sure Scott Heisel posted that RJ worked for Universal or something like that. Someone said that wasn't true, but that someone wasn't RJ (just another board member). All 3 huge releases by MTS/AFS have been Universal (Dude Ranch, Enema, Devil). If he doesn't work there maybe he is close to someone that does. Why else would he get these licenses? I'm sure other people have tried to press these records. Who knows.

    I don't feel like digging through posts, but when the EOTS was originally announced, I distinctly remember RJ had said something along the lines of "it's all about who you know", or something like that.

    I was the one who said it's who you know, not RJ.

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