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[thebitterguy]

Because I know a bunch of you find this stuff interesting, I present a bunch of articles from the Sun vis a vis downloading. They can all be found at the Canoe.ca/crossroads site:

• Six Steps to Fix the Music Biz
  
• Is the CD Dead?
  
• The Torrent Revolution has my favourite quote
  

  It's a simple document. It takes up just a few kilobytes on a server. It downloads to your computer in a matter of seconds. And many believe it is helping destroy the music industry.

  Duh Duh Duhhhhhh!
  
• The Top Five Excuses for downloading
  
• Canada is a pirate haven
  
• Independant music stores suffering. It's interesting that their main example is a chain record store.
  
• Anti-Piracy tactics futile. They even talk about how the Sun's music reviewer downloads music. For reviews only, wink wink.
  

Comments

[ludickid.livejournal.com]

Oh, my God, there is SO MUCH recording industry propaganda in there, especially the bogus statistics about CD sales and the "top five excuses for downloading", which is 100% deceptive, half-assed bullshit. You'd think they'd have learned from their constant mistakes to learn a new tune, but nope, the industry and their apologists are still peddling the same old crap. The stuff from the CRIA guy about how CDs don't cost as much as they should, in particular...I mean, he's just lying. It's not spin, or difference of opinion, or perspective, or whatever: it's just an agglomeration of flat-out lies.

[thebitterguy]

The fact that a good chunk of their sources are record company CEOs would indicate that the data may be tainted.

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Yep, because Music World was TOTALLY an independant. Isn't there proof or an article somewhere about how past owners more or less were setting the chain up to fail?

My favorite part is this from the "Top Five Excuses" article (mostly because I refuse to buy CDs unless I ::gasp:: LIKE THE MUSIC ON THEM):

"We've asked Canadians: What was the last record you bought? Was it good? And people say that 75%-80% of the tracks on the record were good ... So then you ask: Who is it that has the crappy records? And they say, 'Oh, well, it's people like Britney Spears.' And when you ask if they bought those records, they say no. So what's the problem then?"

Because you have to buy the record in order to call it crappy. How DARE we judge an album by the promotional videos and radio airtime. How DARE we use logic to determine that a Britney Spears album is going to have a high chance of being complete garbage. People can't think for themselves! BUY MORE CDS!

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

"We're in a funny little bubble in Canada," contends Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, which represents the major record labels. "And we're in that bubble because we don't have modern digital laws. We don't have a consensus of what's right and wrong."

This is the biggest load of shit. If the *only* thing that tells you an activity is "wrong" is the legality of it, the activity probably isn't that wrong to begin with.

[thebitterguy]

It's an interesting logic chain.

Maybe they should ask people why they download music they don't think is crappy.

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

The latest Britney Spears album, by the way, is completely awesome garbage. Top to bottom, it delivers exactly what someone who want to listen to Britney Spears expects: dancey-sexy pop. Nothing more, nothing less.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

With MP3s? Yes we are seeing the end of CDs.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

I loved that episode - awesome icon. :)

[spross.livejournal.com]

The Torrent Revolution has my favourite quote

It's a simple document. It takes up just a few kilobytes on a server. It downloads to your computer in a matter of seconds. And many believe it is helping destroy the music industry.

Downloads in a matter of seconds! What a load!

[thebitterguy]

Well, the actual torrent itself downloads in a matter of seconds. The file it's for, that'll take longer.