Recent content by Fafrnugn

So then, no stealing from poor musicians, we limit our downloads to Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. If that doesn't put an end to P2P, nothing will. I tried that 'civil disobedience' line once, but the cops made me give back the Rolex anyway. I don't plan to purchase a Lexus...

Standard MP3s; I use an OEM MP3 player.

That's all well and good, but who brings these bands to market? There are plenty of talented groups toilling away doing small gigs because they don't have the money or experience to garner national exposure. How do you suggest record labels be compensated for investing in new artists...

ITunes is the one to beat, both for size of catalog and speed of download. ~70% market share is usually a good sign that you're doing something right. Napster 2.0 is crap. The search engine is crap. I only use it if I absolutely can't find what I want on ITunes. I'm interested in...

Initially, it's distribution that puts up all the money for recording, promotion, etc. It would be a pretty lousy business model if there wasn't a mechanism to recoup that investment. That's great, now what about software developers and filmmakers? Planning on catching Bill Gates at this...

Payment is voluntary; music, movies and software are not staples like food or shelter, you can survive without them. Downloading the latest Liberace disc or version of Windows is not analogous to stealing a loaf of bread to feed your starving family. The market has set the value of that...

Creators are compensated by distrubutors for access to that copyright, therefore copyright protects both interests.

What about 'sharing' software? Are you not, in the act of 'sharing', denying the copyright holder their right to profit from their property? Software developers don't go on tour, the sale and licensing of their product is their primary revenue stream. So how is music sharing different? Or...