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I get fan mail things from Bon Jovi. Today I got one advertising live tracks available to download for 99 cents. This is what the email said:
"Get Live Tracks!
You can download three live tracks from the Bounce tour plus and acoustic track for just 99 cents each! Head to towerrecords.com for details! Head over and check it out, these just became available today!"
Being a fan and not a deliberate thief I thought why not and went over there to get them. So I go to buy them and I get this from Tower:
"We apologize, but the content owner does not allow this digital download to be delivered to your country. "
Now I think that is just stupid. Record companies are losing money to piracy, not as much as they claim to be I think but that is a side point. I was prepared to go and get those tracks legally. But they do not want my custom. Why? If I wait I can get it on win MX or Kazaa within a few hours I would imagine.
They are just shooting themselves in the foot. Apple iTunes thing is great, it has lenient digital rights management, fair prices and is quick and easy. Sadly it is Mac only still, and I think USA only too. If other comapines could provide as good a service then I would use it. I just think it is stupid to put country restrictions on stuff. For such stupidity and arrogance I really can not feel sorry for the record comapnies. Well apart from EMI because they are the only one without a huge parent comapny to back them up but...
Seriously though, if comapanies want to cut down on piracy then they have to make downloads simpler and easier to get.
Anyone else got any thoughts?
"Get Live Tracks!
You can download three live tracks from the Bounce tour plus and acoustic track for just 99 cents each! Head to towerrecords.com for details! Head over and check it out, these just became available today!"
Being a fan and not a deliberate thief I thought why not and went over there to get them. So I go to buy them and I get this from Tower:
"We apologize, but the content owner does not allow this digital download to be delivered to your country. "
Now I think that is just stupid. Record companies are losing money to piracy, not as much as they claim to be I think but that is a side point. I was prepared to go and get those tracks legally. But they do not want my custom. Why? If I wait I can get it on win MX or Kazaa within a few hours I would imagine.
They are just shooting themselves in the foot. Apple iTunes thing is great, it has lenient digital rights management, fair prices and is quick and easy. Sadly it is Mac only still, and I think USA only too. If other comapines could provide as good a service then I would use it. I just think it is stupid to put country restrictions on stuff. For such stupidity and arrogance I really can not feel sorry for the record comapnies. Well apart from EMI because they are the only one without a huge parent comapny to back them up but...
Seriously though, if comapanies want to cut down on piracy then they have to make downloads simpler and easier to get.
Anyone else got any thoughts?
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Judah Ben-Hur wrote:
> haha Bon Jovi
> haha Bon Jovi
That's nice to know but just point and laugh at him, he like Bon Jovi.
iTunes for Windows will be realed later this year, together with ITumes Music store for Windows.
haha Bon Jovi
I get fan mail things from Bon Jovi. Today I got one advertising live tracks available to download for 99 cents. This is what the email said:
"Get Live Tracks!
You can download three live tracks from the Bounce tour plus and acoustic track for just 99 cents each! Head to towerrecords.com for details! Head over and check it out, these just became available today!"
Being a fan and not a deliberate thief I thought why not and went over there to get them. So I go to buy them and I get this from Tower:
"We apologize, but the content owner does not allow this digital download to be delivered to your country. "
Now I think that is just stupid. Record companies are losing money to piracy, not as much as they claim to be I think but that is a side point. I was prepared to go and get those tracks legally. But they do not want my custom. Why? If I wait I can get it on win MX or Kazaa within a few hours I would imagine.
They are just shooting themselves in the foot. Apple iTunes thing is great, it has lenient digital rights management, fair prices and is quick and easy. Sadly it is Mac only still, and I think USA only too. If other comapines could provide as good a service then I would use it. I just think it is stupid to put country restrictions on stuff. For such stupidity and arrogance I really can not feel sorry for the record comapnies. Well apart from EMI because they are the only one without a huge parent comapny to back them up but...
Seriously though, if comapanies want to cut down on piracy then they have to make downloads simpler and easier to get.
Anyone else got any thoughts?
"Get Live Tracks!
You can download three live tracks from the Bounce tour plus and acoustic track for just 99 cents each! Head to towerrecords.com for details! Head over and check it out, these just became available today!"
Being a fan and not a deliberate thief I thought why not and went over there to get them. So I go to buy them and I get this from Tower:
"We apologize, but the content owner does not allow this digital download to be delivered to your country. "
Now I think that is just stupid. Record companies are losing money to piracy, not as much as they claim to be I think but that is a side point. I was prepared to go and get those tracks legally. But they do not want my custom. Why? If I wait I can get it on win MX or Kazaa within a few hours I would imagine.
They are just shooting themselves in the foot. Apple iTunes thing is great, it has lenient digital rights management, fair prices and is quick and easy. Sadly it is Mac only still, and I think USA only too. If other comapines could provide as good a service then I would use it. I just think it is stupid to put country restrictions on stuff. For such stupidity and arrogance I really can not feel sorry for the record comapnies. Well apart from EMI because they are the only one without a huge parent comapny to back them up but...
Seriously though, if comapanies want to cut down on piracy then they have to make downloads simpler and easier to get.
Anyone else got any thoughts?
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