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"What do you make of this?"

Quoted from the BBC news page:


"Hundreds of people are facing fines of up to $150,000 (£100,000) for sharing music files without permission.
The US music industry has started legal action, with many observers accusing the recording industry of being heavy-handed.

Exactly 261 people received lawsuits on Monday on behalf of Universal Music Group, BMG, EMI, Sony Music and Warner Music, with more to follow.

Should people be fined for downloading music? Is the music industry being heavy-handed?"



Discuss.

One person downloading a track wouldn't hurt the industry.

But then a million people...

I just download an unshare with kazaa so once the song is downloaded no one know i have it... except for the one i got it off.

they are only persuing those who are sharing. Bet you thousands of people turned of file sharing today!

What made me laugh is how the news team were baffled as to why CD singles are selling at an almost record low, whereas CD albums are selling at a record high.

Who's gonna buy singles when for just twice the price they can have the full albums?

As for music-piracy, I think the US government are doing the right thing. Why should people have stuff for free that I have to pay for?

Blank wrote:
> Same with cars. Look how much cheaper cars are in the rest of Europe.
> Are THEY being pirated too?


*laughs nervously*

Same with cars. Look how much cheaper cars are in the rest of Europe. Are THEY being pirated too?

phi11ip wrote:
> They're expensive because of piracy.

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No they're not, CDs here are a LOT more expensive than in other countries. They just like ripping us off.

its my only source!!

**hugs Kaaza tightly**

Lawri wrote:

> **uninstalls Kaaza**

Prrft kaaza is CRAP, delete it, i deleted it ages ago.

Lawri wrote:
> damn! Whats the point? If they insist on making CD's so
> expensive.....
>
> **uninstalls Kaaza**

They're expensive because of piracy.

Same as games.