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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
You're kidding, right? They've driven, heavily, the development of the "Pirate" scene. Ask your local friendly Socilogist. More, simply because people stopped using a particular p2p network (or rather, said they did) dosn't mean they're buying new music (second hand CD shops are doing bumper business!).
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Well, buying second hand CDs is still buying copies for which a royalty has been paid.
As for having driven the development of the Pirate scene... I just don't see it. I have seen lots of people claim it has, but not a lot of evidence to say that it has.
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It's perfectly reasonable to argue that the music industry's tactics in chasing individual file sharers, via a shadowy network of companies and using shaky evidence in many cases, has put fuel on the fire their image is burning on, and it's one of the major factors which has driven the counter-culture which argues that downloading is acceptable, that argues the major labels (although, bluntly, it also splashes over almost as badly on the smaller and reasonable lables) are parasites on musicians and encourages unauthorised copying.
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I am not advocating that other industries adopt some of the heavy handed tactics that the music industry has. However, I see a lot of statements being made, and not a lot of evidence provided to demonstrate that the threat of legal action has promoted the file sharing culture.
Certainly the argument that Major Labels are parasites on musicians and therefore it is ok to illegally download the music is silly (after all, the major labels may be parasites, but they still pay the artist more than an illegally downloaded song).
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They haven't stopped either. They're currently trying to change national laws, hurting far larger industries (chasing civil infringements, remember) if you hadn't noticed.
This isn't about legal, it's about sales in the mid, short and long terms. And the music industry have spiked their own. Why do so many people want other industries to go there?
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The legal aspect and the sales go together. Thats the whole point of copyright. If people just ignore copyright, then sales will plummet.
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Bill