Piracy increases music sales

B_Bjen2848

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bootlegging and piracy is nothing new, whenever there is something people want when they don't have the funds to afford it (seriously, who the hell is gonna drop $12 for a cd that has 15 songs, and of those 15 songs there's probably only gonna be like 3-5 that you'll actually like).. and seriously, iTunes is a joke, i have over 15K songs between my 2 iPods, does apple really think i will spend $15,000 on music? if they do, they must be high off their ass on some really, REALLY good weed (then again, for iTunes to be this popular, there must be millions of people out there dumb enough to actually buy songs so who knows)

as rob stated, bootlegging was around when cassette's were big, and it was definitely big before that. the only difference with it now is how easy it is to do it

before, piracy was similar to drugs, you had to know a guy who know's a guy to get what you want

now, all you have to do know how to use basic functions of a computer and boom, you got music

no matter what the format will be, people will find a way to bootleg it
 

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As a former co-owner of a "pop & pop" music store, I call that bullshit. :mad:

Sorry, Apple killed your store, not piracy. Piracy has been around since the days of the microcassete tape.

I don't recall any Hollywood studios going under after the VCR came out, even though the industry tried to criminalize it, even going so far as likening it to raping an old woman in the PSAs they played on television (not exaggerating)

before, piracy was similar to drugs, you had to know a guy who know's a guy to get what you want

Yeah man, dual cassette decks and blank microcassetes were so hard to find back then. *smirk
 
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