tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530362788294088783.post6461554914625476694..comments2023-04-01T22:28:17.949-07:00Comments on Prog Against Pirates: Italian police close down "Italy's Pirate Bay"One for the Vinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810594011360271093noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530362788294088783.post-86291906738812690232008-09-27T11:07:00.000-07:002008-09-27T11:07:00.000-07:00You've obviously read almost nothing on this site....You've obviously read almost nothing on this site. If you want to use Brighteye Brison as an example, you can get a CD quality digital download from Mindawn for just $8.99 http://www.mindawn.com/albums/4520 so Progress Records is on top of it, you're just ignorant, and the inability of you to find a legal download or legal copy is not a justification for stealing the material.One for the Vinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810594011360271093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530362788294088783.post-89760505312823730542008-09-25T13:23:00.000-07:002008-09-25T13:23:00.000-07:00You want to stop illegal downloading? You have to ...You want to stop illegal downloading? You have to counter with legal downloading. I want to get Brighteye Brison's latest, and it's not on eMusic (where I found the previous effort Stories). It's not available as a DRM-free download elsewhere that I can find. Thus, Progress Records fails.<BR/><BR/>Listen, you can't "crack down" on file sharing without monitoring ALL internet traffic, and if you don't understand that that's an absolutely TERRIBLE trade-off, you don't understand what that means.<BR/><BR/>You have two ways to compete in the marketplace where file sharing is an unavoidable reality; convenience and goodwill. That's it. <BR/><BR/>There are ways of monetizing a band's fan base other than selling archaic plastic discs. Thousands of artists around the world are figuring this out daily. It's about a more direct route from artist to fan and back again, without intermedaries - so the profit margins are far greater and the break-even happens much, much earlier. Get to work on that, instead of "cracking down on pirates", ye damned luddites-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com