Post #146327 by Feelin Zombified on Sat, Mar 12, 2005 12:48 PM

On 2005-03-11 19:29, Satan's Sin wrote:

But the most important thing I think is this. These crooks and idiots who run the record companies have priced CDs at an unconsciencable level for far too long.

hearing talk like this really burns me up. Everyone out there seems to think that downloading only hurts some big faceless corporate megalith that has money oozing out its sides. When Napster was at its peak, my small, self-run, indie record labels' sales PLUMMETED. Napster used to have a feature that let you see how many times a song had been downloaded from any given user... based on what I saw (of my own copyrighted works), I could have had a nice successful career. Instead, I had to quit the business alltogether, as did several of my fellow label owners. Also, small labels don't have the resources to protect their copyrights like the big guys do.

Now, I work behind a desk in a job that I can't stand instead of doing what I love.

Think about that next time you're stealing a file.

-Z