http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1568 Leroy Biggums Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:29:59 +0000 http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1568 Its like paying for water Its like paying for water

]]> http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1572 Keath Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:40:26 +0000 http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1572 I think you meant the ratio of stolen music to purchased music would be lower, not higher. I think you meant the ratio of stolen music to purchased music would be lower, not higher.

]]> http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1728 Will E UMM Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:29:03 +0000 http://plooms.com/real-reason-for-pirating/#comment-1728 Well I did a 20 page report on it in school, and while people may pirate music, it isn't hurting the music industry and if anything there is some evidence to suggest that it is actually helping it. The main reason piracy isn't as big a problem as the RIAA says it is, is that a lot of what people download isn't necessarily what they would essentially buy. Kinda like a song you pirated because you heard it once and kinda thought it was good but would never buy the whole album. A big reason piracy is so prevalent other than availability, is the fact that it is still quite expensive relatively to the cost of producing. It can cost 10-20 bucks for a new CD, about the same as a DVD. Yet on average it only costs 500 thousand to record an album while it costs a few to muli million dollar budgets to produce a movie thats DVD is priced the same. In 2003 the RIAA was found to be guilty of price fixing, and sued I believe. But the fact is music is a part of our culture and we will always listen to it, like Leroy said its like paying for water. It for the most part costs very little to produce, so the fact that Record Industries are whining over piracy is ridiculous. Besides, while i'm not sure how much they make, concerts and tours make a fair bundle, and piracy or availability of music could be a great marketing strategy if harnessed correctly. Well I did a 20 page report on it in school, and while people may pirate music, it isn’t hurting the music industry and if anything there is some evidence to suggest that it is actually helping it. The main reason piracy isn’t as big a problem as the RIAA says it is, is that a lot of what people download isn’t necessarily what they would essentially buy. Kinda like a song you pirated because you heard it once and kinda thought it was good but would never buy the whole album. A big reason piracy is so prevalent other than availability, is the fact that it is still quite expensive relatively to the cost of producing. It can cost 10-20 bucks for a new CD, about the same as a DVD. Yet on average it only costs 500 thousand to record an album while it costs a few to muli million dollar budgets to produce a movie thats DVD is priced the same. In 2003 the RIAA was found to be guilty of price fixing, and sued I believe. But the fact is music is a part of our culture and we will always listen to it, like Leroy said its like paying for water. It for the most part costs very little to produce, so the fact that Record Industries are whining over piracy is ridiculous. Besides, while i’m not sure how much they make, concerts and tours make a fair bundle, and piracy or availability of music could be a great marketing strategy if harnessed correctly.

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