file sharing. Options

[*kryogenix*]

file sharing. should people be allowed to "share" software, movies and music with others over the internet, or is this cheating the author/studio/artist etc. ?

I believe file sharing is wrong. People are hard at work producing these things. Why don't people just buy the licensce to the software/movie/music?

Why am I against file sharing? Because I'm going to be a computer programmer. I don't want to starve because some 12 year old downloaded my program off KaZaA. Think about how the artists must feel. I know they aren't starving, but still, they aren't receiving money that's rightfully theirs.

Software is to be treated like a book. You purchase the "book" and can read and access the material within the "book" any time you want. You can even share the "book" with a friend. However, because two people in two different places cannot be reading a book at the same time. When you lend the "book" to someone, you effectively lend them the licensce to view the book as they please. The same goes with software. Treat it as a book. You can share, but when you do so you are transferring the licensce to the person you are sharing with.

Sharing is fine, but only when one of the parties has a licensce to use the media that they are sharing.

[*kryogenix*]

I HOPE YOU STARVE.

we shall see.

30 seconds...ehh I don't think so...you can't get enough of the song in 30 seconds. Plus I agree with the idea that if you download mp3's, you'll find something you like and buy the band's CD. That's certainly true for me. Who has the time (and money) to go out to HMV and buy every single new CD in stock, just to see if you like the band?

Sure, I think that maybe there should be a fee for the songs, but a dollar a song is a little much, don't you think? A CD with 15 songs can cost $15-$20. If you REALLY want to attract buying mp3's, they really should lower the cost to like 75 cents, at the very most.

if 30 seconds isn't enough, try the radio like everyone else did pre-Napster. And yes, some people will buy the cd after listening to the song they like, but there are people who will abuse the system and download entire albums and burning them, without ever paying a cent.

Yes, I do agree that the price should be less for downloading songs, but maybe, they're trying to discourage you from downloading and instead, buy the cd. it should be less though, you spend time downloading, you need to provide the cd and you don't get a jewel case and a cover for the cd.