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Post by seoulmate on Nov 29, 2011 16:19:16 GMT -5
[snerk] I always closed my eyes and went "neener neener, it doesn't count" when taping songs off the radio. I used the mental excuse that if the DJ was talking over the last measure of the song, it was "damaged" and therefore couldn't be considered a "real" copy. (feel free to eyeroll at my mental gymnastics) Eyerolls you...  [ssshhhhh.... I've recorded from the radio, too, but I've never said "neener neener". LOL ]  |
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Nov 29, 2011 16:19:54 GMT -5
I have spoken with people who run used book stores who say the bottom has fallen out even of the used book market. One said, "I cannot sell a book at any price." Not even a dollar......Being a writer is a labor of love anyway, but even love has its limits. I swear, at times I feel like I am the only person still buying hard copy books. The weird thing is (don't throw stones), that at times I think so many people are NOT buying books that they are starting to look down at people who do have them! I've had one person look at my book-cluttered house who then actually sniffed and said "You know, my house is so much neater since I got rid of the books and got a Kindle". (The temptation to kick their ass out of my home at that moment was extremely high) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 16:21:47 GMT -5
I find it interesting that because there is currently no way to regulate illegal downloads which makes it hard to get "caught" makes it okay to do it. But, what about one's conscience? Just because something is possible doesn't make it right. We can all make up excuses to ease our conscience but in the end, no matter how you want to look at it, we've performed an illegal act. , if you ever want to read something interesting along these lines, check out a book I just love, "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales. It looks like an outdoors book, but what it's really about is the science of risk-taking. One of the things he writes about is how, when we get away with something ... whether it is running a traffic light, downloading a file, or hotdogging on the ski slopes ... we create a neural pathway in the brain that says, "That went OK." Pretty soon, we're doing it all the time without a second thought. Nonotme -- I hate the "content provider" thing too. Besides writing for peanuts, I work in a library ... where the reference desk is now called "Information Services." Library degrees are now "Information" degrees. My main job there is also to write historical materials highlighting our collections. I have been asked to create a procedures manual for my writing. As in what? STEP 1: Start Microsoft Word. STEP 2: Write a bunch of stuff. I feel like starting with STEP 1: Acquire critical thinking skills, the ability to gather and synthesize knowledge, and the ability to reshape that knowledge into verbal form for a specific audience within set parameters. STEP 2: Start Microsoft Word. LOL. I think to the record company, Adam and other artists are just "content providers." As if their talent is only incidental to the product being sold. |
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Post by iceish on Nov 29, 2011 16:23:15 GMT -5
Also, did you know that even if you copy your own cd that you bought and give it to someone else that technically is a violation? Someone once told me that also applies to taping music off the radio, so like you technically could be in trouble for making someone a mixed tape. LOL. No idea if that is true but...there ya go. I basically have itune account share with my son and convert most of them on mp3 player to take it anywhere we go. Is that technically illegal too for one account sharing with multiple buyers. ??? |
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Post by seoulmate on Nov 29, 2011 16:26:40 GMT -5
LOL If we go by this rule I should be SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE for all the mixed tapes I made in the 8th grade. Every, like, seven at seven top song countdown it was time to whip out the tape! Lol somewhere I have a mixed tape with like All 4 One and Lisa Loeb, Cheryl Crow, the Cranberries, Gin Blossoms, Blur.....woah sorry I just traveled back in time to 1994.  Man, that was a good year!!!  |
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Post by chunkeymonkey81 on Nov 29, 2011 16:28:49 GMT -5
I have spoken with people who run used book stores who say the bottom has fallen out even of the used book market. One said, "I cannot sell a book at any price." Not even a dollar......Being a writer is a labor of love anyway, but even love has its limits. I swear, at times I feel like I am the only person still buying hard copy books. The weird thing is (don't throw stones), that at times I think so many people are NOT buying books that they are starting to look down at people who do have them! I've had one person look at my book-cluttered house who then actually sniffed and said "You know, my house is so much neater since I got rid of the books and got a Kindle". (The temptation to kick their ass out of my home at that moment was extremely high) Clearly the only solution to this conundrum is to NEVER EVER READ. |
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Post by seoulmate on Nov 29, 2011 16:30:29 GMT -5
I swear, at times I feel like I am the only person still buying hard copy books. The weird thing is (don't throw stones), that at times I think so many people are NOT buying books that they are starting to look down at people who do have them! I've had one person look at my book-cluttered house who then actually sniffed and said "You know, my house is so much neater since I got rid of the books and got a Kindle". (The temptation to kick their ass out of my home at that moment was extremely high)  ME!! ME!!! I only buy "real" books, too!!! And they are spilling out from every bookshelf in the house! |
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Post by sugaree on Nov 29, 2011 16:31:44 GMT -5
I only buy real books too, but I give them away when I'm done. Is that illegal? Should I make them buy their own copies? JK
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Post by bridgeymah on Nov 29, 2011 16:32:49 GMT -5
I have spoken with people who run used book stores who say the bottom has fallen out even of the used book market. One said, "I cannot sell a book at any price." Not even a dollar......Being a writer is a labor of love anyway, but even love has its limits. I swear, at times I feel like I am the only person still buying hard copy books. The weird thing is (don't throw stones), that at times I think so many people are NOT buying books that they are starting to look down at people who do have them! I've had one person look at my book-cluttered house who then actually sniffed and said "You know, my house is so much neater since I got rid of the books and got a Kindle". (The temptation to kick their ass out of my home at that moment was extremely high) Hoppers, I still buy physical books. I also buy e-books. My home looks like a second hand book store in dire need of a good sorting out with piles of books around the walls. On the illegal downloading thing - as they say, that horse has bolted and bolted many years ago when you could record albums to tapes and "share" them with your friends. Yep I know illegal downloading is a whole step up in scale from that because is much easier to do (making a tape at least took a bit of time). |
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Post by adamrocks on Nov 29, 2011 16:33:09 GMT -5
Aralid, thanks for your honesty and your perspective. No judgment. There are many confusing aspects to the discussion of free downloading. peace&love  [/size][/color] |
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