piracy. weve all seen it, we all have in some way come into contact or posess data and illegal materials ripped from wherever it may have. so, being one of these people that have seen and posess (to a limit ) amounts of data that make life a lil easier, i would like to here your views on piracy, however hollow they may be if any of what i just said is true to you.
i dont wanna talk about just any piracy though, the ripping off of trance music or any music for that matter and its obvious effects on the industry. but i see the effects more adversely in the trance genre though. weve all been told its dead, it doesnt flourish as a music style and i think that may have to do with piracy. ifya have any other views for why its called "dead" post em as well.
i try to buy my music as often as i can but upwards of $35 AUD is getting a little ridiculous even for double CD'.its the hassle of finding it, wating time and effort, e.t.c. so what incentive is there now to buy cd when in a few clicks u can have a new tiesto album or the latest MOS annual. i feel there is none.
should more policing occur in countries that have outlawed piracy and should countries, such as the Netherlands to my knowledge who dont have such sanctions have them imposed, then strictly enforced on a global scale, in return driving CD costs down to leave some cash in our wallets after weve left the shop
i think now worst of all, people condone and accept it so widely, it in the background destroys what they love and then they whinge how this and that cant produce another piece of work and so on a so forth.
dunno, what are your views?