Comments on: Microsoft changes Zune subscription plan

By: Mike Hunt

Mike Hunt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:02:41 +0000

Why is the picture of the Zune 30 which is outdated and not produced anymore? Why not post the new zunes, the good looking ones that are now known as being better than iPods?

I can’t believe how poor everyone here is.

I come here to download movies because I live in Yukon, there’s no movie cinemas here, but if I could pay for it I would.

It’s understandable to download things once and awhile, but a select few of you ruin it for everyone else by constantly grabbing anything and everything just for the hell of it.

By: thelumberjack

thelumberjack — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:13:21 +0000

I download music and I will not pay for it as long as record labels are involved. Instead I buy band shirts and try to get out to concerts. That’s the best way I can find to support the artists I like.

By: anomynous

anomynous — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:21:46 +0000

Get this through their heads… PEOPLE WILL NOT PAY FOR MUSIC… concerts, yes; music, no.

By: Cap'n Pugwash

Cap'n Pugwash — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:33:27 +0000

That’s true, and also true for films as well…here’s the problem…the music industry has for a long time operated like a corrupt bank and marketing company for musicians – one which gets to dictate to new artists how they will repay their loans and how their music will be produced and marketed. Often to the detriment of the artist.

The digital domain is slowly becoming the great leveller, eventually I hope we will rediscover the value of the arts, but first the scumbags and profiteers will need to be wiped off. That would include lawyers and RIAA amongst all the other vermin who have turned it into the cesspit it is.
There’s a lot of talent out there which never gets to access that marketing machine..

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:13:40 +0000

You kids don’t know how good you have it. There was a time not long ago when you went to a record store and bought one or 2 albums a month. You would cherish those albums and listen to them for years.

Today, music isn’t respected. It is too easily obtained and discarded for the next new thing.

Downloading did not kill the music industry but the immediacy of the internet has made sure that there will be no more musicians with long careers, only one hit wonders…..

By: Hideapod

Hideapod — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:13:36 +0000

A use for a Zune, even those brown faeces stained ones:-

http://hideapod.com/

By: Torgyán

Torgyán — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:27:21 +0000

@ Klepto, the maniac

it’s ppl like you why the RIAA wash together downloaders and pity thieves. your gipsy attitude is lamer the the riaa’s best lawyer’s offense.

By: s1k

s1k — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:29:06 +0000

@Steve
well arent u an avid supporter of zune/microsoft. did it occur to u that u also might be an idiot?

“People need to wake up that nothing lasts for ever so why not jump into the now and take advantage of this?” I’ve woken up a long time ago my friend, it’s u who i’m worried about!

you can still download tons of gigs of music and never listen to any of it, what is so horrible about that? how does listening to every song or not make a difference here? it’s my damn business what i want to put on my harddisks and what i do wit my files.

if u were sick of ur metallica album (which, as u said, u downloaded, u hypocrite), then why not just delete it?

By: vaskito

vaskito — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:24:46 +0000

Good music never dies. If the music is good you’ll eventually listen to it again. And if you take care of it well, it can become an influence to your offspring too. Do like I do: Download, Try, Buy Vynil.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:22:06 +0000

I’m curious how many people here actually download music, accumulate gig’s of music and yet STILL listen to ALL OF IT. I downloaded the Metallica album and within two weeks I was bored of it. I think having unlimited downloads for a subscription fee is a great idea. Paying $15 for a cd is ridiculous because that disc used up resources, get trashed and become boring over a small time. People need to wake up that nothing lasts for ever so why not jump into the now and take advantage of this? Not everyone out there believes that everything on the internet should be free, it’s just the sad state of today’s kids that think this is so.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:55 +0000

The paying for isn’t the issue – the renting of music is.

I can’t believe anyone pays for this, stupidest.idea.ever.

By: RU

RU — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:47 +0000

Like you’ve never downloaded any MP3’s. Get off your damn high horse.

By: ohplease

ohplease — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:47:42 +0000

Perhaps sometime you will understand why paying a small amount to the artists is better than completely free. But as long as you are just a stupid little kids just keep downloading, don’t even bother trying to understand it.

By: Klepto

Klepto — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:34:53 +0000

monthly Zune account – $15 (has a limit)
monthly rapidshare account – $5 (has a limit)
monthly torrent cost – $0 (has NO limit)
Stealing peoples ipods/zunes and selling them on craigslist – +$50ea. (no limit)

By: QuadrupelQ

QuadrupelQ — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:14 +0000

monthly Zune account – $15 (has a limit)
monthly rapidshare account – $5 (has a limit)
monthly torrent cost – $0 (has NO limit)

Yeah, very though decision. Of you’re a moron that is…

If I download it, I should own it. So Zune can go to hell with their DRM and ‘lending out’ songs.