A) download it from an offical source, pay a small fee, get it in crappy 128kbps copy protected format, which u need to install some badly written bulky program to download…

B)download it from a torrent or p2p in high quality quickly with album art and no drm.

if i could download a 320kbps or even higher quality than cd could offer format, quickly with no DRM for a small fee, Id be buying lots of music online right now.

history shows that failiure to adapt is a killer. and here we are years after mp3 sharing emerged and the record companies are still trying to throttle the growth of new technology rather than embrace it.

I think they have no one to blame except themselves.

I have a wireless router in my house and i keep telling them “i dunno what happen, i think they are hack me”. I pay better than the MPAA apparently…….

The good bands will never stop making music, and they will always make money from the concerts they play. It’s wrong that these record label cunts expect to release an album and live off the profits for the rest of their life.

They only see profit and marketing, real music gets abandoned to the net and underground scene. So why
bother acting like the music gestapo? And why not
just release great affordable music, and be certain
that real music lover will purchase the records.

The music industry *as we know it* would collapse. Millions of people would be out of jobs. That much is pretty obvious. But, we would see a steady increase of free *quality* music, made by people who do it for the love of music.

We would see a very sudden drop of crap music that has been made only to fulfill label contracts. I can’t count the amount of bands that have succumbed to the money machine, and as a result produced crap music, and promptly failed. Some classic examples: MetallicA, AC/DC, etc start up awesome but end up mediocre. (yes I’m a headbanger)

Of course we will also be saved from the tortuous “canned” music eg talentless Spice Girls who where only driven by, and made by money right from the start.

I can say all this because I make music – I would love to make it freely available for people to listen to and share around as they wish – because music is about sharing ideas, emotions, and telling stories. Much the same as painting a picture and hanging it in a gallery for all the world to see.

Unfortunately my music isn’t all that great, and very home made, so at this stage it is unlikely you’ll be hearing it

Anyway, bring on the revolution

exactly. that proves the point that lawsuits foster piracy. if there were no lawsuits, there would be no piracy.

the RIAA won’t understand it until its too late.

According to every report I’ve read, piracy has increased since the lawsuits began, not decreased.

By pumping money into these anti p2p campaigns, sure they may take a small loss, but even a couple million in the short run is a drop in the bucket compared to what they’d lose from even, say a 5% increase in music piracy. Get a clue you dumb fucks.