> ... paranoid about getting sued by the RIAA. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
All of my internet-savvy friends pirate music, and nearly all of my non-savvy friends pirate music. The only difference is the non-savvy ones may actually get caught.
> ... popular music makes more money than unpopular music. Duh.
It being obvious doesn't make it not true. If the top-selling album in a year gets pirated 10 times as often as purchased, does the RIAA really think they only got one eleventh of the payments they would've gotten were it not for piracy?
> ... is not a demonstration of "pirates spend more money on music than they would if they weren't pirates".
I gave myself as an example to show that piracy can in fact directly lead to sales.
> If you're still pirating music in 2010, and the track you're pirating is available on the Apple Store for 99 cents, then you're just being a cheap bastard.
What if I pirate it, then either don't like it, or buy the physical album? I have never purchased music digitally because the digital versions are easily available for free. That seems like business 101—if your product is easily available for free (whether or not acquiring it is a crime), lower your prices or somehow make your product more appealing than the free version.
> What if I pirate it, then either don't like it, or buy the physical album? I have never purchased music digitally because the digital versions are easily available for free. That seems like business 101—if your product is easily available for free (whether or not acquiring it is a crime), lower your prices or somehow make your product more appealing than the free version.
All of my internet-savvy friends pirate music, and nearly all of my non-savvy friends pirate music. The only difference is the non-savvy ones may actually get caught.
> ... popular music makes more money than unpopular music. Duh.
It being obvious doesn't make it not true. If the top-selling album in a year gets pirated 10 times as often as purchased, does the RIAA really think they only got one eleventh of the payments they would've gotten were it not for piracy?
> ... is not a demonstration of "pirates spend more money on music than they would if they weren't pirates".
I gave myself as an example to show that piracy can in fact directly lead to sales.
> If you're still pirating music in 2010, and the track you're pirating is available on the Apple Store for 99 cents, then you're just being a cheap bastard.
What if I pirate it, then either don't like it, or buy the physical album? I have never purchased music digitally because the digital versions are easily available for free. That seems like business 101—if your product is easily available for free (whether or not acquiring it is a crime), lower your prices or somehow make your product more appealing than the free version.