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Subject: everyones doing it!!!
Original Message Date: 30-Nov-02 @ 01:18 PM Edit: 30-Nov-02 | 01:20 PM - everyones doing it!!!
This is part of the reason that Emagic moved to Apple, and badly affected users such as myself who have paid ALOT of money for this stuff. Don't get me wrong, I have no major moral hangups about it, but what happened to supporting those who provide you with the products that you use? I actually feel quite screwed over!
I'm sorry if it sounds like I am winging, I don't mean to. Any input from other paying users would be appreciated.
Regards.
Steve.
Message 21/49 01-Dec-02 @ 11:03 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
like a lot of what I say, it's just philosophical fancy. Obviously it doesn't work in our given situation with money and the market and such, but don't dump on a nice money-free-world idea just because it's not 'realistic.'
and yeah, I'm lazy, but I'm honest about it. And the "software should be free" 'thing' isn't dead because I'm still feeling it so what do you think about that? And I'm not entirely convinced that I should make money from the music I create, either.
'wooie, that psy guy is one fruitball dreamer, I tell ya. he'll get lost to the world soon enough.'
psy
Message 22/49 01-Dec-02 @ 11:22 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
Message 23/49 02-Dec-02 @ 12:46 AM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
That's waaaay oversimplifying things, for certain. Ne'ertheless, because I still continue to live within a society, I obey it's "codes" like paying for s/w.... When it gets to the point that I get "punished" for being a legal user as opposed to using a crack, well, that just shows ya where things have gotten to, eh?
Nor am I saying you shouldn't get paid for your work, whether it be as a muso or a progger. But for fuck's sake, charge what it's worth, not simply whatever you can get. Is a Sasha set worth the 30 grand that he gets paid? Not to me. Am I willing to pay for the manufacturing costs of a CD and a bit of royalty to the artist? Sure, but the manufacturing cost of a any big run CD is less than $1.00, so in my way of thinking, the whole cost of a CD SHOULD be under $10.00. When I pirate a copy I'm just evening the score in my own little way, getting back some of what is basically stolen from me when I buy a CD for $17.99.
Unfortunately, there's now a whole generation of people who are brainwashed into thinking such prices are normal and fair....
I for one, welcome our new Insect Overlords....
Message 24/49 02-Dec-02 @ 12:55 AM Edit: 02-Dec-02 | 02:27 AM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
ideals without practice are (yes, are) far kinder than practice without ideals.
Message 25/49 02-Dec-02 @ 02:31 AM Edit: 02-Dec-02 | 02:33 AM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
Message 27/49 02-Dec-02 @ 01:29 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
Message 28/49 02-Dec-02 @ 02:25 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
Message 29/49 02-Dec-02 @ 09:06 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
maybe that explains our relative exploitation of synthedit..
Message 30/49 02-Dec-02 @ 11:26 PM - RE: everyones doing it!!!
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