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soldier43 · Post by **soldier43** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:21 pm

I am doing a senior project on the benefits of a person allowing their content to be downloaded for free via peer to peer networking or to be purchased from iTunes, or any other sources of that nature. Where does the money go when someone purchases something from iTunes, Napster, etc.? I was wondering if anybody could contribute some information for me. Thanks

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:25 pm

What does someone allowing distribution of their work have to do with piracy?

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:26 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:What does someone allowing distribution of their work have to do with piracy?

The same benefits might apply.

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:30 pm

stefancrs wrote:
whyterabbyt wrote:What does someone allowing distribution of their work have to do with piracy?
The same benefits might apply.

Not exactly -- "allowed" offers a certain freedom from prosecution not given by piracy. Err, and freedom from persecution, in some cases.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:34 pm

Off the top of my head, for someone who VOLUNTARILY puts their stuff online for free download:

Advantages:
- Wide exposure
- Feelings of goodwill

Disadvantages:
- Loss of income for item
- Perceived lessening of value for the item

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:40 pm

The band Wilco started putting their music online for download a while back. Their record sales increased to an all-high afterwards. So, no, it does not necessarly lead to a loss of income. Also, a tune is not an item

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shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:40 pm

stefancrs wrote:The same benefits might apply.

Well, maybe, but it would be like calling warez freeware. Obviously some people think of the two as the same, but there definitely is a distinction to be made.

To soldier43, I assume you are looking at economics. All of my tracks are licensed under Creative Commons, so can be freely distributed and broadcast. Some of it is getting played on college and web radio without me asking them to because of that freedom, which is nice to hear.

I have nothing to sell though, so have no idea if I'd be able to make money from it and give it away at the same time.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:46 pm

good pension provided you remember where the dubloons are,not easy with all that rum i guess

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:52 pm

shamann wrote:
stefancrs wrote:The same benefits might apply.
Well, maybe, but it would be like calling warez freeware. Obviously some people think of the two as the same, but there definitely is a distinction to be made.

Well, yeah, the wording wasn't the best

SecondSkin · Post by **SecondSkin** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:54 pm

vurt wrote:good pension provided you remember where the dubloons are,not easy with all that rum i guess

Funkasizer · Post by **Funkasizer** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:56 pm

One possible benefit is that enables you to download pirated software from other users on the network. Peer-to-peer programs such as Limewire allow for the blocking of so-called freeloaders.

Funkasizer · Post by **Funkasizer** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:58 pm

Hey, the topic suddenly changed from "benefits of piracy" to "electronic means of distribution". My previous post was meant for the first title.

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:03 pm

Now I'm thinking about changing some of my topics to...Do you like pizza?

soldier43 · Post by **soldier43** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:13 pm

I didn't really know what to call this... that's why I changed it...

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:19 pm

people seem to forget that they used to make do with a casstte copy of a vinyl record, or worse yet a dubbed cassette. its funny that MP3s get all the heat, when most of them sound worse than cassette tape. I think its fear of digital media...

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