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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: 2007/07/31/illegal-music-downloads-high/

  • Nick · 2 years ago
    They should cut down prices to stop illegal music downloads. $.20 per track is fairy price.
  • mark · 2 years ago
    That would definitely be a step in the right direction. Paying about $1 with DRM protection is not what most people want these days.

    We need something like allofmp3.com ($0.10 songs, depending on format and bit rate) to get more ppl on the legal route (although we know piracy will forever live on) :D
  • PDUB · 2 years ago
    I think the business model for the music industry are social networks. People are 5x more likely to purchase something on a friends recommendations. Things are moving away from static storefronts towards niche communities where people discover media through people who share their interests. In this environment, each person becomes a sales channel, and should be compensated if a recommendation they make to a friend ends up in a purchase...in so doing, you integrate the interests of both the industry and the user.

    We're launching www.melinky.com New Years Day and this is the business model we're striving for (go to the site and sign up for the beta program!)
  • Tony Fendall · 2 years ago
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it illegal to upload music, not download it? It's distributing content that is illegal.

    I don't think simply dropping the price will help. In people's minds, there is a world of difference between 20c and free. Also, there will always be some media not available through legal channels and this will always keep the pirate sites open.
  • lina · 2 years ago
    yo wat up
  • pete · 1 year ago
    why don't they put a stop to company's like yousendit.com, Badongo.com, and Limewire these are the people allowing to share there music with the world illegaly, I find links all the time that have had hundreds of downloads, especially at Badongo.com there no set limit to amount downloads per album.
  • bigg daddy · 1 year ago
    a noone best come bangn at my crib
  • mp3 · 1 year ago
    Few russian mp3 sellers work with all legal documents.
  • video4u · 1 year ago
    anyone heard of video rental software ??
  • larryk9 · 1 year ago
    I would like to get a free membership
  • Michaelz · 1 year ago
  • silver-Rex · 1 year ago
    lol i download illegal music files. I think its funny how they cry when they dont have money (when they can afford huge mansions/castles, and huge pools and also 1 mile large flat screen tvs and tons more.) maby the companys one day if this bull shit is true will suffer like every one elese lol. i downloaded rare unrealeased tracks (the ones that sound the best) from great sites like the: pirate bay, summo torrent, mininova and a lot more. lol i dont feel bad i aculaly feel good. i did some math and estimated i illegal downloaded 40k$-80K$ illegaly lol. ((witch the companys think shit abut 9 billon) (what you think of a penny)) lol if they did fall that would be extreemly funny. btw i bought 0 songs in my life for 0$. (my parrents buy music but they dont care abut my illegal downloads) the fbi allready knows. (when you use a computer the govenment sees what you download they just protent to not know) lol watch them burn in hell. lol im listining to the illegal music as i typ. i allso pirate games.lol. btw that email is a hackin email lol.
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