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ryg0r
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 Posted - 2003/07/14 : 05:32:17
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Americans make up only 5% of the worlds population, yet we have 50%+ of the worlds wealth. (Not that I am proud of that greed). However, the one concept that the RIAA/MPAA doesn't seem to get is that Americans love to spend money. We work all week, then get paid. We then pay the bills, put a little away and then want to treat ourselves to some entertainment. Maybe a movie, or dinner, or clothes, whatever. Give the people what they ask for and we will be glad to pay for that service. Treat us as thieves, assume that the only reason we buy a cd burner is to "pirate" and continue to attack us in this manner and you WILL get this type of backlash. I have no pity for the likes of the RIAA/MPAA anymore. If they would just make a service where people could get the music THEY want at a FAIR price using the OS, web browser that THEY want, then the problem would be gone. Sure there will always be a small portion of the population that wants to steal. There is NO way to handle that except on a case by case basis. Go to Walmart, HomeDepot, Lowes, etc. They have a lot of items on display OUTSIDE without anyone guarding it. That is because the feel that the average person WILL pay for goods/services and not steal. The few who do, usually get caught and are handled. However, if Walmart, HomeDepot, Lowes were to treat all thier customers as thieves, then they would not be as large as they are becuase that is not how a customer wants to be treated. Those three large corporations know that they are making a customer for life. In that life time an average American might spend $10,000, $20,000 or more at those stores. It is not worth losing that revenue by treating everyone as a thief to stop those few peopel who are going to steal $50 dollars in goods. If the RIAA/MPAA would wake up and see how much the average American spends on thier goods in a LIFE-TIME, then those few stolen cd's/downloads are not worth it. Except in the case of the RIAA/MPAA, they have assumed that we are all thieves and are trying to stop us all. They charge us taxes on blank media because they think the only use for the media is to pirate. They want to tax burners because they think the only use is to pirate, etc. This type of treatment is what is causing all the backlash. We the customer will not put up with it.
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Simon
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 06:37:49
An interesting thought at least  .
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DJ Mouse
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 07:04:13
it's true tho,we wouldn't have this problem if we weren't getting ripped off right let and centre
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 09:10:39
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Originally posted by ryg0r:
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yet we have 50%+ of the worlds wealth.
Actually its 30%...
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virus
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 10:26:03
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Americans make up only 5% of the worlds population
because these third world countries are popping out like 30 kids per family..
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 10:59:00
^^ and that's true and all ;)
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virus
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 11:21:54
okay, maybe it's closer to 35, or 40 =)
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Elysium
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 11:47:53
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Americans make up only 5% of the worlds population
because these third world countries are popping out like 30 kids per family..
WTF?! Are you for real? Did you just say that? Don't you have any respect at all? It's people we're talking about, and overpopulation is a ****ing serious problem in some countries.
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Simon
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 11:51:38
Actually I reckon he's joking.
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Elysium
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 12:12:32
Alright, I guess that's valid. I can't joke about everything, but apparently some people can.
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virus
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Posted - 2003/07/14 : 18:00:11
yes, i am joking.. i joke about a lot of things.. (like sars)
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Posted - 2003/07/15 : 05:47:52
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Alright, I guess that's valid. I can't joke about everything, but apparently some people can.
I agree :)
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Elysium
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Posted - 2003/07/15 : 18:21:25
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i joke about a lot of things.. (like sars)
Funny thing.. "Sars" is actually in the swedish dictionary :) Long before the outbreak of said word. It's a kind of cloth, and my swedish-english dictionary says it translates to "silk serge".
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Posted - 2003/07/17 : 01:07:55
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Originally posted by virus:
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Americans make up only 5% of the worlds population
because these third world countries are popping out like 30 kids per family..
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that's because of the ****ing catholics going over there and pushing their no-contraception jesus ********.
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Posted - 2003/07/17 : 04:14:08
and how does this relates to the discussion on mp3s?
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ryg0r
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Posted - 2003/07/17 : 06:19:30
Its a a quote from one of the programmers from teh Fraunhofer Instute. He helped design the mp3 format and the encoding, etc...
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