Brad

Personally I think the music industry needs to figure out how to make money these days. It's been what a decade since napster came around and they are still doing the same shit. They need leadership and ideas. Blocking people from downloading at this point is not going to help them sell cds. The average person now does not buy as much music as they used to because there is so much competition for out entertainment dollars (video games, DVDs, etc). Not to mention, they have allowed clear channel to fuck their industry over by playing only a small cross section of new music. Couple that with the fact that there is no longer music videos equals less interest in new music.
Bottom line is they need to figure out how to get their customers back and blocking downloads will only hurt the artists more I think.

As for the motion picture industry...I don't understand how people can watch movies in crappy quality (I doubt many people know how to download an iso and then burn it). Totally ruins it for me. But, seeing as they just broke the opening weekend record I don't think they have anything to complain about. Not to mention the fact that DVDs are killing it for them. they are making so much more money than they ever have.

In short. The record industry needs to look a it self and figure out how to make money and stop blaming everyone but themselves. The movie industry should shut up and keep out of this since they are still making money hand over fist.

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