Comments on: Music & Religion http://www.centernetworks.com/music-and-religion Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Morgan http://www.centernetworks.com/music-and-religion/comment-page-#comment-19443 Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-19443 Oh man, I love you for expressing this sentiment-- sooo frustrating reading the 'free' folks. Their gist is basically that if revenues in the music industry are shrinking, the entire business model is irretrievably flawed (hilarious coming from the tech-bubble crowd anyway) and so the consumer should be able to unilaterally decide what music is worth and enforce that on the producers of it, by stealing and claiming it's not stealing. And you're right, as if that weren't bad enough, they seem to want to deny people the ability to freely purchase and use music the way they'd like to-- I had Rhapsody and LOVED it while I had it. Loved eMusic also. A side note-- if I listen to say 100 hours of music a month, exactly how much of a cheapskate do I have to be to think like $10 a month is some kind of highway robbery? Oh man, I love you for expressing this sentiment– sooo frustrating reading the ‘free’ folks. Their gist is basically that if revenues in the music industry are shrinking, the entire business model is irretrievably flawed (hilarious coming from the tech-bubble crowd anyway) and so the consumer should be able to unilaterally decide what music is worth and enforce that on the producers of it, by stealing and claiming it’s not stealing. And you’re right, as if that weren’t bad enough, they seem to want to deny people the ability to freely purchase and use music the way they’d like to– I had Rhapsody and LOVED it while I had it. Loved eMusic also.

A side note– if I listen to say 100 hours of music a month, exactly how much of a cheapskate do I have to be to think like $10 a month is some kind of highway robbery?

]]> By: jason http://www.centernetworks.com/music-and-religion/comment-page-#comment-19450 jason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-19450 i am a fan of not paying for music content, but i spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars/year supporting artists via concerts/festivals and buying their non music stuff. i guess growing up having napster and then kazaa and then limewire and then bit torrent be the ways to access music have shaped my perception, but the fact is, the kids growing up now have even fewer memories of paying for music than i do. so going forward, there will be new ways to monetize music, and some companies get that while many companies do not. most anti-"free" music heads i have come across are people who bought records or 8-tracks or whatever you call them, while they were growing up. which is cool and all, but that isn't the environment kids are growing up in today. i am a fan of not paying for music content, but i spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars/year supporting artists via concerts/festivals and buying their non music stuff. i guess growing up having napster and then kazaa and then limewire and then bit torrent be the ways to access music have shaped my perception, but the fact is, the kids growing up now have even fewer memories of paying for music than i do. so going forward, there will be new ways to monetize music, and some companies get that while many companies do not. most anti-”free” music heads i have come across are people who bought records or 8-tracks or whatever you call them, while they were growing up. which is cool and all, but that isn’t the environment kids are growing up in today.

]]> By: Lacy Kemp http://www.centernetworks.com/music-and-religion/comment-page-#comment-19451 Lacy Kemp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-19451 Jason- You know, that's a really interesting perspective and I've never even considered it before. It's tough to expect people to pay for something when they've always been able to get it for free in the past. Personally (and professionally) I am a supporter of both models. I really really enjoy music subscription but I still purchase CDs (gasp!) and MP3s. I do not own an iPod, rather "other" portable devices, so I've had no trouble taking my subscription with me, and it's quite a treat to be able to do so. Regardless- interesting perspective. Lacy Jason-
You know, that’s a really interesting perspective and I’ve never even considered it before. It’s tough to expect people to pay for something when they’ve always been able to get it for free in the past. Personally (and professionally) I am a supporter of both models. I really really enjoy music subscription but I still purchase CDs (gasp!) and MP3s. I do not own an iPod, rather “other” portable devices, so I’ve had no trouble taking my subscription with me, and it’s quite a treat to be able to do so.
Regardless- interesting perspective.
Lacy

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