The graph 'They' don't want you to see


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( Joe Scaramanga - One DAY Left To Reclaiming his face, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:29, archived)

It's so true...
:D

( Fresh Water Mole - loves his baby boy more and more each day, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:30, archived)

Well it's not really true is it?
There's plenty of good movies (eg. Pan's Labyrinth) and music (eg. In Rainbows) that have emerged in recent years.

Downloads rise with faster net connections, greater storage capacities and more savvy users.
( Jamie_W thinks you're a liar (play it fucking loud), Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:37, archived)

Yes, those were great. And nobody downloaded them illegally. Did they?

( Fresh Water Mole - loves his baby boy more and more each day, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:44, archived)

Oddly enough
although you could quite legally go on the In Rainbows website and download it for 0p, I spotted it on Demonoid as a bittorrent for some reason.
( Afinkawan, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:48, archived)

Pffft.

( Afinkawan, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:30, archived)

Haha! Yes!

( Mstandot, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:31, archived)

but which causes which?


I need to know - do I download music illegally because it's rubbish and not worth paying for, or is music rubbish and not worth paying for because I'm only going to download it illegally anyway?

ARG
( Prof UnderCover belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:31, archived)

the internet is to blame for everything

( Mighty Nibus who dares gins, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:32, archived)

The internet can't be blamed for that
home taping had already killed music.
( Afinkawan, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:33, archived)

I forgot
that home taping killed music twenty five years ago

how have we coped?
( Joe Scaramanga - One DAY Left To Reclaiming his face, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:39, archived)

even things which happened before the internet
... or is the internet also a time machine from the future?
( Prof UnderCover belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:33, archived)

Futurama proves that Al Gore
did invent it!
( Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:39, archived)

brilliant
but a coincidence i think. Those fuckers still make a fortune even thought the music and films have gone to hell.
( op op op op op largely very dangerouse, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:35, archived)

in practice I agree -
those poor underpaid multimillionaire musicians and record execs... feckem!

but local music, download the rest.

... there is another factor, and that's this: because (some) people are downloading rather than buying, and all current music is arse, those Godly bands of the past who expected to have their back catalogue keep them in drink and drugs well into their 90s are having to reform and tour again.
( Prof UnderCover belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:36, archived)

hahahaha!
Did you hear that Ian Astbury of the Cult spilled the beans that Led Zep were indeed doing a world tour, even though they maintained it was only a one off...?
( Joe Scaramanga - One DAY Left To Reclaiming his face, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:40, archived)

yeah - I'm conflicted
Zed Lep are among my favorite crusty old rock bands and I'm often told off by the missus for 'getting the Led out' ... I'm not sure I want to see them touring.
( Prof UnderCover belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:44, archived)

get your lad out instead

( Mighty Nibus who dares gins, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:45, archived)

YAY
*strums*
( Prof UnderCover belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:49, archived)

I legally downloaded a copy of 'Bugged At My Ol' Man' the other day
/doing my bit to keep the Beach Boys in carnauba wax blog
( Afinkawan, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:42, archived)

Thats not what they tell us
"Piracy costs the industry a billion dollars a year"

NO... spending £200 million on transformers surely contributed to that.

Paying Robbie Williams £83 million contributed to that...
( Joe Scaramanga - One DAY Left To Reclaiming his face, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:37, archived)

exactly.
well put!
( op op op op op largely very dangerouse, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:40, archived)

The great thing about the Intarwebs
is that it is putting media into the hands of The Peeps.

The downside of this, of course, is there's an huge amount more of shit to wade through.

My arts, for example.
( A Vagabond , proving all the poets wrong, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:37, archived)

hippy...

( Joe Scaramanga - One DAY Left To Reclaiming his face, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:44, archived)