tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post5738554648713354981..comments2023-10-29T04:03:59.255-07:00Comments on Leftwing Criminologist: Knock-Off NigelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-35900759795521587482008-08-09T11:26:00.000-07:002008-08-09T11:26:00.000-07:00Yep, but our Lil isn't really my best argument. Di...Yep, but our Lil isn't really my best argument. Didn't Coldplay release their last album free for a limited period on their website? Did them no harm.<BR/><BR/>*** <BR/><BR/>One of my main obsessions is this issue of the information poor. My stepchildren live in Malaysia. They learned all their computer skills on pirate software - they and their generation are completely computer literate now because they (and their parents) ripped off Microsoft. At the exchange rates, and the relative costs of living, there is no way that the majority could have afforded legitimate software. And Malaysia is rich in comparison with, say, sub-Saharan Africa.A Wenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383811946266882823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-40345419571633383452008-08-09T10:03:00.000-07:002008-08-09T10:03:00.000-07:00@ a wenchthat's really interesting stuff and it ki...@ a wench<BR/><BR/>that's really interesting stuff and it kinda confirms what i was thinking about music downloads harming the company rather than the artist themselves. Indeed recently there have been a few bands that have got famous over the web too, hasn't there?Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-90868264496149348702008-08-09T04:22:00.000-07:002008-08-09T04:22:00.000-07:00Sorry not to have swung by sooner LWC. Here is som...Sorry not to have swung by sooner LWC. <BR/><BR/>Here is something I wrote a few months back on the subject:<BR/><BR/>'One of the main rationalisations for criminalising copyright infringement is because it is believed to cause large financial losses that materially harm artists, authors and other creative people. The opposite may well be true. In a survey of 600 British music fans, it was shown that P2P filesharers spent an average of £5.52 per month on legal downloads, while those who were not engaged in illegal filesharing spent only £1.27, or four and a half times less.In other words, the people being branded criminals may be the music industry’s best customers. Oberholzer and Strumpf, in their research into the optimum level of protection for intellectual goods, also found that ‘file sharing has no statistically significant effect on purchases of the average album in our sample’; they cited several other more plausible explanations for a decline in record sales, including the growth in popularity of video games and a possible ‘consumer backlash against record industry tactics’. <BR/>Even if losses can be attributed to illegal filesharing, there is a large question mark over the actual loss to the author or artist, rather than to the megalithic corporation. The most alarming aspect of new technology for the music industry might, in fact, be the escape route it offers artists who no longer need to rely upon restrictive recording contracts for access to the public. Yar goes even further, observing that: ‘most performers make their living from concert performance, and this is best supported and promoted by having their music circulated as widely as possible, including via copying'. Jewkes offers two visions of the future: a pessimistic prediction where the high cost of access to electronic goods creates a two-tier society of information rich and information poor; and a more optimistic version, where the inventiveness of the P2P community enables a creative bypass and marginalisation of big business.'<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear about any of those creative bypasses. I'm particularly liking watch-movies.not which allows you to stream movies without downloading them onto your hard-drive.A Wenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383811946266882823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-79108108275598398182008-07-30T11:43:00.000-07:002008-07-30T11:43:00.000-07:00As an aside, I'd feel pretty upset if I was called...As an aside, I'd feel pretty upset if I was called Nigel.<BR/><BR/>@ landsker<BR/><BR/>I came across a video on youtube that was a spoof of the anti-copy theft advert you get on dvd (the one with you wouldn't steal a car etc.) where they basically said that if they're watching the advert they are obviously not the people the advert is aimed at and if anything it would make them buy a pirate version so they didn't have to watch the advert.Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-35615361116359046732008-07-30T03:43:00.000-07:002008-07-30T03:43:00.000-07:00One has to wonder, as a completely natural reactio...One has to wonder, as a completely natural reaction , how many people will actually be driven to increase their filesharing and copying.<BR/> The film industry is running out of steam, £10 for a DVD? Or an afternoon walking the countryside, followed by a meal with friends...<BR/> Or for just £14, one can get a month on the internet, with unlimited access to films, music and news..landskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468667004994686779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-32879815362645656562008-07-28T06:59:00.000-07:002008-07-28T06:59:00.000-07:00These adverts are laughable! The nearest thing to ...These adverts are laughable! The nearest thing to an impact they could possibly have is offending the majority of the population who have watched films for free online. Who the hell spends £10+ on a film they've not seen?Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275560997065901132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-867275770643401272008-07-28T04:42:00.000-07:002008-07-28T04:42:00.000-07:00As it happens I saw this ad for the first time las...As it happens I saw this ad for the first time last night - absolutely hilarious.<BR/><BR/>The idea this would have any impact on illegal downloading is just ludicrous - I mean - I think people tend to feel things are morally wrong when they hurt other people, and this add just says "tut, tut, are you meant to do it like that" <BR/><BR/>Tossers. Piracy is not just a victimless crime it's the repatriation of human creativity from the all consuming maw of capitalism.<BR/><BR/>On a related theme I used have friends that would only steal gifts for their friends on birthdays and what not. After all what says that you care about someone more than the fact you're willing to risk your liberty just to make them happy.<BR/><BR/>They would have been horrified to recieve a bought gift when it so easily could have been pinched.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.com