Comments on: Ruling won't slow file swapping, experts say

File-swapping software is so widely distributed, it will be hard to stamp it out or even slow its growth.

[Jerry Dawson]

Agreed

As someone who works in IT and copyright management, is a musician and songwriter, and who also has kids, I think the ruling does not even come close to addressing any of the real issues involved, but then the industry would prefer to attempt to turn the clock back rather than face them.

What will change? Nothing. The record industry will once again make a few poor souls' lives a misery and file sharing will go on unabated.

And I do wish they would get their collective heads around this, because those in the industry, myself included, could be making a lot more money by giving people what they want the way they want it and at a price they're willing to pay instead of insisting on turning potential customers into 'criminals', and complaining that hardware/software companies that do attempt to satify their customers needs, shouldn't.

It's all so bloody silly.

Jerry

Agreed squared

The only thing this ruling has done is drive P2P underground. It will always be out there.

If recording lables had better stars(i.e. REAL musicians) not the latest face or body, maybe they would be able to make money. I mean who wants to pay $21.95 for a CD just for 1 song. That is why P2P is so rampant.

The Greatful Dead allowed you to tape record their concerts, I know I taped about 200 of them. It never hurt their sales.

The industry need to dig their collective heads out of their backsides and learn to give the people what they want.

[Jerry Dawson]

Agreed

As someone who works in IT and copyright management, is a musician and songwriter, and who also has kids, I think the ruling does not even come close to addressing any of the real issues involved, but then the industry would prefer to attempt to turn the clock back rather than face them.

What will change? Nothing. The record industry will once again make a few poor souls' lives a misery and file sharing will go on unabated.

And I do wish they would get their collective heads around this, because those in the industry, myself included, could be making a lot more money by giving people what they want the way they want it and at a price they're willing to pay instead of insisting on turning potential customers into 'criminals', and complaining that hardware/software companies that do attempt to satify their customers needs, shouldn't.

It's all so bloody silly.

Jerry

Agreed squared

The only thing this ruling has done is drive P2P underground. It will always be out there.

If recording lables had better stars(i.e. REAL musicians) not the latest face or body, maybe they would be able to make money. I mean who wants to pay $21.95 for a CD just for 1 song. That is why P2P is so rampant.

The Greatful Dead allowed you to tape record their concerts, I know I taped about 200 of them. It never hurt their sales.

The industry need to dig their collective heads out of their backsides and learn to give the people what they want.