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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:12 am
by Born of Fire
spanaman wrote:Metallica are suing some weird band in sweden or something i heard because theyre using the chords d and e "in a way which misleads our fans", i.e they are suing them on the grounds that they have the same chord sequence or something
Red Hot Chili Peppers sued MetallicA (dunno if they won or not) over a song on the Garage Inc CD that "sounded similar" to their own song... the song MetallicA had was Breadfan, and 1. it don't sound anything like the Chilis song they claimed sounded like it and 2. Breadfan wasn't even a MetallicA song, all the songs on that CD are covers, so yeah fuck that... and one of the riffs at the end of a Chilis song is directly ripped off from a Black Sabbath song, Sweet Leaf... heheh, what a coincidence, SWEET LEAF
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:46 pm
by potbunny
token_pyr0 wrote:pothead_jaime wrote:i think file sharing is amazing... i mean not everyone has a burner... make having a burner illegal... thats what artists should complain about... if theres a new band out how do people listen to them? they download one of their songs... if they like it they download more and then if they think the band is good they buy their cd... i download a lot of music.... and i burn the cd... now if i didnt have a burner i would have to buy the cd... which is why i say they are fighting against the wrong thing in the first place... and most artists make enough anyway... and i think file sharing is what brings the other artists from not having money to going double platinum and getting millions of dollars...
HELL NO! So, how am i supposed to transer files, not music, but lets sa..large web server files bigger then a disk, but can fit on a CD? Or, if i want to reburn a copy of a CD i own because i wore it out? or, i deside to make my own mix of songs from CD's i own. But, i do agree with your last statement. =]
I agree that downloading should b totally legal. some of us just don't have the kinda money needed to buy all these cds and most of the time...the artists really don't need it. $20 to them isn't worth nearly as much as it's worth to many of us.
So, if artists really want ppl to buy their cds...they should put special features on them that u can't get anywhere else...so the hardcore fans will still buy em...and the ppl who don't have much money or don't care enough about the features can download em. So many more ppl could enjoy the music(and not just at their comps like they would if burners were taken away) and the artists would still be making that money. Also, with more ppl listening to the music...there's gonna b more ppl wanting to go to the concerts. I think it works. Problem solved.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:53 pm
by token_pyr0
wow..amazing! =]
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:09 pm
by potbunny
indeed
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:24 am
by blazed
i skimmed all of it, but im just putting my input anyways.
ive been downloading mp3s ever since napster was first started before too many knew about it. and to thsi day, i still do. regardless, it does make me buy cds. when i find an artist that i thouroughly enjoy i will gladly buy their cd to support them.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:54 am
by token_pyr0
yes. thats teh way to do it! nothing beats the feel of having the actually CD in your hands.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:15 am
by jonny cockeral
search for "lars ulrich vs. Chuck D" and it should come up with a pro's and con's thing they did. obviously lars ulrich of metallica was the con's and chuck D of puiblic enemy was doing the pro's. if you cant find the video theres a transcript.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:49 am
by Born of Fire
spanaman wrote:Metallica are suing some weird band in sweden or something i heard because theyre using the chords d and e "in a way which misleads our fans", i.e they are suing them on the grounds that they have the same chord sequence or something
that was actually a joke, it was in the paper today, someone had too much spare time on their hands when they made it
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:02 pm
by Luke
haha D and E
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:11 pm
by Weedguru Anex
I don't think what they are doing is TOTALLY unjustified, at the end of the day people are stealing from them but I do think the RIAA just shutting down servers left right and centre is so short sighted. There has never been such a wide selection of music available so its hard to hear about alot of it, the internet and file sharing really helps the smaller labels/artists to get publicity but then I spose the RIAA doesn't really care about them and if it were up to them we'd all be listening to pop music to save them the job of signing anyone else.
Personally I don't care what they do, I don't use MP3's simply because they sound bloody awful so I don't want to listen to them, I only buy music.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:24 pm
by token_pyr0
.mp3's are some of the best quality music files u can get, 128 bit is the best and it all depends on how is copyed from the CD, some are better then CD quailty, its just, u need ta find em. =[
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:26 am
by Bleeding Impulse
can't you hear them now, "forget that lead on sadaam, we got a 15 year old in the middle of nowhere downloading mp3's, this could be serious.[/i]
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:50 am
by Weedguru Anex
token_pyr0 wrote:.mp3's are some of the best quality music files u can get, 128 bit is the best and it all depends on how is copyed from the CD, some are better then CD quailty, its just, u need ta find em. =[
lol none of them are better than CD quality. 128 is about half cd quality and even at 312 they still use perceptual encoding and therefore sound awful. Plus you can never get a true hifi sound from a PC.
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 4:13 pm
by Dr. Greenthumb
it cost em like 1$ to make a Cd n they sell it for 20$ maybe if they werent such money hungry assholes they could lower the prices n not have this problem
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 9:55 am
by Born of Fire
token_pyr0 wrote:.mp3's are some of the best quality music files u can get, 128 bit is the best and it all depends on how is copyed from the CD, some are better then CD quailty, its just, u need ta find em. =[
256 bit ripping sounds basically the same as the cd, and my cousin has a sound system that can be heard all through the house on 1/4 volume and you'd swear the band was in the next room playing, it's not just the file quality but the system you put it through