Ashoat Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Point is, socialism sucks at keeping a straight economy. The government just can't keep tab at everything, at the same time. And the incentive is a big deal. Many people have more than one option - for instance, someone might have the ability to become a lawyer, but would prefer to be a computer programmer. They might choose to be a lawyer for the pay, but if they were in a socialist state, there would be no point. Capitilism is essential for a good economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerLoss Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 For every person who would prefer to be a programmer, there is a person who would prefer to be a lawyer. There wouldnt not be lawyers just because they got paid the same. The only reasons communist states with bad economies have bad economies are that either they dont have squat for patriotism (ex: the USA would be a crappy communist country), or they had a dictator who runs it as a monarchy and doesnt give anyone anything, but equally doesnt give anyone anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman3750 Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 offtopic, but why do you have an image about boycotting the record industry in your sig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerLoss Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 because I'm boycotting the record industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 The RIAA is pretty evil... and so is the MPAA... all associations ending with two As are evil. Mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 AA is evil =P They need to update GTalk, right now, it's kinda boring =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman3750 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 You mean the two organizations trying to stop people from stealing music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerLoss Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 The two organizations who should be more worried about the fact that most people who steal music wouldnt have bought the album to begin with. Either they dont have the cash, or are only interested in a single song. Regardless, I'm not paying 20+ dollars on a cd that costs them 10 cents to make. And as for the artists intelectual property, how about this. Charge 5 bucks a cd. Give 2 bucks to your record company, and keep three. If your music is any good, you should be able to sell a million copies. 3 mil is PLENTY of money for a group to live 2 or 3 years on, during which they should be working on yet another album. 2 mil should be plenty for the dickhead's at the record company to appropriatly advertise, although if your music is any good, they should be able to pocket the cash and let the music sell itself. Theres my view on the RIAA and MPAA who should mind their own [bleeped!] buisness and go form a useful association, like the AAAA, the Anti-[bleeped!] Association of America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Yeh, I agree. If the RIAA wants to stop pirating, at least make the prices reasonable. Those guys are bursting with money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman3750 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 OK, I agree with you there. But if you wern't going to buy the CD anyway, then why pirate it and cheat the record company and recorders out of money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan92 Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I would actually prefer google talk, because it's simple, easy, and super straight-foward! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majazac Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 i agree that the cd prices are abusive. Here in Brazil an internacional cd costs about 40 or 50 depending on the artists. Talking to lots of people i came to the conclusion that if a cd costed 15 to 20 at the most half of the piracy would be off. cuz many people prefer to buy the original cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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