and another thing

[deathboy]

OH, PEOPLE JUST STEAL MUSIC, THEY'RE SUCH BASTARDS, WOES!

[as Irish ISPs fold to the will of people with big lawyers... cunts...]

Well, I just went to buy M.I.A.'s "Kala", as it reminds me of my bird, and ooh, lookie...

£4.98 for the CD. £6.99 for the mp3s.

MAYBE IT SHOULD COST LESS TO BUY THE MP3s OF A FUCKING ALBUM THAN TO BUY THE FUCKING PHYSICAL PRODUCT.

A single example, I know, but this happens all the fucking time. So! Yet again, I'll steal the mp3s so I can listen now, and order the CD to support the artist.

Same goes for fucking ebooks, that tend to be 90% of the price of the paper version, despite there being no fucking physical product to sit on your bookshelf.

YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.

fucking morons.

[edit]: In fact, fuck y'all, I'll just listen to it on Spotify.

Comments

[doctor-bob.livejournal.com]

Well, the article says that 'some record companies still insist' rather than 'most standard contracts'. Not to say it doesn't go on, but I've never personally seen that clause on a contract. Maybe it's something more with the majors than indie labels.

[the_axel]

That's not the only place I've read about it, just the first one Google served up.

I gather it's pretty much the norm with American majors, who are a lot more polished at being complete and utter bastards than their British equivalents/subsidiaries/partners in crime.

I'd be shocked if indie labels included it, seeing as none of them existed when records were made out of shellac.

[doctor-bob.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, I hadn't heard about it going on before now. Doesn't make me think any less of them, it just fits into the picture I already have :-/
I can also see them being backwards enough to leave it in there for the sake of it...

Good point on indies not being around at the time, I didn't think of that!