just follow him on facebook. you'll soon get to realise what he thinks of
the music industry and the middleman. Don't get me wrong here, piracy is
bad, my point is that waffles/what.cd caused my music purchasing to rise,
not fall. but then that's just me... do you think that sites have cause a
drop in sales? do you think that the people pirating would purchase if
piracy wasn't an option? i think a small percentage would but the others
would just find some other way of getting music for free..
On 20 October 2014 14:39, Esa J. Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 95 lines Can You direct us to an interview with A Guy Called Gerald?
> Can You direct us to an interview with A Guy Called Gerald?
>
> Sent from some iDevice. Written by Esa.
>
> > On 20 Oct 2014, at 15:33, Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > to be fair, spotify and youtube weren't around when i joined OiNK.
> > it's only recently that these services have taken off. I hardly use
> > torrents any more, i've purchased all my needs from the past now and i
> > continue to buy new stuff on bandcamp etc. It was the music industry
> > that failed to respond to the internet, so don't blame OiNKers for
> > creating something to force their hand. Rules are simple, if you
> > download, then purchase from the artist directly. Paying the major
> > companies for anything is even worse. the artist gets virtually none
> > of that. Go speak to A Guy Called Gerald and ask him what he thinks of
> > the music industry :)
> >
> >
> >> On 20/10/2014, Juho Hietala <hietala@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> internet music wankers (tm)
> >>
> >> “but i wouldnt discover things if i didnt copy them at first” is the
> most
> >> 80s argument i know of. hey we have things like youtube and spotify in
> the
> >> 2000s, hope you’ll join us here, connor..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 13 Oct 2014, at 09:13, Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> im bad with ratios and whatnots so i would just go there to find
> comments
> >>> on my own releases.
> >>> that's what i used what.cd for, i think.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 13 October 2014 08:24, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> Still ethically shaky regardless of accepting that it as such.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> it's only a quagmire if you don't want to accept piracy is
> disrespectful.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10/13/2014 3:22 PM, Connor Higgins wrote:
> >>> If it's anything like what.cd <http://what.cd>, just make sure to be
> >>> picky in your selections and seed generously. No need to fill requests
> >>> or upload unless you're going overboard with your "purchases".
> >>>
> >>> If this ends up turning into one of those rehashed discussions on the
> >>> merits and moral qualms associated with pirating music, then here are
> my
> >>> two cents: I wouldn't know 2/3's of the artists I currently support
> >>> monetarily if I hadn't nicked some of their work illegally. Do the ends
> >>> justify the means? How should I know? Let the ethicists in their ivory
> >>> towers navigate that quagmire. I just listen to music.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Sam Loschl <watercat1996@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:watercat1996@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> anybody on waffles? just got an invite, looking for friends or any
> >>> advice you'd have for a novice. first private tracker i've had the
> >>> opportunity to join
> >>>
> >>> sam`
> >>> 808cat
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sham Beam
> >
> >
> > --
> > _____________________________________________
> > Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
> > _____________________________________________
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> > http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin
> >
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> > http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly
> >
> > sites I run:
> > http://www.ctran.co.uk
> > http://o-fu-online.net
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>
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noise I make:
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http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin
noise I like:
http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly
sites I run:
http://www.ctran.co.uk
http://o-fu-online.net
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