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On 20 October 2014 16:55, Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 126 lines just follow him on facebook. you'll soon get to realise what he thinks of
> 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:
>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
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>> > http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin
>> >
>> > noise I like:
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>> >
>> > sites I run:
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> Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
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> noise I make:
> http://www.soundcloud.com/pushkin
> http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin
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> noise I like:
> http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly
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> sites I run:
> http://www.ctran.co.uk
> http://o-fu-online.net
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