In Reply to: I'm not sure exactly what you're saying we're in disagreement about posted by David Smith on September 4, 2014 at 18:24:31:
Your statement "[T]he core of the problem is that people think they shouldn't have to pay for music" just isn't so. People pay plenty for their music, and I'm not talking about Spotify. They pay Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Apple and Microsoft, among others. Those companies have taken away the inept recording industry's business and are making billions by selling music without compensating musicians at all.
I saw an iPhone TV commercial not long ago that made no mention of telephone service, texting or web browsing. The sole subject of the commercial was music, and the message was music = iPhone.
iPhone users pay stiff monthly fees, and they don't want to pay additional usage fees, they want unlimited service, or as near to it as possible. They want unlimited calling, unlimited texting, and unlimited data. It shouldn't surprise you that they expect unlimited music too.
These companies are playing you for a sucker, convincing you to blame their customers, who are shoveling tons of money at them for your music.
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Follow Ups
- Here is where we disagree: - rbolaw 05:09:24 09/05/14 (13)
- Yes, I don't follow you there. - David Smith 06:27:23 09/05/14 (12)
- The answer to your question is: Access. - rbolaw 07:19:00 09/05/14 (11)
- RE: "Access.... That's what people are willing to pay for these days. Not usage."... - Ivan303 08:33:14 09/05/14 (9)
- RE: "Access.... That's what people are willing to pay for these days. Not usage."... - rbolaw 09:48:44 09/05/14 (8)
- We've all go skin in the game.... - Ivan303 10:06:49 09/05/14 (7)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - David Smith 12:47:42 09/05/14 (6)
- What 'rbolaw' below said... - Ivan303 16:43:14 09/05/14 (1)
- RE: What 'rbolaw' below said... - David Smith 17:34:08 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - rbolaw 15:23:48 09/05/14 (3)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - David Smith 17:04:06 09/05/14 (2)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - rbolaw 18:27:39 09/05/14 (1)
- Actually what we're discussing here are two different things. - David Smith 18:42:46 09/05/14 (0)
- It's fair to say we are in disagreement. That's OK. nt - David Smith 07:31:38 09/05/14 (0)