by zutgorak | Aug 5, 2009 |
Here we go. You, yes you there, who said those who told stories of how
anti piracy firms would go haywire and throw threats to left and right
were all doomsday profets. Have you eaten your crow for today?
If not, get your salt and pepper ready because here comes some more
for you to put on your plate, together with your integrity, hopes and freedom.
The swedish Anti Piracy Bureu(sic?) has sued the site swetorrents.org
and that in itself, might not be such a strange thing. Now, heres the deal.
The site is a CLOSED torrent site. Means that you have to have an invitation
to get inside. The owner of swetorrents.org received the standard “Hey you, shut down
or we will sue you so hard that your great grandkids will have debts” letter
stating that he/she should cease and desist due to the fact that he/she
is sharing copywrighted material. Ok, said the owner, sure, but what
copyrighted material are we talking about here. Wich files?
To that, the APB responded: “It is an obligation of the one who handles the service
to make sure that this service is not participating in copywright infringement. We
have no intention of submitting a list of the files in question as that is not our
responsability.”
This is however an excerpt, but all in all, heres the meaning of it all.
We think you are filesharing, and since we do, we now threaten you with
very high fines and possible and most likely jail time so that you close down
your site. You wont know wich files we are talking about, because we dont have
to tell you that. So, come out and face the firing squad with your hands up
so we can get this over with.
Does anyone else but me see this as a little strange?
Now the swedish phonecompany and ISP, Telia is battling to not have to leave
the holder of the IPnumber and I REALLY hope that they succeed.
Swedens politicians have forever lost my confidence. They handed away
police business to profit hungry organisations that seem to have null and void
respect for how to handle errands, and who thinks that since they have
money on their side, they can do whatever they want.
Is this how we want it to be? That people have to constantly feel monitored
and watched whereever we go, even if it’s within the walls of what is supposed
to be your private home? We aren’t really there yet, but with the way things are
going, it wont be far now. People in black S.W.A.T. TEAM outfits will kick your
door down and you will see the APB logo on their backs, they will raid your
computer desk, and if there is a single home burned CD there, they will take
it, call it evidence and rummage through it in the safety of their new billion
dollar HQ.
Never mind that the CD is your vacation photos, and of course, if you and
your spouse had a little quality adult time together with a camera, they will
sue you for damaging A: The porn industry, since it needs people to consume
porn to survive, and B: the manufacturer of the CD-rom since they get a really
really damaged reputation by having that kind of material shown on their
product.
Geez Louise!
by zutgorak | Jun 10, 2009 |
Filesharing is a hot potatoe these days, and while I am 
Pro in some situations, I can take a different standpoint in
others. For instance, I am for filesharing software for personal,
non-profit purposes. I think I covered that in another
post somewhere, but, for creation thousands of copies
of something and SELL it? No. THAT is theft, because
then you have stolen a sale that the recorded artist
would have made.
However, you cant calculate your losses using the
formula “X*Y=Z” where X is the amount of downloads, Y is the price
and Z is the grand total of the two. Because frankly, many of the
downloads that are being made would never ever have turned into
sales in the first place.
Now, some will argue that since they have downloaded it,
they would have purchased it. I beg to disagree, let me explain
why.
If I download the song, it is most likely because I have heard it somewhere
and I want to hear it again, So, I download it. Why didn’t I buy it? Well,
I cant buy just 1 song in the store, can I? And most likely, the song that
I want, is probably only found on some obscure Various Artists album
wich contains 12 or more songs extra, that I have no interrest in what
so ever. On top of that, I have to pay for all those extra songs, even
though they might make me sick and cause me to jump off my balcony.
Today, people are more selective, because people KNOW that there are
alternatives to what is being offered in neatly printed plastic discs,
and to be honest, the Internet is a large part of that awareness, but
would that awareness be there without the record companies themselves?
The record companies are pushing out a never ending stream of one hit
wonders and the pace really is very fast, there are too much coming
out that are pure crap to be honest, and of course, most of the media
is jumping on the hype train and we, as regular consumers doesn’t really
have any chance to keep up, for a multitude of reasons, one being the
financial aspect of it, and another being that we simply dont have the
time to go to a record store every time theres a new fad. There are
a few artist that I gladly BUY. You heard me. Buy. And well, here goes
but, keep in mind that my tastes in music is so much more.
In my CD rack right now, there is a couple of Ozzy discs, 2 Dio albums,
4 Alice Cooper albums and a few AC/DC records. Why? Well, frankly
I know that even though I may not like ALL the songs on the albums
there are definetly more then 3 that I will like, so, it is worth the
effort to go to the store, and even though I hate the price, I feel
those artists deserve my money.
Why do people keep up the illegal filesharing, Well let me list a few reasons
and I wont restrict myself to music and movies, but also software and games.
The first and foremost, is the human curiousity. We, as human beings are
interrested in new things. Always. We don’t always know what this new
thing does, but we still want to take a little peek and see if it can be of any
use for us. I know there are shareware and trialware for pretty much
everything that is out there, well, usually they have a lot of features that
are locked, and hence can’t be viewed until we see the whole package.
Second, the price tags. Lets face it. Open source alternatives are good,
but usually they just mimic other, commercial software. Case in point:
Microsoft Office > Open Office.org and Star Office. Adobe Photoshop >
The GIMP. The list can grow endlessly. Now, The GIMP is free to download
and you can do ALMOST the same things as in photoshop. Theres that
word again… ALMOST. Seeing as almost is a word that we dont like, well…
Anyhow, Adobe Photoshop, for those that dont know, is pretty expensive
even in its standalone, the Creative Suite, is a lot more expensive. The stand-alone
costs a whopping 699 dollars. Not something that the regular people can
spend to edit their photos, create graphics for their own personal webpage
and whatnot. The Creative Suite makes you spend 1,399 dollars, and that
is for the standard edition. Now, before you do any conclusions, I want
you to know that the reason for using Adobe Photoshop is becuase
everyone knows what it is, so everyone has some sort of basis to see what
I am gaining at. When it comes to the music and movies, well, here’s an
interresting comparison. A CD, with music, takes X amount of music
to produce. You need the studio, the logistics, promotion etc etc etc,
and that is not free. So, the CD will land at around 200 SEK, but a
movie, with its special effects is a lot more expensive to create, you
need more equipment, more people involved etc. So the price will
land at around 200 SEK ….. wait a minute? Somewhere theres
something not right. I am guessing either the movie industry is
charging waaaaay too little, but I doubt that, or the movie industry
are charging waaaaay too much, wich in my world is a lot more plausible.
Also, since logicistics and distribution costs, why isnt digital downloads
that much cheaper? They have the same pricetag as the physical discs.
Just a thought.
Third reason, is informationflow. The internet is filled with information and
we suck it up like dry sand sucks up liquids, all well and good, but also that
wealth of information feeds our curiousity to new levels. What is this thing
that everyone is talking about, who is that artist that people say is up and
coming? Well, we can A: Go to a store, or an online store, pay money to
see if we actually LIKE that artist and realise either 1: Yep, 200 SEK well spent
or 2: Nope, someone is overhyping this and I just wasted 200 SEK.
Those 200 SEK really is a lot of money just to satisfy our need to follow
up on information, feed the curiousity and keep up with what the rest
of the world thinks, and make our own opinion.
The fourth reason is Time.
Stress, preassure, deadlines. We know those words and well, if you dont
then its good on you, but the rest of us surely do. Let’s say person X just got
home from work. He sit’s himself down in front of the TV and flips the channels
around and voila, MTV, VH1 or whatever other music channel you desire
plays a song that he actually starts to listen to. He likes the song and wants
to do some research. So, Wikipedia it is. Turns out this artist has released
X number of albums, and this man never even knew the artist existed
(how’s that for promotion costs) So, this man who has worked all day
and wants to relax with some music has a few options. A: Go down
to a record store and risk buying albums that really isnt good.
B: go online, purchase the songs for the exact same amount, but now
digital, now branded with DRM, or C:
Find them on any torrent site available, wich means he only has to
wait a few minutes til can listen to an entire album (that is, if the
artist is popular enough to have people sharing it.)
So, downloading for the internet is pretty much effortless and free.
We know that. Free is good. But when it comes to music, there is
actually an alternative to purchasing it, if you want it NOW, instead
of lets say, the weekend. Spotify is more then just a buzzword.
It has saved my musical life to be honest, but here, the recording
industry is biting their own tail a little.
Metallica. Good Musicians, BAD tacticians, or pherhaps their label
needs to think a little further then their nose, but you can hardly
find any of their songs on spotify.
Now, spotify is a pay OR an ad service. Wich means that the artist
WILL get paid, yet record companies dont want to share their
catalogues and actually REMOVES things from there based on
wich country it is. Hows that for smart business?
In the end, theres a chasm really. A deep, wide chasm filled with financial
calculations and on one side, we find the companies, on the other, we find
the people who fileshare, and the funny thing is, that most of the times
when the people on the other side of the companies tries to build a bridge
over to the companies, the corporations either throws the bridge down,
or, places so many tollbooths on the bridge that for a regular user there
just isn’t any good way of navigating, wich means the bridge collapses on
itself.
Anyhoo, I would really like input on this, because I find this fascinating
not only from my own standpoint, but from every angle.
by zutgorak | May 29, 2009 |
A few weeks ago, maybe even months, there was a summons sent
into a court 
to find out who was using an IP adress at a certain time,
all according to the IPRED law that has hit the nation of Sweden.
All in all, this was not too bad and seemed OK.
According to the the Anti Piracy Bureau in Sweden, the server was
packed with pretty much every swedish audiobook ever realese, and
this was shared to the public, and so they acted on behalf of their
employers. Now, this is all well and good, but now, some new lights
has come into the light. You see, if I set up a server, that is totally
free to use, so that anyone could log into it without any password
verification, and then fill it with whatever copyrighted material I
can find, the APB can, and probably will go over the server and then
drag me into the court. However, If the server has any form of password
protection, a new problem rears itself and stares you in the face. Let me explain:
If the server was password protected, it was not made public to the
general populace. Hence, the subpoena is faulty in its initial phrasing.
Ok, so, you can rephrase that.
If the server was password protected, you need the permission from
the server owner to log on. In other words he, or someone he appointed,
have given you your own personal login details.
If the Anti Piracy Bureau did not have their own password and user,
they either A: used an informer who had a password who then sent
logs, screenshots and files downloaded to the Anti Piracy Bureau.
I want you to know that ANYONE who has the slightest interrest
in computers can write a log that makes it look like someone downloaded
whatever file from whereever, be it a log, or a screenshot.
Let me demonstrate.
Look at this image:
Now, before someone decides to find that torrent tracker, let me tell you this: A short lookup
will tell you that there is none there. What in reality is there is http://www.aftonbladet.se
You want more “proof” ? Ok, how about a real FTP log, this log is what I actually did:
Status: Ansluter till 192.168.1.103:21…
Status: Anslutningen etablerad, väntar på välkomstmeddelande…
Svar: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.1.103]
Kommando: USER zutgorak
Svar: 331 Password required for zutgorak
Kommando: PASS ******
Svar: 230 User zutgorak logged in
Kommando: SYST
Svar: 215 UNIX Type: L8
Kommando: FEAT
Svar: 211-Features:
Svar: MDTM
Svar: REST STREAM
Svar: SIZE
Svar: 211 End
Status: Ansluten
Status: Hämtar kataloglistning…
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak” is the current directory
Kommando: TYPE I
Svar: 200 Type set to I
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,44
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: LIST
Svar: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Kataloglistningen lyckades
Status: Hämtar kataloglistning…
Kommando: CWD haven
Svar: 250 CWD command successful
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak/haven” is the current directory
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,47
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: LIST
Svar: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Beräknar serverns tidzonsskillnad…
Kommando: MDTM blogs.html
Svar: 213 20090515222120
Status: Tidszonsskillnader: Servern: 0 sekunder. Lokalt: 7200 sekunder. Skillnad: 7200 sekunder.
Status: Kataloglistningen lyckades
Status: Ansluter till 192.168.1.103:21…
Status: Anslutningen etablerad, väntar på välkomstmeddelande…
Svar: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.1.103]
Kommando: USER zutgorak
Svar: 331 Password required for zutgorak
Kommando: PASS ******
Svar: 230 User zutgorak logged in
Status: Ansluten
Status: Påbörjar hämtning av /home/zutgorak/haven/blogs.html
Kommando: CWD /home/zutgorak/haven
Svar: 250 CWD command successful
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak/haven” is the current directory
Kommando: TYPE I
Svar: 200 Type set to I
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,52
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: RETR blogs.html
Svar: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for blogs.html (6350 bytes)
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Filöverföringen lyckades
Now, this is in swedish, but still, its easy to understand if you read FTP logs on a fairly regular basis.
Lets change this a little. Note that I use the same “movie” again in this log just to keep it consistent:
Status: Ansluter till 192.168.1.103:21…
Status: Anslutningen etablerad, väntar på välkomstmeddelande…
Svar: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.1.103]
Kommando: USER zutgorak
Svar: 331 Password required for zutgorak
Kommando: PASS ******
Svar: 230 User zutgorak logged in
Kommando: SYST
Svar: 215 UNIX Type: L8
Kommando: FEAT
Svar: 211-Features:
Svar: MDTM
Svar: REST STREAM
Svar: SIZE
Svar: 211 End
Status: Ansluten
Status: Hämtar kataloglistning…
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak” is the current directory
Kommando: TYPE I
Svar: 200 Type set to I
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,44
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: LIST
Svar: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Kataloglistningen lyckades
Status: Hämtar kataloglistning…
Kommando: CWD moviez
Svar: 250 CWD command successful
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak/moviez” is the current directory
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,47
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: LIST
Svar: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Beräknar serverns tidzonsskillnad…
Kommando: MDTM moviez
Svar: 213 20090515222120
Status: Tidszonsskillnader: Servern: 0 sekunder. Lokalt: 7200 sekunder. Skillnad: 7200 sekunder.
Status: Kataloglistningen lyckades
Status: Ansluter till 192.168.1.103:21…
Status: Anslutningen etablerad, väntar på välkomstmeddelande…
Svar: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (Debian) [::ffff:192.168.1.103]
Kommando: USER zutgorak
Svar: 331 Password required for zutgorak
Kommando: PASS ******
Svar: 230 User zutgorak logged in
Status: Ansluten
Status: Påbörjar hämtning av /home/zutgorak/moviez/Tropic Thunder [2008 DVD5 Retail].iso
Kommando: CWD /home/zutgorak/moviez
Svar: 250 CWD command successful
Kommando: PWD
Svar: 257 “/home/zutgorak/haven” is the current directory
Kommando: TYPE I
Svar: 200 Type set to I
Kommando: PORT 192,168,1,100,13,52
Svar: 200 PORT command successful
Kommando: RETR Tropic Thunder [2008 DVD5 Retail].iso
Svar: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Tropic Thunder [2008 DVD5 Retail].iso (41237278 kilobytes)
Svar: 226 Transfer complete
Status: Filöverföringen lyckades
Henrik Ponte´n
What can we deduce of this then. Well, we can
deduce that digital evidence is wayto easy to
manipulate, and in my opinion should not be
valid in a court of law.
Back to the track, dont let me wander off now 🙂
What they could have done, and this could be
a possibility if the server owner was sloppy
and careless enough not to set maximum
errouneous tries to log on, but, just brute force
your way in using dictionaries and random keys.
It takes a while, a looong while, but hey, with
mulitple computers trying, you reduce the time
needed.
So, lets sum up a little, either they paid someone to get digital evidence
wich as I have shown you, are very easy to conterfeit, or they broke
into the server. Now, breaking into a server is also breaking the law.
Here is a little kicker. Henrik Ponte´n, the lawyer for
the swedish APB denies any allegations regarding
illegal methods of obtaining evidence, but refuses to
state how the actual gathering of proof has been conducted.
This in itself is really suspicious in my book but hey, I am not
a lawyer, so I am not really sure what to say about this.
Andre´Rickardsson
However, when this case was known to the public,
a complaint was made stating that APB had hacked
their way into the system and the complaint was filed
by Andre´Rickardsson, a former cybercrime
investigator for the swedish security police.
Henril Ponte´n responded that those accusations was
groundless, but of course, refused to make it official on
how the evidence had been gathered.
Now, in an addition to the summons, from the 8th of
may, it is confirmed that the server in question was,
in fact password protected. Lending more credibility
to Rickardssons accusations. The same information
came from another addition from the Internet Service
Provider “Ephone” who had the server owner as a customer.
How far can a company go to gather evidence for their
own cause? Have companies overstepped the law repeatedly in gathering evidence in the matter of filesharing?
Well, I think so, but sofar, this is only speculation on my part and not hard facts.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and by Pete, you should be allowed to voice
them as long as they are not aimed to intentionally hurt anyone.
I will be following this case a little with a large interrest though.
by zutgorak | May 14, 2009 |
It appears that the French government has pulled something out of the blue
that really, really is cause for a second french revolution. At least in my book.
Here is the article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article5128913.ab
Hear me out here BEFORE you decide to bomb the comment block.
Filesharing is a pretty hot topic right now and has for some reason, become
a synonym with software and art piracy. Now, I am not really sure but
isn’t pretty much EVERYTHING on the internet filesharing? I mean,
you are reading this blog, that means you are downloading index.php
header.php, footer.php, bgbody.jpg and whatnot. So, what is said that
after 2 warnings, french filesharers will be disconnected from the net.
Now, Sweden is bad. I mean, really bad. We have private little armies
sifting through our fibres for any trace of illegal activity like filesharing
and then we have the government on TOP of that to listen in the cables
for possible occurance of terrorism. Oh, this reminds me, you dont have
to read the next 2 rows. Its just to piss people off.
Jihad, Allah, God, Sarine, VX, Gas, C4, Dynamite, Nitroglycerine, firing pin,
grenade, For the people, Revolution, Assassinate, Holy War, Arms shipment.
Sorry bout that. Just had to alert the authorities. I get such nice server logs
when I do that 😛
Ok, back to the french conundrum. Who will the french have decide what is
illegal filesharing? The french eqvivalent to RIAA? Oh yeaaaaah! that will be
great. 96 year old man who lives on yogurt alone and has been too spastic
to even write his name on a check will get warned twice for sharing the
latest of Insane Clown Posse and Blacknuss Allstars. Come on. Dont you
have better things to waste time on?
I am not gonna bring up the classic “you have bigger crimes to fish for” because
it really isnt doing any good. What I WILL bring up is that its really really REALLY
about time that we threw the companies out of the politics. If they are going
to continue their slaughter on free speech, free will and free thinking, sooner
or later George Orwell’s 1984 will become more of a reality then it already is.
I am saying more of a reality because in effect, Big Brother IS watching us
all already, registering our keystrokes, what websites we read and I wouldnt
be surprised if our sexual preferrences where the case for a lot of laughs
in the secret archives. But if companies that wants to supress technology
and evolution keep buying politics like Sarkozy, Soon we wont be able
to bend over because when we do, someone will shove a microscope
up our rear end to see if we have eaten anything that was not grown
by GrainFarm(tm) because if we did, we are to be summarily executed.
Come on. Get real. Go outside, Sniff some fresh air.
Go lie down on a lawn somewhere for an hour and just watch
the sky. It is beautiful, and for a a little longer at least, copyright free.
by zutgorak | Nov 14, 2008 |
Now, you remember the gripes about letting the government
sniff the net traffic, well, its just getting worse.
I am not sure how much you have heard or know about
IPRED, but in essence, heres what it means:
The directives essential part is to let copyrightholders
(taste the word, copyrightholders, pretentious, isnt it?)
wich by extension means record companies and movie companies
trace and log ip adresses and tie those with a physical
person by demanding information from the internet service
providers. When the information about the person behind
the IP number is found, the companies can use that information
to demand that the person cease and desist his filesharing
OR send out a demand for payment. Lets face it, im pretty
sure that the figures will be something like this:
1x shared random record company product/one hit wonder
multiply that by instances found on a google search
for ANY and ALL words by themselves from the artists name
and the songs title. (hint, do a google search on the word
“and” and take 1 beer for each search hit.. you’ll be on
a one year bender before you die of liver cirrosis)
This is just an example, but just for the sake of argument
i’ll show you some real events and facts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3096340.stm
See the line that says this:
Each copyrighted song carries a maximum penalty of $150,000 (£94,260)
WHAT THE HELL?!?
150,000 dollars? For one song? It better come on a disc thats
made from platina, then gilded using 24 carat gold and THEN
studded with real diamonds from some african mine.
“It is however, quite funny to see some official person that has
a sense of humor. From the same article:
During a Senate judiciary hearing, Senator Dick Durbin questioned
RIAA president Cary Sherman on the tactics being used.
“Are you headed to junior high schools to round up the usual suspects?”
Mr Durbin asked.
Mr Sherman defended the stance, saying the RIAA was trying to
spread the message that file-sharing is illegal.
“Yes, there are going to be some kids caught in this, but you’d be
surprised at how many adults are engaged in this activity,” he said.”
Really? I didn’t know. But since people are being sued left and
right, regardless of them being in possession of a computer or not
and even regardless if they are DEAD OR ALIVE!
(see this link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050204-4587.html )
And while you are at it, read this aswell
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060424-6662.html
Is this the people want to be able to read our internet traffic
and give them the ability to request information about us from
our internet service provider?
Seriously. The record companies can all go to hell in their
little gilded chariot while chanting “cash cash cash” for
all I care.
So, what do I want to say with all this? Well, im merely
making a comment on what I think.
Do I have a solution for all this? Well, not a solution
thats watertight, but let me give you a hint:
WHY should I pay for a piece of plastic when I dont have
a cd player out side of my PC, Why should I consider
buying same said piece of plastic and put it in my PC
when I actually risk infecting it with various types
or rootkit and other spyware?
I could think of a subscription service model.
Lets think for a while, shall we?
Music doesnt have to be of the utmost quality for it to be
good for casual listening, webradio is a good example, and
to be honest, even in some cases thats higher quality then
what it needs to be. Lets say that some large music company,
lets take SonyBMG (rootkit anyone?)
They build a subscription service for wich you pay, lets
say 10-20$ a month, I personally think that 20$ is where
the limit is at, but thats because I dont listen to music
that often. As I said before, I dont have a CD player
and its kinda hard to get download things and play
on a vinyl disc player (maybe i should check if that actually
works before i mention it though) anyhow, im digressing
and rambling, back to the point.
They build this subscription service that contains their
ENTIRE catalog, reason for capitalization is that i dont
want Christina Aguilera and the rest of this gang, I dont
even want to limit myself to older music or metal I want
to see it all there. What happens is that I get access
to the catalog, and I can build a playlist in their player
a player that is tied to the account naturally, And I
can play whatever I have in that playlist, I can add
and remove whatever songs I want in that playlist.
Now.. wheres the need for downloading songs except for
mp3 player use? I can still see some issues there, but
combine the playlist items with a “digital purchase”
lets play with the idea that greed gets toned down.
I have my little playlist that displays the songs I
want, it displays the songs artist, songname, runtime
and a purchase link. This opens a new window that gives
me the option of purchasing this song lets say somewhere
along the lines of 50 to 75 cents. Tag these songs
digitally, not with any DRM, but with a simple digital
label stating where the file originated from, wich
user it originated from and date of purchase. Shouldn’t
be too hard to do would it? Ok, lets expand this a little.
Lets say that someone wanted to have this little piece
of plastic. There shouldnt be too hard to pick together
another playlist and have that sent to some of all the
myriad of cd burner software out there. Cd gets burned
and lightscribe or similar is used to put the subscribers
Name, Adress etc etc on the actual disc or on a potential
cover. This alone would make such a service interresting
to me. Naturally this disc would be a little more expensive
then buying the tunes alone, because you have the material
costs for the discs, the covers (wich needs no artwork
or, let the customers design their own, after all, they
are the only ones that will see the disc) so lets say
another 10 dollars to get a cd.
Ok, I might have to search for a while to find
the songs id like from a single companies stock, but
what if the companies went together into this using
an external organisation like the RIAA to assemble
their collective catalogs? Ok, there will ALWAYS be
those that feel that they would rather have the mp3
for free. There is no getting around that, but also
many of what today is counted as pirates are also stating
give us a viable alternative. Well, heres my 2 cents.
or …. 50 if you please
Could you accept this, or do you have another solution
please feel free to leave it in the comments section.
