http://barnesdmd.co.uk/2008/02/12/uk-ban-for-illegal-downloaders-but-is-the-media-better-off-with-the-pressure/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:15:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://barnesdmd.co.uk/2008/02/12/uk-ban-for-illegal-downloaders-but-is-the-media-better-off-with-the-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-59 dj_akasha Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:27:51 +0000 http://www.barnesdmd.co.uk/2008/02/12/uk-ban-for-illegal-downloaders-but-is-the-media-better-off-with-the-pressure/#comment-59 Well said! Consumers have been forced for so many years to pay loads of money for stuff that wasn't great quality. I remember buying a CD to find that nine songs out of ten were rubbish. Piracy through the internet has given consumers a way to fight back. Now we can listen or watch something first before we rush out and buy it. I just don't see why companies can't embed advertising into their files and let people download them for free that way the advertising pays for the product and people won't have to resort to downloading it illegally. It sounds like they'll just drive it underground even more and that way it'll get into the hands of the real criminals. Well said! Consumers have been forced for so many years to pay loads of money for stuff that wasn’t great quality. I remember buying a CD to find that nine songs out of ten were rubbish. Piracy through the internet has given consumers a way to fight back. Now we can listen or watch something first before we rush out and buy it. I just don’t see why companies can’t embed advertising into their files and let people download them for free that way the advertising pays for the product and people won’t have to resort to downloading it illegally. It sounds like they’ll just drive it underground even more and that way it’ll get into the hands of the real criminals.

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