Comments on: Sony Copy Protection, Switchfoot http://turnipville.com/index.php/2005/10/22/sony-copy-protection-switchfoot/ "publishing inscrutable website taglines, unfounded opinions and ramblings since 2001" Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: josh http://turnipville.com/index.php/2005/10/22/sony-copy-protection-switchfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-171 josh Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:43:31 +0000 http://turnipville.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-171 For the record, 100% against piracy here too... ...again the music industry continues to: (1) be incompetent at the marketing of music; (2) blame the customers for these failures; (3) seek to correct their woes by punishing the customers. It is as if McDonald's had a bad quarter, and warned its customers, "Things had better pick up this quarter-- or we'll stop selling you breakfast!" Only the music industry perceives product utility (I can put the new Son Volt on my iPod!) as a design flaw. For the record, 100% against piracy here too…

…again the music industry continues to: (1) be incompetent at the marketing of music; (2) blame the customers for these failures; (3) seek to correct their woes by punishing the customers. It is as if McDonald’s had a bad quarter, and warned its customers, “Things had better pick up this quarter– or we’ll stop selling you breakfast!”

Only the music industry perceives product utility (I can put the new Son Volt on my iPod!) as a design flaw.

]]> By: andy http://turnipville.com/index.php/2005/10/22/sony-copy-protection-switchfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-164 andy Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:53:19 +0000 http://turnipville.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-164 Thanks for the heads up on this one. Thanks for the heads up on this one.

]]> By: RPM http://turnipville.com/index.php/2005/10/22/sony-copy-protection-switchfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-161 RPM Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:17:58 +0000 http://turnipville.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-161 That's unbelievable on Sony's part. Thankfully I haven't encountered any copyright problems with my cds yet. I guess it's only a matter of time. I second your applause of the band, which may be the only reason a glitch was announced at all. That’s unbelievable on Sony’s part. Thankfully I haven’t encountered any copyright problems with my cds yet. I guess it’s only a matter of time. I second your applause of the band, which may be the only reason a glitch was announced at all.

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