Wow, that's a really interesting perspective.

Class act, that Neil Young.

Neil Young is and ways will be the man.

Originally Posted by ParkwayTom

Wow, that's a really interesting perspective.

Agreed. Hope people see this and take it to heart.

Originally Posted by cwhit412

Agreed. Hope people see this and take it to heart.

I still don't agree with piracy (its stealing), but I think that if different websites, including itunes, took this kind of approach then it might lessen the amount of illegal downloads. Free streaming could totally be the new radio. Saying that piracy can be is taking it a little far because its not like the radio was costing artists money back in Neil's heyday.

i love spotify for this very reason. free streaming of nearly everything i want to hear. i never listen to traditional radio anymore, unless it's diane rehm on NPR. i love her.

The Piracy and the Damage Done

Neil Young gets it.

Originally Posted by ParkwayTom

I still don't agree with piracy (its stealing), but I think that if different websites, including itunes, took this kind of approach then it might lessen the amount of illegal downloads. Free streaming could totally be the new radio. Saying that piracy can be is taking it a little far because its not like the radio was costing artists money back in Neil's heyday.

Free streaming SHOULD be the new radio. I don't get why (more) people aren't using Spotify and the like instead of pirating . The $10 a month one has completely eliminated the need for me to pirate anything.

This is brilliant. Do artist's get any amount of money for spotify or pandora plays? I agree that free streaming is radio 2.0

Originally Posted by sjb2k1

i love spotify for this very reason. free streaming of nearly everything i want to hear. i never listen to traditional radio anymore, unless it's diane rehm on NPR. i love her.

This.

Not brilliant. He misses the point. Downloading is about on-demand access to what you want and the side effect is mass distribution of CD quality audio with almost no effort. Radio does not provide you with what you want on-demand. Distribution is en masse but audio quality is poor.

I'm on the same side as Young but this side won't win with intellectually lazy arguments.

Streaming and piracy are completely different things. Piracy is just the current version of taking something from a store.

Originally Posted by Dat4

Streaming and piracy are completely different things. Piracy is just the current version of taking something from a store.