It's because movie/TV conglomerates are restricting what they can offer. For the first few years of Netflix, the disc service was unrestricted. I think in 2008 or 2009, they started restricting new releases to a month after release. With Netflix digital, the restrictions are even greater.
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Do you still pay for music?
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It's because movie/TV conglomerates are restricting what they can offer. For the first few years of Netflix, the disc service was unrestricted. I think in 2008 or 2009, they started restricting new releases to a month after release. With Netflix digital, the restrictions are even greater.
If you went into Netflix, at least streaming, with the intention or expectation of getting brand-new releases as soon as they came out on DVD for streaming, you went into it completely wrong. Do you really think, for the 8 bucks you spend a month for unlimited streaming, that the monies divvied up would satisfy the Hollywood machine looking to recoup their investment? They still release physical DVD/ BluRay, and would be damned to let a minimum dollar streaming service cut into their physical format sales.
I mean, back when HBO first came on the scene (back when they were the ONLY premium service paid extra for) they didn't have new releases the same time as video releases either. It sometimes took YEARS for them to get something to air after video release.
It's practically the same thing here, only now you have Amazon Instant and VUDU and the like where you pay slightly north of RedBox prices for new release titles. What I'm saying is you have low-cost options for what you're looking for, where you're unjustly looking to get something for next to free.
That all said, I don't get the knock on Netflix...they never claimed to be anything more than exactly what they are, and I NEVER am at a loss for something great to watch on it. You're not digging hard enough, or you are simply too hard to please.
I buy CDs when I can, and I prefer having the lyrics provided. I'm not a fan of other extras, especially if it drives up the price of the CD. There was a pop/punk that I liked in middle school who did something totally different in each album: funny poster, board game, 3D glasses ect. It was a fun bonus to buying the CD (for my age group at the time) I wondered what they put in the latest album, but it wasn't enough for me to go out and buy it.
I thought that you couldn't download music from YouTube.
I've bought vinyl, but now I don't have room for it and gave it all to,a friend who does.
I've bought CDs, but have put them all on my iPod.
I've bought tunes from iTunes.
Don't have anything on my iPod, iPad, iPhone that wasn't paid for.
There are things that are on YouTube that aren't available anywhere else and I'd like to have them. But I've always been told there is no way to get just the music without the video too.
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Nowadays when you go to buy a DVD player or other devices, they use Netflix as a selling tool...
"Look!!! This one you can get Netflix on it!"
As if Netflix is setting the bar for all others to follow.
A Netflix subscription is not free....whereas many of the other similar sites are.....with largely the same content.
Roku3 has a lot of choices on it beside Netflix.....so yes.....you can scout around all evening finding stuff to watch......although a large part of it will be dated....and I mean dated.
Netflix has material on it that I watched 5,10,15 years ago...
I sort of got sucked in to buying Roku3 and subscribing to Netflix by a relative.
The Roku3 I don't mind at all for what it is.......
Netflix was a waste of time for me,really.....
Do I care if they don't make as much revenue off me as they'd like? No.....
I already pay for top-tier network television as well, which is just basically a wasteland crap-pile of dumb shows and far too many commercials.......controlled by a media conglomerate that has me by the short ones because there is basically no competition for them to worry about.
Nowadays when you go to buy a DVD player or other devices, they use Netflix as a selling tool...
"Look!!! This one you can get Netflix on it!"
As if Netflix is setting the bar for all others to follow.
A Netflix subscription is not free....whereas many of the other similar sites are.....with largely the same content.
Roku3 has a lot of choices on it beside Netflix.....so yes.....you can scout around all evening finding stuff to watch......although a large part of it will be dated....and I mean dated.
Netflix has material on it that I watched 5,10,15 years ago...
I sort of got sucked in to buying Roku3 and subscribing to Netflix by a relative.
The Roku3 I don't mind at all for what it is.......
Netflix was a waste of time for me,really.....
Do I care if they don't make as much revenue off me as they'd like? No.....
I already pay for top-tier network television as well, which is just basically a wasteland crap-pile of dumb shows and far too many commercials.......controlled by a media conglomerate that has me by the short ones because there is basically no competition for them to worry about.
I always thought it would be cool for bands to include tab of the music, as well as a list of the gear used to make it. Fans are always posting questions about how this band/player got this sound, and what the correct tab is for this song, etc.
It might help if they had a lot more shows like "Austin City Limits" on t.v. instead of all these shows like "Idol" and "The Voice"
Austin City Limits has introduced me to a lot of fantastic bands I never heard before and they are playing "live" on that show.
Very good exposure for a lot of bands....and a good program for those watching it.
That would help a lot of bands for "exposure".
Austin City Limits has introduced me to a lot of fantastic bands I never heard before and they are playing "live" on that show.
Very good exposure for a lot of bands....and a good program for those watching it.
That would help a lot of bands for "exposure".
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I buy CD's often for a number of reasons, firstly I usually find a song that was never destined to be a single that is a better song than what is played on the radio. Secondly I like to have something tangible instead of an MP3 file. Something about being able to hold an item in your hand seems to give it more value to me. Lastly I cant stand the quality downgrade of an MP3.
I pay for music for the same reason others have stated. I feel strongly that I owe it to the people who make art, music, etc. that I enjoy, to be paid. I know that in many (most) cases the distributor gets the lion's share of the proceeds. That is a different discussion.
For music that I play in my cover band, I still make a point of buying the recording and most often the sheet music, even though most of the time I don't use it to learn the piece. Again, I do it so that the artist still gets something from me, unless, of course, the artist doesn't own the rights, again, that is a different discussion. I know that club owners are supposed to pay ASCAP fees, but I suspect that collection enforcement is rather spotty.
For music that I play in my cover band, I still make a point of buying the recording and most often the sheet music, even though most of the time I don't use it to learn the piece. Again, I do it so that the artist still gets something from me, unless, of course, the artist doesn't own the rights, again, that is a different discussion. I know that club owners are supposed to pay ASCAP fees, but I suspect that collection enforcement is rather spotty.
It's actually quite easy the quality of the music jsut goes down. I fyou go to google and look up Youtube to MP3 there are multiple sites around the internet that will rip jus thte MP3 for you.
I generally buy all of my music but I have illegally downloaded music. I used to use limewire when I was younger. Currently I'm useing torrents. I've only downloaded Streetlight Manifesto's The Hands that Theive becasue I paid for it but Victory wouldn't send the CD's to Streetlight so I figrued "Why not? I've already paid for it" Then I downloaded De La Soul's discography because i coudln't fidn their albums anywhere and I wanted to listen to more of their stuff.
Most of my friends don't pay and their logic is that it's available for free so why should I pay for it. For Me I feel the need to help my favorite artists so they can make more awesome music.
I buy cds, had two come in the mail today. Nothing in your poll would make me buy more. I have 2,600 CDs on my wall of my music room, I'm not the person that you need to reach.
I've always bought "hard copies", and will for as long as they are still being made or I leave this earth. (Whichever comes first.)
I've always bought "hard copies", and will for as long as they are still being made or I leave this earth. (Whichever comes first.)
To be precise, I used to - the software (realplayer) that did it doesn't work now, I assume Youtube did something to block it. Technically what it did was to download the flash video and then you could extract the audio from it.
I buy CD's when available. I refuse to steal music, I will pay for anything I download. The music is a musicians way of making a living, I will support them all I can. I mean I do enjoy their music so pay em so they can continue to make more of it.
Absolutely. There's still something magical about the tangibility of a CD with its liner notes for me. Sitting in a dark room by the glow of a good audio system and listening to an album in its entirety. I also dig live concert DVDs, although the person in charge of mixing and mastering Rush's Clockwork Angels should be shot.
There's always existed this tension between music as art or artifice and the epic battle between those who see it as a mere commodity and those for whom music is something sacred and profoundly touching. Unfortunately, the vast majority of gen y and millennials I run into use music as a way to isolate themselves from the dreary necessities of living life. It's background noise or a lifestyle accessory. They hear the music, but have no appreciation for actually listening to it.
There's always existed this tension between music as art or artifice and the epic battle between those who see it as a mere commodity and those for whom music is something sacred and profoundly touching. Unfortunately, the vast majority of gen y and millennials I run into use music as a way to isolate themselves from the dreary necessities of living life. It's background noise or a lifestyle accessory. They hear the music, but have no appreciation for actually listening to it.
