I'm sure there are plenty of us here that remember the time before the Internet and time of cassette tapes.
Everybody had copies of other peoples albums and everybody made mix tapes and I'm guessing there are a fair few people that would sit next to the radio on a Sunday evening with their finger hovering over pause ready for the end and start of each track so as to cut out the DJ.
Piracy of music has been around for ages but people still makes millions of pounds in the music game, not everyone is destined to be a star, one problem with the internet is everybody can be exposed to the world .
There are just too many people who want to be famous and rich, which is devaluing some very talented people due to the immense tide of crud watering everything down.
There is only so much money to go round, once rent/mortgage, food, utilities etc are paid we end up with some for leisure if we're lucky and we spend it on cinema, music, dvd's, consoles & the games for the consoles and we all have to have the latest phone and call plan, plus internet downloads from itunes & there are streaming sites such as netflix & spotify etc.
People are shelling out hand over fist to have the latest media.
Disney are the biggest media company in the World and are ranked 48th in the worlds top 500 companies absolutely colossal amounts of money in the bank and Disney Land aint closing anytime soon.
One problem when a town has only one major employer, it is like putting all your money on one horse and if that horse stumbles everyone is screwed, the thing is some times companies make mistakes.
Take Tesco they have become the worlds largest food retailer and it all started in a little shop in the UK and grew and grew and grew and now it is having to close 43 superstore and cancel another 50 superstores it planned to build and that in the UK alone and the UK is not a big place.
No one can say these closures are because people are making and growing their own food, no of course not,they are just buying elsewhere it is a market economy and people like to shop around especially when time are tough.
The same happens in the media market. There a lot of money going around but everyone wants a slice of the pie and some players gonna get the big bits and some just the crumbs.
If you want to stop real piracy deal with the banks who are robbing billions and foreclosing on businesses and mortgaes.
I spend £80 on various media every single month, I have crates of vinyl & DVD's & I don't really see anything wrong with downloading something and seeing if it is worth buying before you buy it. If something is shit and they think they can dupe me in to buying shit they can suck my balls, I also have Netflix.
I have started a run with roots organics nutes and finished with AN nutes. The plants didn't even blink, in my case. Best to you!
