Shrie says "f that" to paying to download songs. Do you steal CDs from stores, too? Do you sneak into clubs without paying? Why do people have this entitlement feeling about the Internet, that if it's available online it should be free?
However, the wording of that article suggests that Shrie might not have to pay to download songs from MySpace. It doesn't actually say the plan is to sell music; rather, it says they want to "distribute" it and downloads will be "supported by advertising." Does this mean simply more banner ads? Would they add audio ads that you'd get along with the music, or some kind of video you'd have to watch before the download started?
I might consider getting music from MySpace if it wasn't already available on iTunes, but it wouldn't be my first choice.
As for social networking sites, FaceBook has a much better user experience than MySpace, but in terms of actually networking it's more difficult than MySpace. And MySpace has both music and blogs. So I prefer spending time on FaceBook, but it hasn't replaced MySpace, either.
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Philip said on February 19, 2008:
Shrie says "f that" to paying to download songs. Do you steal CDs from stores, too? Do you sneak into clubs without paying? Why do people have this entitlement feeling about the Internet, that if it's available online it should be free?
However, the wording of that article suggests that Shrie might not have to pay to download songs from MySpace. It doesn't actually say the plan is to sell music; rather, it says they want to "distribute" it and downloads will be "supported by advertising." Does this mean simply more banner ads? Would they add audio ads that you'd get along with the music, or some kind of video you'd have to watch before the download started?
I might consider getting music from MySpace if it wasn't already available on iTunes, but it wouldn't be my first choice.
As for social networking sites, FaceBook has a much better user experience than MySpace, but in terms of actually networking it's more difficult than MySpace. And MySpace has both music and blogs. So I prefer spending time on FaceBook, but it hasn't replaced MySpace, either.