Thread: OiNK Founder Acquitted

Originally Posted by hellspite

Oink was amazing, don't get me wrong.

Really? I'd be interested to read some of this conclusive research. I don't think anyone would say the music industry is doing better than ever. I speak only for what I perceive to be the state in Britain, but it's in a terrible mess. Record companies have nothing to sell but hype; the quality of the product is appalling in comparison to other eras. The age of the real music fan is dead. The days when people would queue en mass for the new release, or save up pennies for weeks for a special edition vinyl release appear to be gone. We have been left with a situation of instant gratification when it comes to media, it was the struggle to find and sift and search for that gem of a song that was what made it all so fun. I guess my question is, does having something freely and (for all intense and purposes) instantaneously available reduce its value?

Has anyone read "The 17" by Bill Drummond? The guy from the K Foundation. He burnt a million pounds once.

Hellspite

I don't know about the music industry in the UK, but on a "whole" (world wide), yes the music industry is doing better than it has in the last decade. Also we are speaking of their profits, not their practices which are still just as bloated as they have ever been. Did you read Tru-Ninja's post Hellspite? "free and instant" access to media allows a honest review of the material instead of people wasting their money on buying something that is hyped up but essentially crap. I don't buy hype, I buy media that I enjoy. I absolutely agree with Tru-Ninja's post. These types of venues that allow us to spend our hard earned pennies (or whatever currency you use) on good material, not smoke that is blown up our arse should force the media industry to stop ripping us off every chance they get.

P.S I was also wondering if anyone had any info on the 4 guys from TPB that were sentenced to jail time and some astronomical fines in the US? I haven't been able to find an article on it, just a blurb here and there. Thanks!

great article im glad to see that he won the case. That will make any other similar cases much easier to win.