Pepsi says: Come alive with the Napster Generation

[Shine]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...sb-pepsi_x.htm

[bbobb]

The fact that the RIAA likes the ad is enough to make me hate it.

[Diff-chan]

"This ad shows how everything has changed," says Mitch Bainwol, RIAA chairman. "Legal downloading is great because fans are supporting the future of creative work in America."

Read: "Legal downloading is great because my 3rd yacht won't be repo'd now".

Legal downloading is bullshit too. Most of the 99 cents youre paying on iTMS goes to the RIAA and its affiliates. The artists are getting no more money than they would if you bought the CD... except now you get a compressed lossy file and no liner notes or physical copy. Buying used is the way to go.

[SonofdonCD]

Read: "Legal downloading is great because my 3rd yacht won't be repo'd now".

Legal downloading is bullshit too. Most of the 99 cents youre paying on iTMS goes to the RIAA and its affiliates. The artists are getting no more money than they would if you bought the CD... except now you get a compressed lossy file and no liner notes or physical copy. Buying used is the way to go.

Agreed totally.

Speaking of which, where is the best place to buy used CDs? I don't see them too often in music stores, and I don't want to suport the RIAA or their rediculous tactics.

[Diff-chan]

There's an independent used store down the street from me. That's where I buy 'em from.

The FYE near me (same company that owns Saturday Matinee and shit) started to carry them.

Look around, Im sure there's one not too far from you, as long as you live in a semiurban area or what not.

If they doubled the bitrate of the downloaded files (128kbps is trash, no matter what the file format is) and let you download full-color PDF liner notes, I would *maybe* think about trying out iTMS. But I doubt I would buy it, because of the economics I spelled out before.

[SonofdonCD]

There's an independent used store down the street from me.

My sister works at an FYE (same company that owns Saturday Matinee and shit), and they started to carry them.

Look around, Im sure there's one not too far from you, as long as you live in a semiurban area or what not.

Aight, cool. Thanks.

I actually know someone who was contacted by Pepsi to do that ad. They didn't accept them, though, even though they said they'd offer them $500 just to meet with them.

[bbobb]

I'd do it... but that's because I'm a whore who is more then willing to sell my soul at any time.

[DArque Bishop]

Read: "Legal downloading is great because my 3rd yacht won't be repo'd now".

Legal downloading is bullshit too. Most of the 99 cents youre paying on iTMS goes to the RIAA and its affiliates. The artists are getting no more money than they would if you bought the CD... except now you get a compressed lossy file and no liner notes or physical copy. Buying used is the way to go.

Actually... as I understand it, the artist receives about 11 cents per track sold on iTMS.

In contrast, the artist usually only makes eight cents per pressed CD sold.

So, while the RIAA is still taking its excessive cut, the artist actually gets more from iTMS than he does from an actual CD.

Note, I don't have a link other than this....

Just my $.02...

[Kenshin]

The Nappster Generation?

It's the iPod Generation, BITCH.

[Critical Overdrive]

OMFG MP3 WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!