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Listed below are comments made by Manawydan between Thursday, 24th July 2008 and Tuesday, 10th March 2009.

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YouTube row reflects online minefield 8:03pm on 10 Mar 2009 #27 Gurubear wrote : "So when you all complain that we get upset because you all want to STEAL our property, remember that."

I don't want to steal anything of yours and I object to your comment.

I don't have an issue with an artist wanting to make money to pay their mortgage etc., it's why I work so I'm not surprised that you have the same commitments. What I do have an issue with is organisations like the PRS and BPI inflating prices or blocking the consumer from getting the best deal. I understand the concept of finance within a business and how they will look for the best way to make profit, offshoring and outsourcing two good examples, but it's about time the consumer was given the same opportunity instead of the BPI bullying companies into submission.

Save for a handful of artists, I very rarely purchase any new music now and just listen to the stuff I've already got. Until the music industry thinks about how it treats the consumer, you'll be getting very little from me. And, no, that doesn't mean I'll be downloading illegally.
YouTube row reflects online minefield 7:07pm on 09 Mar 2009 When you have the likes of the BPI taking CD-WOW to court - and winning - to block consumers buying at the best deal for them ( even though the BPI are happy for music to be pressed in China at a cheaper cost ) it's no surprise that businesses like YouTube have to restrict usage in the UK.

I'm against music piracy ( or any piracy for that matter ) and I've bought a considerable amount of CDs based on what I've seen on the likes of YouTube, it is getting to the point where over priced CDs, lower quality legal MP3s and the greed of the BPI are making me wonder if I should just copy my mates CDs instead.

I don't believe in a free lunch, but it's about time the music industry realised that you can only fleece your customers for so long.
BPI v ISPs - who's won on music piracy? 00:46am on 24 Jul 2008 I don't agree with downloading any music illegally, but the BPI are becoming far too greedy and causing part of the problem themselves.

For example, cd-wow.com - a fantastic site that allows us to buy cheaper CDs. However, the BPI doesn't like the idea that we can save money and buy elsewhere and took them to court (http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20070529_cdwow.shtml). This isn't standing up for fair trade, this is just pure greed. It's OK for record companies to manufacture their CDs in the cheapest market but not OK for us to buy them in the cheapest market! If CD prices (and DVD for that matter) weren't so high, maybe more people would be prepared to buy from the UK and not download them illegally.

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