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Re: Kanye West caught using Pirate Bay to download music software

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Post by tobylane » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 12:23 PM UTC

DonHopkins wrote: post #151

FalconCypto wrote: post #128

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Stop crying, just be grateful for the free exposure you are getting from this. You really think he's trying to get your software for free and not eventually pay for it? He probably has already purchased it and licensed on another computer at home.

The same way Kayne is grateful for the free exposure he got for his "The Life of Pablo" album and his "Tidal" subscription-based music streaming service, by meeting with his legal team to discuss the possibility of suing The Pirate Bay? [1] Do you think a kid in his bedroom who hasn't saved up enough allowance to buy Serum, start his own subscription-based music streaming service, and hire his own legal team to sue p…

Avicii and others have been spotted with cracked software, and some claim to have the licence on other computers but not on the one they were filmed with.

https://torrentfreak.com/avicii-and-other-djs-produce-hits-u...

Re: Kanye West caught using Pirate Bay to download music software

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Post by darkr » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #163

darkr wrote: post #92

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Pro Tools is still pretty much _the_ standard for audio recording, mixing and AV post-production. If you're just producing electronic music, want VSTs, and/or just using a few live tracks, then yeah; you're probably far better off using something else.

Uhh...ever heard of Cubase? In a professional setting (recording, mixing, mastering label-released albums), I've seen PT used far less than Cubase. I see it used less than Logic, even.

Yup, used Cubase extensively back in the day, was pretty much my go-to for a number of years. I've the opposite experience to you with seeing it in use at studios though.

Re: Kanye West caught using Pirate Bay to download music software

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Post by shermanyo » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 12:15 AM UTC

jarin wrote: post #94

flurpitude wrote: post #62

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>To purchase the software you have to go through a bunch of screens, enter payment info, download, install, and then enter a serial number. For pirating software you just search for it and it's usually easier to install, with some cracks even bypassing steps. For me that's counterbalanced by the fact that you never quite know what you're getting with pirated software. If I just buy it, I know I'm not infecting my mai…

Password managers usually have a way to add serial numbers or secure notes, that's where I store mine. And you should be using a password manager anyway, if you aren't already.

I just email myself a copy, so I can search. dead simple

Re: Kanye West caught using Pirate Bay to download music software

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Post by niij » Mon, Mar 07, 2016, 5:26 AM UTC

baddox wrote: post #169

niij wrote: post #165

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Except in this example, there is no competitor making the sale because of a lower price or higher quality product. The choice of product remains the same; the only difference is that the copier pays nothing to ANYONE and is the only person receiving a benefit. I used to be in the camp in philosophical support of piracy, and I still pirate some of my media. But, I no longer try to excuse the behavior behind a thinly v…

> Except in this example, there is no competitor making the sale because of a lower price or higher quality product. The choice of product remains the same; the only difference is that the copier pays nothing to ANYONE and is the only person receiving a benefit. That's true, but the firm's bottom line is the same regardless of whether they lost a sale to piracy or lost a sale to a competitor. > I used to be in the ca…

>That's true, but the firm's bottom line is the same regardless of whether they lost a sale to piracy or lost a sale to a competitor.

Yes, the firm's bottom line remains the same. But the difference between losing a sale to a competitor and losing a sale to piracy has vastly different consequences. When losing a sale to a competitor, there is competition and money continues to flow into "Product Market X", fueling competition and innovation. When a potential purchaser in "Product Market X" gets the best firm's product for free, it hurts competition and innovation by decreasing the sale to the best company.

>Then either I'm on the same philosophical road as you but further back, or my philosophical support is stronger than yours was.

Only time will tell. I totally agree information should be shared and spread for the good of humanity, but there needs to be some returns for people that seek it (to a reasonable amount of money... Adobe can get bent).