According to data released by Digital Music News and media tracking firm BigChampagne, one-third of all PCs worldwide have LimeWire installed.
For those who are among the other two-thirds, LimeWire is the top P2P file sharing software - the iTunes of "stealing" music so to speak. Usage comes in at exactly 36.4% of all PCs according to the survey, and of course its the target of a multi-year RIAA lawsuit (no doubt a side effect of its popularity).
So if people aren't willing to pay for music (afterall, music will be free eventually), it's no surprise that many aren't willing to pay for radio either. For most, "radio" goes hand-in-hand with "music," even if it is far more than a simple playlist. The challenge is to convey that.
Just use Frostwire like I use. Same exact design and ease of use as Limewire but a lot safer and better searches. Plus it is easy to turn off sharing. Frostwire is where it is at.
I disagree...u would pay for radio because of the personalites and sports packages,, as well as comedy or the ability to discover new music. No one pirates what sirius does...except the howard stern show.
I use FrostWire (compiled version of Limewire Pro, open source), and I also spend $26 a month on Sirius and XM, and buy 1-2 iTunes tracks a month.
I'm not arguing I offset the tracks I download with the payments I make to Sirius/XM, but just illustrating an exception to Ryan's theory.
Limewire blows. Torrenting is where its at, though I sometimes use Ares for short music downloads. Amazing how many people bring computers full of viruses and spyware to me to get fixed and its often Limewire that was the cause.
Limewire blows. Torrenting is where its at, though I sometimes use Ares for short music downloads. Amazing how many people bring computers full of viruses and spyware to me to get fixed and its often Limewire that was the cause.
i hate limewire. I used it for about a month and then stopped when I got a virus. Now I use torrents. But I still use iTunes (then I use a program to get rid of the DRM). And I also pay for 2 XM radios and 1 sirius radio.
But I don't use Torrents for music. Mainly TV shows
People want radio that you just turn on be it in the car home or portable.
The internet rules, satellite radio rules, for now, all is good in the world for me. 85 and sunny as far as i can tell. have a nice day and happy holidays to all and to all a good night.
1/3 of all PCs? Right.
Most of those that do have it do so only because their owners can't figure out how to get rid of it.
I'm not sure if Limewire hurts SatRad. It surely hurts Napster and ITunes, though. Not sure if there's really a correlation here.
More artists should do what Radio Head and Niggy Tardust have done: sell their music directly to the consumer without going through a big label. Why would I want to pay $15 for an album, when only a tiny portion of that actually goes to the actual talent?
Now, I have done my fair share of downloading music in the past, but I all but completely gave up the practice in 2002 when I got XM.
It was argued that no one would pay for TV when they could get it free either. HBO proved this wrong by giving them the things that you couldn't get on regular TV: tits and swear words.
The thing that satellite radio CAN do but has failed to do for the most part is giving the listeners an advantage over terrestrial radio. They COULD try to entertain us...that would be nice. Give the people something they can't already get for free. Bad radio is already out there, and it costs nothing.
Make it worth the $13 a month and people will pay for it. They really will.
"Give the people something they can't already get for free. Bad radio is already out there, and it costs nothing"
IMO, you simply cannot get what sat radio delivers .... for FREE - at least not now.
15 million customers have already decided that the amazing coast-to-coast digital coverage , the great news & talk programming, 60 channels of commercial free music and the many channels of stand-up comedy is well worth the money ... and I agree with them.
people are willing to pay for radio, it just has to offer something of interest, such as filling nitch markets. Looks like sirius/xm when they murge doesn't want to do that, with the system being the first to go. What's next?
i havent used limewire for ever.... too much hassle trying to find files that werent bogus. torrents are a lot easier
What would make satellite radio more attractive is a 'slacker' type service, with more interactivity, picking and choosing what you want to listen to, what songs to ban, what songs to play more often, and what stations are your favorites. Slacker I can pick what songs to listen to, and what songs to avoid. My iPod I have 6500 songs in my collection that I choose to listen to, and nothing I don't want to listen to. If you could custom design the satellite stations you want to listen to (with or without DJs) that would be a hell of a lot more attractive.
Here's another idea, make the music portion of the service free with purchase of equipment and a 1 year prepaid plan (not contract, make it as easy to get out of as XM's currently are), along with the network news feeds and BBC. If the customer chooses to get other talk and sports, make that a premium service for $5.99 a month. People won't pay for radio after buying the equipment, for the same reason 'free phones with service contract' became the norm for the wireless phone industry. And if they are paying for the phone ahead of time (Nokia M95, iPhone, Blackberry) it should have premium features that make it worth paying for, much like a satellite receiver should have.
Nevermind that nearly the entire XM package is available for free on FM or AM. Then there are the staggering amount of commercials and cross promotion. It just get old. Couldn't care less about the crap music channels. And don't try to bullshit me about talk needing to take commercials to pee, there a couple channels that are all pre-recorded content and they still load them up with commercials. Could you imagine paying for Box set DVD's if they left the commercials in? Probably not. I cancelled my XM sub of 5plus years beacause I just can't sit through the shit any longer.