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11:26 AM: Katie: so if we make things free, people will want to access them more, which will make them more well
known. why are we paying for things in the first place then
11:26 AM: Katie: *for things
11:27 AM: jky: what things do mean
11:27 AM: jky: ?
11:27 AM: Katie: like music, magazines, etc.
11:27 AM: alias: good question–why should we have to pay for information?
11:27 AM: jky: a lot of people don’t pay for music
11:28 AM: jky: but they are cheating the system, i still pay for it
11:28 AM: Caitlin: I think people will still pay to support writers and artists whose work they truly enjoy. Supposedly the
average download of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” is going for $7 (according to some guy on the radio, so I don’t know if it’s
true) even though people have the option of paying whatever they want.
11:28 AM: jky: i don’t know why
11:28 AM: jky: ahhaha
11:28 AM: jky: yea, i buy cd’s of people i really love, but i also go to their concerts
11:28 AM: jky: so in some people’s minds, if you go to a concert you
11:28 AM: jky: ‘are supporting the band
11:28 AM: jky: so you don;t have to buy a hard copy of their music
11:29 AM: jky: we have to pay for info because someone wants the credit
11:29 AM: jky: i guess
11:29 AM: jky: what would happen if everything in the world were free? food, music, airwaves
11:29 AM: alias: so credit = money?
11:30 AM: jky: i think for a lot of people credit=money
11:30 AM: Courtney: i agree, if you put the time and energy into something i think you should get something in return….
if that is money then yes
11:30 AM: Katie: well i think credit is really talent and honesty, and if i want to see/hear more from a person i would
want to support them, and to support them i would give them money to continue what they are doing, so in a way, yes, it
does
11:31 AM: Caitlin: Who are we really supporting when we buy a CD, though? How much of that money goes to the record
label and how much goes directly to the artist?
11:31 AM: jky: in the music industry i think the record label gets more of the money
11:31 AM: jky: but more of the credit goes to the artist
11:31 AM: jky: in that case, credit and money are different
11:31 AM: Katie: you might as well download the music and send twenty bucks to the artist
11:31 AM: jky: yeA! but how?
11:32 AM: jky: i mean why are we writing majors? to make money, or to share our thoughts with whoever is willing to
hear them?
11:32 AM: alias: good point katie–why can’t i do that?
11:32 AM: alias: why can’t i just send Bruce 50 bucks
11:32 AM: jky: BRRRUUUCEEE
11:33 AM: alias: why does he get only 1 dollar per every CD or even less
11:33 AM: Caitlin: You probably could, but I think the majority of people won’t.
11:33 AM: jky: i don;t know but hes selling a lot of cds
11:33 AM: jky: so those dollars add up
11:33 AM: Katie: i guess if we did that, then everyone else who worked on the music wouldnt get their share of the profit
11:33 AM: alias: well, you just said above, C, that people are donating toRadiohead at a pretty nice level
11:33 AM: Katie: like the producers, songwriters, etc.
11:33 AM: jky: yea
11:33 AM: jky: and i feel for the songwriters
11:33 AM: Katie: kind of like the writers in hollywood now
11:33 AM: jky: yep!!
11:33 AM: jky: i was just thinkng that
11:33 AM: alias: perhaps the artist would distrbute the money?
11:33 AM: Katie: probably not
11:34 AM: jky: i think they would
11:34 AM: jky: when actors win awards think of all the people they thank
11:34 AM: Katie: if it were like jon bon jovi, who cares for everyone, then i think he would, but like britney spears? she
would just like buy a new car or something
11:34 AM: jky: hahaha
11:34 AM: jky: bon jovi cares
11:34 AM: jky: britney doesnt
11:35 AM: Caitlin: I think if more bands went around the music industry like Radiohead did and made their music
available for download directly from the band, then people would pay for it, but if they were just downloading it for free
and sending money after the fact then most people wouldn’t bother.

w00t

…And I do mean that literally.  W00t is the word of the year according to Merriam-Webster.  In addition to being profoundly amusing, that has some interesting implications for the link between language and technology.  It’s not just “geek speak” anymore.