Bittorent sells out!

[Daravos]

The music industry and MTV have youth in a kind of grasp so that they buy records of all these talentless artists, many of whom, are drug addicts, alcoholics or gangsters.....and somehow this seems normal. At the same time MTV televises (at least in europe) so many programs that all have to do with sex (but of course you don't see anything), while in a music video, every word that is a bit bad is replaced by this anoying beep....I mean who are they kidding. They only show videos with naked and half naked women but somebody can not say "#$%&"...something that is even allowed here on the lounge. So not only do MTV and the music industry try to get the money out of the pockets of young people...they also try to keep them ignorant.....and if you look around yopu, it pretty much works... :blink:
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I can see what you're saying here, Eppie. And it's like that here in Canada with MuchMusic as well.

As FragBait stated, yes, the Music Industry does target teens. And I also agree that the parents should first LISTEN to some of the music that thier kids want.

Heck, my folks did. I remember when I first wanted a Guns and Roses tape and I'd asked dad if he'd get it for me.

Sure, he bought it... but as soon as we got home, he listened to it (away from me, mind you), and I never saw that tape again for a couple years. I think I was 14 or 15 when I finally got the tape. Sure, I had to wait, but I loved the fact that my parents took an interest in what I was listening to and took the time to make sure it was appropriate for me.

However, the same thing also can apply to games these days. If and when I do have kids of my own, I can promise that I'll be checking out games/music/tv shows ahead of time no matter what the rating is and seeing if it's appropriate.

True, I did find it stupid when the ESRB Rating System first came out, but now, I understand why and it will be a valuable tool down the road.

But anyhow... Back on topic here... P2P.

I have, personally, on occasion used P2P to "evaluate" games for a few days before I go out and blow $50 to $80 on them. And to be quite honest... Most that I have tried, I ended up deleting anyhow because I didn't particularly like it. And in the few odd cases where I DID enjoy it... I ended up buying the game and supporting the company, because I felt they were deserving of my hard earned cash.

Same goes for music. There's been a couple CD's I've bought because I had the opportunity to see what it was like ahead of time.

*shrugs* Sorry bout the reminiscing there.