[Acvdm]

They just tweeted me to confirm. Brilliant news considering BlackBerry World is awful for music and it means I know longer have to use iTunes

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[ntberry]

care to elaborate?

[theblob]

HMV is still alive? Wow that place is resilient.
And I'm not going to officially say I don't, but who pays for music anyways?

[93Aero]

A failed music app that apple removed from the app store for violating app store guidelines.

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[Acvdm]

HMV is still alive? Wow that place is resilient.
And I'm not going to officially say I don't, but who pays for music anyways?

It's illegal to download music for free.

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[theblob]

It's illegal to download music for free.

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It's illegal to do a lot of things. Like I'm pretty sure it's illegal to take the music files from a friend who ripped it from a CD, but everyone still does it.
File sharing is the way the industry is heading. The whole university ecosystem on campus is based around it. So whether or not it's illegal, it's still going to happen.

[der_mit]

HMV aren't doing anything illegal, apple just don't like them cause HMV are their competitors. No need to bash HMV.

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[Acvdm]

Just because everyone does it does not make it right!

HMV were bought out by a company who have experience in turning around struggling businesses. I believe HMV is now Canadian now.

They are a traditional record label company on the UK high street which was on the brink of banishing completely.

To attack HMV's turnaround is nothing short of hypocritical since you all support BlackBerry.

HMV was slow to respond to the digital market when companies like Apple and Amazon dominated. Before they had no market share on the digital scene, now they have a start.

At the end of the day you're free to do what you like. Canada is as much as a free country as the UK.

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[theblob]

Just because everyone does it does not make it right!

HMV were bought out by a company who have experience in turning around struggling businesses. I believe HMV is now Canadian now.

They are a traditional record label company on the UK high street which was on the brink of banishing completely.

To attack HMV's turnaround is nothing short of hypocritical since you all support BlackBerry.

HMV was slow to respond to the digital market when companies like Apple and Amazon dominated. Before they had no market share on the digital scene, now they have a start.

At the end of the day you're free to do what you like. Canada is as much as a free country as the UK.

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All I'm saying is HMV failed to turn from physical CDs to digital music, and with the online services already available, "illegal" downloading included, HMV is doomed to fail again.
The difference between HMV and BlackBerry is that Blackberry hasn't lost it's legacy device users. HMV lost people who buy CDs because just like every movie rental company, the mass majority of movies/music can be found online.

[anon(5624621)]

It's illegal to do a lot of things. Like I'm pretty sure it's illegal to take the music files from a friend who ripped it from a CD, but everyone still does it.
File sharing is the way the industry is heading. The whole university ecosystem on campus is based around it. So whether or not it's illegal, it's still going to happen.

Actually, this was true when I was in university and everyone was using Napster... I honestly think it has turned around quite a bit since then; at least I know more people who pay for music now that digital downloads are cheap and convenient.

[Acvdm]

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[stabstabdie]

Illegal or not, if you include digital music sales as well as physical, music sales are up from the time before downloads.

[Acvdm]

Fire sharing has been dying the last few years. Pirate Bay is gone. Megaupload is no before. Before all this everybody used Limewire which is when file sharing was at its peak imo.

Majority of people now buy music through iTunes on their iDevice because it is so quick and easy.

I prefer to buy music I like because I am supporting the artist. I buy for a reason. Filesharing doesn't help anybody. It's just selfish.

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[R Field]

Fire sharing has been dying the last few years. Pirate Bay is gone. Megaupload is no before. Before all this everybody used Limewire which is when file sharing was at its peak imo.

Majority of people now buy music through iTunes on their iDevice because it is so quick and easy.

I prefer to buy music I like because I am supporting the artist. I buy for a reason. Filesharing doesn't help anybody. It's just selfish.

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Wait what? Pirate bay still exists.

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[eldricho]

Fire sharing has been dying the last few years. Pirate Bay is gone. Megaupload is no before. Before all this everybody used Limewire which is when file sharing was at its peak imo.

Majority of people now buy music through iTunes on their iDevice because it is so quick and easy.

I prefer to buy music I like because I am supporting the artist. I buy for a reason. Filesharing doesn't help anybody. It's just selfish.

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Pirate Bay gone? I suggest you catch up on your torrent reading mate!

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[Acvdm]

If you download illegally, how on earth do you contribute your choice of music in the official charts?l

In the UK they take all sales online and retail, and now YouTube. But these are only the legal recognised ones like Vevo because advertisements in the day pay for the listening.

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[Acvdm]

Pirate Bay gone? I suggest you catch up on your torrent reading mate!

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I'm not interested in illegal activity. I haven't done it since 2006 when I was at school. I have a job which pays for what I like.

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[stabstabdie]

I'm not interested in illegal activity. I haven't done it since 2006 when I was at school. I have a job which pays for what I like.

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I hope you never speed or take any recreational drugs because both are illegal.
I also hope you haven't converted any apk files yourself because that is also piracy just like downloading music.


I especially hope you have not provided any descriptions of a major league sporting event without express written permission.

[theblob]

Lol torrenting is at the highest it's been since it started in the early 2000s. Maybe public trackers like isohunt have been shut down, but the Pirate Bay is still going strong.
And who cares about the charts? All they show is what the majority of people buy and not what I want as an individual. Basically all I'm saying is that HMV coming soon is completely irrelevant.

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[stabstabdie]

Lol torrenting is at the highest it's been since it started in the early 2000s. Maybe public trackers like isohunt have been shut down, but the Pirate Bay is still going strong.
And who cares about the charts? All they show is what the majority of people buy and not what I want as an individual. Basically all I'm saying is that HMV coming soon is completely irrelevant.

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Irrelevant for some, a big deal to others
I personally don't care.

[anon(5624621)]

Lol torrenting is at the highest it's been since it started in the early 2000s. Maybe public trackers like isohunt have been shut down, but the Pirate Bay is still going strong.
And who cares about the charts? All they show is what the majority of people buy and not what I want as an individual. Basically all I'm saying is that HMV coming soon is completely irrelevant to me.

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FIFY


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[litig8or98]

I hope you never speed or take any recreational drugs because both are illegal.
I also hope you haven't converted any apk files yourself because that is also piracy just like downloading music.


I especially hope you have not provided any descriptions of a major league sporting event without express written permission.

Murder, treason and kidnapping are also illegal. Are you really going to try and treat all things within the "illegal" category as equivalent? That's like the common response when someone opposes hunting in principle with a response like "oh, but you wear leather shoes". It's specious reasoning, and it in fact lends nothing to the discussion.

[R Field]

Back on topic it's good to see more major retailers decide to make their apps available on BlackBerry 10. Even though I think HMV will likely eventually go the way of Blockbuster.

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[stabstabdie]

Murder, treason and kidnapping are also illegal. Are you really going to try and treat all things within the "illegal" category as equivalent? That's like the common response when someone opposes hunting in principle with a response like "oh, but you wear leather shoes". It's specious reasoning, and it in fact lends nothing to the discussion.

Don't try to diminish the evil that is unauthorized MLB game recaps! When you do, the terrorists win

[theblob]

Don't try to diminish the evil that is unauthorized MLB game recaps! When you do, the terrorists win

I just realized how morbid your name is...