But it's such an efficient and effective system, (aside from being an insurmountable task), The goverment just can't rid this 'crime'.
It brings about popularity for music artistes and others too.?
Sharing and downloading of files should not be illegal
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Sharing and downloading of files should not be illegal
Post #1it seems like the downloading and sharing of files on the internet, you know intellectual property, loss of revenue and all that is well, wrong.
But it's such an efficient and effective system, (aside from being an insurmountable task), The goverment just can't rid this 'crime'.
It brings about popularity for music artistes and others too.?
But it's such an efficient and effective system, (aside from being an insurmountable task), The goverment just can't rid this 'crime'.
It brings about popularity for music artistes and others too.?
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You are assuming of course that the bands get their money from sales of the albums. Not so. The amount of money that gets to the band from the sales of albums is astonishingly small. Most of a bands income derives from live performancesGeneral Kang wrote:While I agree that it is primarily record companies that suffer in the short run from illegal downloading, the vast bulk of the music economy over the years has been built upon album sales.Negachrist wrote:The people who lose out the most from illegal downloading of songs are the money-grabbing record companies.
Well boo-f***ing-hoo!
There was some concern when FM radio began to play popular music that it would end the record industry, but of course it adapted... and adapted again to MTV... both, it seems, only encouraged people who liked what they heard to go out and buy the album.
But file sharing ends that - if legalized, only a handful of people would need to buy the album and EVERYONE could have it for free. Ah, sure, equal access and all that, breaking the backs of the greedy music producers and record companies, etc... but the entire music industry was built for the purpose of selling records - take away that profit motive entirely and you need to ask - will there be anything but local and garage bands left out there?
I don't know... maybe that is where you are hoping music ends up going - but there was a time when a new album by a prominent artist was something that got attention, brought people together. I suppose you could say that file sharing does the same thing... but it certainly does it in a different way.
Regardless, I tend to agree with the intellectual property argument - artists who want to put their music on the web for free should be free to do so - but artists who want to actually GET RICH with their music should also be free to do so... you as a purchaser of a music CD have no right to distribute their music unless they want to let you... take the record companies out of it and get to the artist level... if the artist lets you, so be it - if they don't, then no dice.
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Post #12
Often, if you talk with smaller musicians not signed to a major record label, they will highly condone downloading music. What ever gets their name out there.
In fact, one of my favorite musicians puts ALL his music on his website, free to download. He has also published his % earnings on his CD's. Keep in mind, however, that he has his own record label, he does the producing and recording, and makes the CD's himself. Everything is done by him except postage, or the fee stores take to stock shelves (including iTunes). After doing every last bit of leg work possible, he still only makes 75% on CD's (depending on varying store fees) , compared to much more % profit on shows.
In fact, one of my favorite musicians puts ALL his music on his website, free to download. He has also published his % earnings on his CD's. Keep in mind, however, that he has his own record label, he does the producing and recording, and makes the CD's himself. Everything is done by him except postage, or the fee stores take to stock shelves (including iTunes). After doing every last bit of leg work possible, he still only makes 75% on CD's (depending on varying store fees) , compared to much more % profit on shows.
