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This irrational and doomsday attitude to new technology has been repeated like Groundhog's day since the cotton gin was introduced. Radio was going to destroy the music industry, the vinyl record was supposed to kill off bands, the cassette was supposed to kill of the recording industry, the cd was supposed to finish off the industry.
This view is being spread by distributors and record companies who make millions from the back of the actual creative elements.
I have absolute faith in human ingenuity. In all the cases true talent like cream has risen to the top.
Already some musicians are reaching fans directly through the internet, the film industry is being forced to produce quality films which still gross millions, and talented bands are going on tours and meeting their fans directly. Some bands are not releasing albums at all but playing new songs live to audiences. These are all adaptation to the new an unstoppable ecosystem.
What is going to die is middle man who rides on the back of musicians. How can you justify selling a Cd which costs 0.50cents to make, for $20. The internet is going to be harsh on the profiteers.
Not a chance. Piracy helps spread word of an artist's work. Many folks who pirate wouldn't have had the money to buy anyway, and besides when downloads are freely available people don't treasure the tunes like they would if they had bought them, they listen and delete them as soon as they need the hard drive space. Either that or they burn them to CD, stash the CD for safe keeping, then odds are very good they will totally forget they burned it to a CD.
Last week a friend of mine messaged me to let me know he deleted 80gb of mp3s just because he needed more room on his pc. He said he was too lazy to burn them to storage before deleting them. His reasoning was they are so easy to find what's the point of keeping incriminating evidence around? I agreed with him that there was no point. In fact, with legal music services like http://blip.fm getting so popular why ever download illegal tunes at all? They are there for the listen any time you're in the mood. And if you really worship an artist you can always buy their CD or mp3 (something I still do when I really worship an artist).
[1 point]158 days ago by ChipmonkReplyEdited 158 days ago by Chipmonk
Piracy is a crime. It is taking something that is not yours and not paying for it. That is not the thing that is going to hurt either industry.
Look at an album from just about any artist, one or two good songs and the rest are just crap filling up space on the album and the record companies want an exorbitant price for it. Look at some of the crap films that come out and the amount of money they ask for the CD or to see it in the theater. That is what is going to ruin both industries.
Its almost comical how militant they are about their movies and music. They own it and its copyrighted and all that. In actuality most movies are rip offs of other movies and a lot of music is not really new either, bits and pieces stolen from other artists with a little change here and there.
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This irrational and doomsday attitude to new technology has been repeated like Groundhog's day since the cotton gin was introduced. Radio was going to destroy the music industry, the vinyl record was supposed to kill off bands, the cassette was supposed to kill of the recording industry, the cd was supposed to finish off the industry.
This view is being spread by distributors and record companies who make millions from the back of the actual creative elements.
I have absolute faith in human ingenuity. In all the cases true talent like cream has risen to the top.
Already some musicians are reaching fans directly through the internet, the film industry is being forced to produce quality films which still gross millions, and talented bands are going on tours and meeting their fans directly. Some bands are not releasing albums at all but playing new songs live to audiences. These are all adaptation to the new an unstoppable ecosystem.
What is going to die is middle man who rides on the back of musicians. How can you justify selling a Cd which costs 0.50cents to make, for $20. The internet is going to be harsh on the profiteers.
The Internet *should* be harsh on profiteers. They have been ripping people off for decades.
Not a chance. Piracy helps spread word of an artist's work. Many folks who pirate wouldn't have had the money to buy anyway, and besides when downloads are freely available people don't treasure the tunes like they would if they had bought them, they listen and delete them as soon as they need the hard drive space. Either that or they burn them to CD, stash the CD for safe keeping, then odds are very good they will totally forget they burned it to a CD.
Last week a friend of mine messaged me to let me know he deleted 80gb of mp3s just because he needed more room on his pc. He said he was too lazy to burn them to storage before deleting them. His reasoning was they are so easy to find what's the point of keeping incriminating evidence around? I agreed with him that there was no point. In fact, with legal music services like http://blip.fm getting so popular why ever download illegal tunes at all? They are there for the listen any time you're in the mood. And if you really worship an artist you can always buy their CD or mp3 (something I still do when I really worship an artist).
Music will still be made. Movies will still be made. The difference piracy will make is that those in the industry won't make as much money.
If they continue to sell concert tickets for $75 or more per person they will make plenty of money.
Piracy is a crime. It is taking something that is not yours and not paying for it. That is not the thing that is going to hurt either industry.
Look at an album from just about any artist, one or two good songs and the rest are just crap filling up space on the album and the record companies want an exorbitant price for it. Look at some of the crap films that come out and the amount of money they ask for the CD or to see it in the theater. That is what is going to ruin both industries.
I can understand how 15% of the ninjas and cowboys might believe this, but I was very disappointed to see 15% of my fellow pirates vote yes on this.
NEVER!
Film & Musicindustry is sooo rich!
They are just greedy, if they dont become their 100 Million Dollar, but rather 80 Million -.-
Its almost comical how militant they are about their movies and music. They own it and its copyrighted and all that. In actuality most movies are rip offs of other movies and a lot of music is not really new either, bits and pieces stolen from other artists with a little change here and there.
I lost sleep at night worrying about them. NOT