Given the tiny amount of actual "professional" artists out there, along with the tiny amount of material they produce compared to those who can also make money through other means, I don't think you would even notice a difference if they went away.
Furthermore, I don't understand this notion that working means less art. You act like if someone didn't have to work 40 hours a week, they'd just magically produce 40 albums a week. Most artists spend relatively little of their overall time creating, regardless of what else they do.
And 500 million "thieves" and ever-growing sure as hell sounds to me like they're winning. When you have a number greater than the combined population of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico demanding things a certain way, it will be that way, full stop.
You and every other failed musician would sell their soul to sign a contract with a major record company.
Why are you so sure they'd go out of their way to do one of the stupidest things a musician can do? There are literally NO benefits to signing to a major record label.
With proper access to alternatives, such as CC-licensed material, it wouldn't take long to get off the MAFIAA tit entirely.
I did it for music two years ago, commercial television 8 months ago, and am now moving into movies (I've watched all of five studio movies, all rented DVDs, since April). Your crowd is not as crucial to life as you would like to think.
Reminds me of game publisher Ubisoft recently claming that their infamously restrictive DRM is a success because it led to a "reduction in piracy," but nowhere did they even address what it did to legitimate sales.
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I'm going to bet that the technical resources available to the police for tapping the net and seeing where the "tunnels" lead are better than those that the "Web Ninjas" have.
Well, we KNOW that's true.
You see it on TV all the time: A bunch of detectives huddled around a computer staring at a grainy JPEG, and then suddenly one of them says "Enhance." And then, the bespectacled rookie lab guy types a few random things on his keyboard (no mouse clicks necessary), and before you know it, the computer lets out a bleep, the image scans down, and suddenly the police have a perfect, high-definition photograph of their suspect.
I mean, I certainly don't have access to that type of technology. But I'm not some totally boss cop tracking down evil hackers, am I?
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Furthermore, I don't understand this notion that working means less art. You act like if someone didn't have to work 40 hours a week, they'd just magically produce 40 albums a week. Most artists spend relatively little of their overall time creating, regardless of what else they do.
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And 500 million "thieves" and ever-growing sure as hell sounds to me like they're winning. When you have a number greater than the combined population of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico demanding things a certain way, it will be that way, full stop.
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Don't. It only keeps their material relevant. Don't pirate, don't purchase. Use free alternatives.
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Can it, please?
and end the production of all that content you love.
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!
Oh, that's rich...
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Why are you so sure they'd go out of their way to do one of the stupidest things a musician can do? There are literally NO benefits to signing to a major record label.
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Except probably not, since it was only a topless shot, and 16 is the age of consent in most U.S. States.
Just saying...
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I did it for music two years ago, commercial television 8 months ago, and am now moving into movies (I've watched all of five studio movies, all rented DVDs, since April). Your crowd is not as crucial to life as you would like to think.
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What, you mean shooting speed balls, getting airtight with Lindsey Lohan, and catching crabs? No thank you.
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Inviting a lawsuit with this assessment of Joel Hirschhorn
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Re: "A group calling themselves the Web Ninjas..."
Well, we KNOW that's true.
You see it on TV all the time: A bunch of detectives huddled around a computer staring at a grainy JPEG, and then suddenly one of them says "Enhance." And then, the bespectacled rookie lab guy types a few random things on his keyboard (no mouse clicks necessary), and before you know it, the computer lets out a bleep, the image scans down, and suddenly the police have a perfect, high-definition photograph of their suspect.
I mean, I certainly don't have access to that type of technology. But I'm not some totally boss cop tracking down evil hackers, am I?
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