Love that promotion of TPB's $14 million "estimated" -- important is the "estimated" word.
In fact, as proven by the indictment against TPB, in a court of law, you know, fact-based arguments, TPB does NOT make anywhere near the estimates and barely brings in enough revenue to keep the system going. The THREE people running it and their ONE investor are NOT in it for the money, or they would have closed shop a LONG time ago!
It's obvious the agenda you're promoting.
What is it with you Lowery, you didn't get anything beyond your Cobol experience so now you're pissed at the tech companies? Come on man.
Do you know how many tech companies have tried to come up with good ideas and work with labels only to be sued out of existence or burdened with exorbitant license fees they went bankrupt?
Given the 2006 release of an album came with a contest for fans to generate a video for the single, I wonder whether such things will be possible under eOne (given how they went after the remix manifesto video).
It makes me sad when artists you respect join forces with companies that issue copyright claims when that isn't the focus of the video. Makes me wonder whether the fan contest video thing, which helped the album in terms of sales, will ever be possible.
How much money has he made in the last 5 yrs compared to when his show was on the networks?
That's all the copyright supporters have to ask. They'll argue he is making nothing or not as much as before, therefore he is worse off.
And whenever Lowery shows up as an AC he'll champion that message.
The thing is, how will Steve make money in the future with YouTube besides advertising? I am sure it will take multiple methods and revenue streams, but it will be possible. There's more than just tShirts and YouTube advertising dollars.
Easy to answer "Why do you hate it so much when artists succeed?" Karl: because he is not succeeding today.
If Mr Lowery's efforts today were as successful as Wilco or OK Go, you would not see him here ranting, nor linking to his blog in effort to drive up hits (add revenue? street cred "look at how many view my blog").
It does not matter if others are successful by trying different things (which IS the new model of the future), what matters is that he is not successful and therefore, in his eyes, it's a total failure.
I heard about Amanda from TechDirt. I had not heard of her previous band, Dresden Dolls. I went to YouTube, checked out a video or two and liked what I heard.
That's when I decided that in addition to her being awesome and human and respectful and trying hard with Kickstarter, I would support her. It was because of her music that I agreed to support her in the end though.
My tastes in music have changed a little over the years, so I wanted to see what style she has and her stuff is very good.
Ah, thanks Karl, a friend of mine said you do owe that money back.
But I know of one musician (famous Canadian but it was private email exchange) who said the debt was forgiven but I am not sure what the artist had to give up to get that debt forgiven, and the future albums sold well, well until 2007 anyway, even with no help from label in terms of promotion.
So I guess my friend neglected to mention the debt can be forgiven.
I suppose they have you by the shorts and curlies if you can't go to another label and they dropped you, which means your music career is over.
No one is bullying, it's called giving a reason to buy.
What you think because you release something people should buy it? No, you don't want them to consume it at all, so you'd rather people not download or share it, not tell their friends or let friends borrow it.
That leads to obscurity which is worse than "piracy."
And the only bullies are the RIAA/MPAA and their respective supporters, along with the BSA and their supporters.
Those are the bullies because there is NO choice with them. You do have a choice, if you ask people nicely not to share, you can. But don't start that "we don't ask people not to steal a car" because no one is deprived of the work, only the "potential" income.
The point is, you've seen the reaction of people when you alienate. Did those law suits make people think of the artists? No, they were pissed even more.
Look at Trent Reznor "has the price dropped here?" Audience "no", Trent "Steal it, steal steal steal" because he knows the labels have ripped people off with price fixing.
SO that's what you see now, the result of price fixing and law suits and threats.
There IS a choice with free. I could buy or I could try torrent it. If it is a decent price, I'll gladly buy. If some schmuck is charging too much, way more than it is worth, I'll borrow it from the library or torrent it.
Do I care? No, why should I? No one is less money because I torrented or borrowed it. I don't think you understand, no one went into your account and took money.
If you want people to buy it and you want more to buy it, make it a reasonable price, that's basics of economics Mr Lowery. You know that.
The difference today is people can still consume the content, so yeah, you want them to pay? Make it good and don't be a douche, be polite and ask and you'll see how many don't download compared to being a douche and see how many DO download out of spite.
There's no bully from consumers, only missed opportunities.
Ditch the old way of thinking, the false scarcity. Artists who want to try don't have to work as hard to release full length albums because EP's and some cool packages will work even better for them.
You know what fans want most, to connect with the artist, on the artist's terms.
No everyone fallows the rules, so don't think because some download and most don't that you still have a problem
We all know it's illegal to steal a car, but has that stopped car thieves from stealing cars? Nope. It's illegal to have many variants of firearms in Canada, but do you think the criminals give a shit? No.
Does that mean every one doesn't care and they are just bullies wanting what they want, no registration, just the "guns"? No.
The "don't alienate your fanbase" means show them respect and you'll get it in return. Not by everyone, but not everyone would respect you anyhow, that's how the world.
The difference is your world is not a few local thieves stealing Brand from the music stores, it's 7 billion people in the city. The number of non-caring-take-it-anyway people who don't respect is much larger when you look at online numbers.
Scale it into perspective before you continue to alienate your fanbase even more. Trust me, your rants do get around and less will be enticed to purchase your material.
Would you want to purchase my music if it came with a slap in the face? Didn't think so.
No bully, just respect. You have to show it to receive it!
The one problem Mr Lowery is that if people choose not to purchase someone's album or download or fileshare (and you can't stop them all, but say you did), the artist gets nothing and the artist gets no exposure either.
At least with the filesharing the exposure is greater and the chances of someone purchasing a package or tickets or even copies of music are greater.
Steve Kudrow has been in the music biz for 30+ years and says (along with others) that the labels don't pay. And "the barn is open, the animals have all left" so what is the point of trying to sue or legislate a way through this instead of trying different things like Amanda has?
Yes, doing exactly as she did won't work for every artist, but that's because they are not her, it works for her because she is her. Any artist can come up with a creative means to release something besides copies of their art and hope people pay. That's where the creativity comes in.
Yes, the artist can't really support themselves by just making art, they have to take on the responsibilities the labels have. But what happens when you're dropped? You still owe the label the cash they gave you and so you have to get a job and pay them back, unless you strike some deal where they take all your rights and forgive the debt.
Even then, you're left with SFA after. While the Pirate Bay or Limewire don't share their supposed massive profits (though for the TPB it was proven they had NO massive profits and earned just enough to feed the three of them plus run the business), they don't have anywhere near the profits of the labels and they don't provide any service either to the artist beyond free distribution.
Put it this way, I downloaded a few songs from U2 and didn't like them, I don't share those songs and I don't listen to them. However, I do own every released format of The Joshua Tree. I can't afford their concert tickets and I don't care to hear anything after Achtung Baby anyhow. It just doesn't appeal to me.
Point being, U2 hasn't lost anything from me. And even if it were the old days, I would have used the listening area to check out and learn for myself I didn't like their later releases, so they would still be at $0 from me for their newer stuff.
But what about the potential buyers who are faced with extorionate pricing or no access at all? You know when iTunes came out in 2003/4 I was excited, except not, it was not for Canadians. WTF? I was ready to get what I wanted, not a $20 CD for 1 or 3 songs, but just the songs I wanted for $1 each. Good price, I get what I want, I'm happy.
Nope, sorry, no licensing for Canada yet. Or for Nigeria or Equador or whoever. Who's fault is that? People want it and are willing to pay but the current business doesn't want to make decent profits? No they want to control and make exuberant profits and share next to nothing with most artists. Sorry, no pity there. No pity for anyone who supports the labels either.
If Gene Simmons released an album, maybe I'd buy it if he wasn't such a douche. But he is a douche and acts like he's God and we should be happy he released something and buy it, good or bad, just fucking buy it.
That's the attitude we get. First consumers are shafted because labels don't want to offer a fair price (price fixing charges in the early 2000's but they've been doing that for decades - monopoly != free market). Second consumers are shafted because we're labeled thieves for getting what we want because some corporate twat thinks they "know" what the people want. Finally we're alienated and then have to somehow feel sympathy for artists who side with the labels and alienate their fans?
When the choice of free exists, the last thing you do is alienate your fanbase.
I don't yet know how, but someone should write something that can copy the information Google is providing and store it in a database. Make it automatic (again, not sure how, webcrawler or ?) that way when Google is threatened for exposing dirty deeds done to sheep (the populous) by such corporations, we'll still have the info and can still spread it.
So the guy started as an A&R man and worked his way up. What does that have to do with School Of Fish not being a huge money maker for their label, to the point where they could actually negotiate what they wanted?
On top of that he wasn't with the band in 1990 when they released their debut. So I don't see how his non-discussion of School of Fish in that article helps prove any point or illustrate a "fail."
And according to an email with Matthew Good, in Canada A&R people are few and far between (he claimed none).
So I don't trust Anderson's "We'll find you" however it does concur with what Steve Kudrow of Anvil said in an interview with a fan (paraphrased) "Once you get your management, songs written, audience, fan-base, etc... that's when the label comes along, after you've already made it."
I believe Mrs Hillary Clinton feels that, based on a lot of evidence, a large number (not all, but large enough to be significant) of "parents" in the US do not properly parent.
Their excuses are likely: no time, no energy, too much work, kids these days, etc...
Many "parents" plop the kid infront of the TV to keep them occupied instead of spending a little quality time with them. It can help the parent relax if they really try (see Tiger Mother - her real trick wasn't being strict, it was spending time with her daughter while she practiced or did homework) to focus on helping their kids.
And also many "parents" should stop relying on the education system to raise their children, that's their job not the job of the teachers. The teachers are to teach math, language, history, science, etc... the parents are to teach LIFE skills.
CwK+RtL
Connect with Kids and give them a Reason to Learn.
This involves something strange to some parents (who are quick to join the PTA groups in protest of Internet sites but slow to actually talk with their children), you have to talk with them, respect them (rather than demand it, show how to respect, from toddler forward, from privacy to admitting when you are wrong), and most of all, listen to them.
Instead of preaching, just listen.
This can be applied to adults too. It's amazing how far you get when you don't simply dictate and disrespect.
I fully suspect the labels and studios leak things and blame piracy anyway. If the leak does well, they pump heavy marketing, if it does not do well, they do a limited release.
Either way though, they utilize leaking to improve exposure and conjure up sales, and as an excuse to complain about piracy.
If the artist goes in half-assed, no it won't work. If the artist understands it is not to mimic something someone else has done, but to understand the underlying process and adapt them for themselves.
An analogy is GM and Toyota's partnership. GM sent employees to Japan and they learned how things are done there and upon returning, the plant turned around like you would not believe. GM's management, having not looked at the underlying process, asked managers from another struggling plant to take photos and mimic the first plant. It failed miserably.
The same goes for the artists.
Back to the topic... it will be impossible to predict something because you have so many variables at play, most of which are substituted not by data, but by assumed constants. Liebowitz, for example, would assume "Why would you buy when there is free?" and thus if something is available for free his model would predict 100% adoption of that method.
Reality is, he's not able to predict the level of emotional connection between a fan and artist, let alone have a model that accurately represents the diversity of fans any one artist may have. Now try expanding that to the diverse types of music, geographical demographics (behavioural differences), and different levels of artist interaction and effectiveness of each...
Well you get the point, you can't predict with any real certainty the behaviour thus the expected outcome, in this situation that is.
My point: I doubt any independent study will shut up the politicians $$$upported by the entertainment corporations.
Isn't just you purchased the right to access the content?
With cassettes you can use anything that can read from a cassette. With vinyl you can use a needle and Styrofoam cup if you want, you don't need a phonograph player (unless you want your record to be listenable more than twice).
Even on the trials they go on about you paid for access to the content, you own the physical CD so you can chop carrots if you want with it. You paid for a license to access that content. They don't specify HOW you access it or whether you convert it to another format.
Again, Del Mastro just really does not understand the digital world or even the technology used by the entertainment industry. The sad part is he is attempting to address Madam Speaker as if he knows what he's talking about.
And since there was never an issue before with converting your vinyl to cassettes to play in your car, why is there an issue with converting a CD to play in your iPod?
It's really about stupid politicians trying to lock shit down because they don't know how to say "You can use it for personal use, like you can now, but don't share it online as that deprives content owners of revenue." You know, that would make sense, but they can't legislate what makes logical sense.
I'm so dumbfounded, I want to email every MP and illustrate via the bag of chips analogy how wrong and out to lunch Del Mastro is, but without being rude or making him look silly. He honestly believes his analogy. So there's no reason to be rude.
I remember a hilarious Stephen Colbert Report episode where Stephen explains he has an airplane hanger full of Miami Sound Machine's the Rhythm is Gonna Get You CD's, as he purchased a new one every time he listened to it.
To the RIAA and labels, that would be the ideal situation, even if it would never fly. But hey, if they could buy that fantasy into a reality, they would.
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Re: Re: Re: Depends also...
In fact, as proven by the indictment against TPB, in a court of law, you know, fact-based arguments, TPB does NOT make anywhere near the estimates and barely brings in enough revenue to keep the system going. The THREE people running it and their ONE investor are NOT in it for the money, or they would have closed shop a LONG time ago!
It's obvious the agenda you're promoting.
What is it with you Lowery, you didn't get anything beyond your Cobol experience so now you're pissed at the tech companies? Come on man.
Do you know how many tech companies have tried to come up with good ideas and work with labels only to be sued out of existence or burdened with exorbitant license fees they went bankrupt?
Yeah, blame the techies for that. Whatever dude.
On the post: RiP: A Remix Manifesto... Taken Offline Due To Copyright Claim?
Speaking of eOne...
Given the 2006 release of an album came with a contest for fans to generate a video for the single, I wonder whether such things will be possible under eOne (given how they went after the remix manifesto video).
It makes me sad when artists you respect join forces with companies that issue copyright claims when that isn't the focus of the video. Makes me wonder whether the fan contest video thing, which helped the album in terms of sales, will ever be possible.
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But..
That's all the copyright supporters have to ask. They'll argue he is making nothing or not as much as before, therefore he is worse off.
And whenever Lowery shows up as an AC he'll champion that message.
The thing is, how will Steve make money in the future with YouTube besides advertising? I am sure it will take multiple methods and revenue streams, but it will be possible. There's more than just tShirts and YouTube advertising dollars.
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Youtube can go?
On the post: Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On 'Piracy': It Only Helps Musicians
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In a Nutshell
If Mr Lowery's efforts today were as successful as Wilco or OK Go, you would not see him here ranting, nor linking to his blog in effort to drive up hits (add revenue? street cred "look at how many view my blog").
It does not matter if others are successful by trying different things (which IS the new model of the future), what matters is that he is not successful and therefore, in his eyes, it's a total failure.
On the post: Is It A Problem If People Only Discover A Musician Because They Have A Cool Kickstarter?
2cents
That's when I decided that in addition to her being awesome and human and respectful and trying hard with Kickstarter, I would support her. It was because of her music that I agreed to support her in the end though.
My tastes in music have changed a little over the years, so I wanted to see what style she has and her stuff is very good.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists themselves
But I know of one musician (famous Canadian but it was private email exchange) who said the debt was forgiven but I am not sure what the artist had to give up to get that debt forgiven, and the future albums sold well, well until 2007 anyway, even with no help from label in terms of promotion.
So I guess my friend neglected to mention the debt can be forgiven.
I suppose they have you by the shorts and curlies if you can't go to another label and they dropped you, which means your music career is over.
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Re: Re: Steve has some other great opinions on the music industry....
On the post: Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On 'Piracy': It Only Helps Musicians
Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists themselves
What you think because you release something people should buy it? No, you don't want them to consume it at all, so you'd rather people not download or share it, not tell their friends or let friends borrow it.
That leads to obscurity which is worse than "piracy."
And the only bullies are the RIAA/MPAA and their respective supporters, along with the BSA and their supporters.
Those are the bullies because there is NO choice with them. You do have a choice, if you ask people nicely not to share, you can. But don't start that "we don't ask people not to steal a car" because no one is deprived of the work, only the "potential" income.
The point is, you've seen the reaction of people when you alienate. Did those law suits make people think of the artists? No, they were pissed even more.
Look at Trent Reznor "has the price dropped here?" Audience "no", Trent "Steal it, steal steal steal" because he knows the labels have ripped people off with price fixing.
SO that's what you see now, the result of price fixing and law suits and threats.
There IS a choice with free. I could buy or I could try torrent it. If it is a decent price, I'll gladly buy. If some schmuck is charging too much, way more than it is worth, I'll borrow it from the library or torrent it.
Do I care? No, why should I? No one is less money because I torrented or borrowed it. I don't think you understand, no one went into your account and took money.
If you want people to buy it and you want more to buy it, make it a reasonable price, that's basics of economics Mr Lowery. You know that.
The difference today is people can still consume the content, so yeah, you want them to pay? Make it good and don't be a douche, be polite and ask and you'll see how many don't download compared to being a douche and see how many DO download out of spite.
There's no bully from consumers, only missed opportunities.
Ditch the old way of thinking, the false scarcity. Artists who want to try don't have to work as hard to release full length albums because EP's and some cool packages will work even better for them.
You know what fans want most, to connect with the artist, on the artist's terms.
No everyone fallows the rules, so don't think because some download and most don't that you still have a problem
We all know it's illegal to steal a car, but has that stopped car thieves from stealing cars? Nope. It's illegal to have many variants of firearms in Canada, but do you think the criminals give a shit? No.
Does that mean every one doesn't care and they are just bullies wanting what they want, no registration, just the "guns"? No.
The "don't alienate your fanbase" means show them respect and you'll get it in return. Not by everyone, but not everyone would respect you anyhow, that's how the world.
The difference is your world is not a few local thieves stealing Brand from the music stores, it's 7 billion people in the city. The number of non-caring-take-it-anyway people who don't respect is much larger when you look at online numbers.
Scale it into perspective before you continue to alienate your fanbase even more. Trust me, your rants do get around and less will be enticed to purchase your material.
Would you want to purchase my music if it came with a slap in the face? Didn't think so.
No bully, just respect. You have to show it to receive it!
The labels have not shown any, what will you do?
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Re: Re: Artists themselves
At least with the filesharing the exposure is greater and the chances of someone purchasing a package or tickets or even copies of music are greater.
Steve Kudrow has been in the music biz for 30+ years and says (along with others) that the labels don't pay. And "the barn is open, the animals have all left" so what is the point of trying to sue or legislate a way through this instead of trying different things like Amanda has?
Yes, doing exactly as she did won't work for every artist, but that's because they are not her, it works for her because she is her. Any artist can come up with a creative means to release something besides copies of their art and hope people pay. That's where the creativity comes in.
Yes, the artist can't really support themselves by just making art, they have to take on the responsibilities the labels have. But what happens when you're dropped? You still owe the label the cash they gave you and so you have to get a job and pay them back, unless you strike some deal where they take all your rights and forgive the debt.
Even then, you're left with SFA after. While the Pirate Bay or Limewire don't share their supposed massive profits (though for the TPB it was proven they had NO massive profits and earned just enough to feed the three of them plus run the business), they don't have anywhere near the profits of the labels and they don't provide any service either to the artist beyond free distribution.
Put it this way, I downloaded a few songs from U2 and didn't like them, I don't share those songs and I don't listen to them. However, I do own every released format of The Joshua Tree. I can't afford their concert tickets and I don't care to hear anything after Achtung Baby anyhow. It just doesn't appeal to me.
Point being, U2 hasn't lost anything from me. And even if it were the old days, I would have used the listening area to check out and learn for myself I didn't like their later releases, so they would still be at $0 from me for their newer stuff.
But what about the potential buyers who are faced with extorionate pricing or no access at all? You know when iTunes came out in 2003/4 I was excited, except not, it was not for Canadians. WTF? I was ready to get what I wanted, not a $20 CD for 1 or 3 songs, but just the songs I wanted for $1 each. Good price, I get what I want, I'm happy.
Nope, sorry, no licensing for Canada yet. Or for Nigeria or Equador or whoever. Who's fault is that? People want it and are willing to pay but the current business doesn't want to make decent profits? No they want to control and make exuberant profits and share next to nothing with most artists. Sorry, no pity there. No pity for anyone who supports the labels either.
If Gene Simmons released an album, maybe I'd buy it if he wasn't such a douche. But he is a douche and acts like he's God and we should be happy he released something and buy it, good or bad, just fucking buy it.
That's the attitude we get. First consumers are shafted because labels don't want to offer a fair price (price fixing charges in the early 2000's but they've been doing that for decades - monopoly != free market). Second consumers are shafted because we're labeled thieves for getting what we want because some corporate twat thinks they "know" what the people want. Finally we're alienated and then have to somehow feel sympathy for artists who side with the labels and alienate their fans?
When the choice of free exists, the last thing you do is alienate your fanbase.
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copy the information
On the post: Band Protests As A Copyright Troll Sues Its Fans
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
So the guy started as an A&R man and worked his way up. What does that have to do with School Of Fish not being a huge money maker for their label, to the point where they could actually negotiate what they wanted?
On top of that he wasn't with the band in 1990 when they released their debut. So I don't see how his non-discussion of School of Fish in that article helps prove any point or illustrate a "fail."
And according to an email with Matthew Good, in Canada A&R people are few and far between (he claimed none).
So I don't trust Anderson's "We'll find you" however it does concur with what Steve Kudrow of Anvil said in an interview with a fan (paraphrased) "Once you get your management, songs written, audience, fan-base, etc... that's when the label comes along, after you've already made it."
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Anvil's Lips Kudrow gives advice on this subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HyIgaYy2W0
If you have not seen the movie, even if you don't like metal, it's a really good movie and gives some insight to struggles bands go through.
I actually bought it and it was worth it and very informative (and funny but also sad).
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Re: Maybe they should think before they speak
Their excuses are likely: no time, no energy, too much work, kids these days, etc...
Many "parents" plop the kid infront of the TV to keep them occupied instead of spending a little quality time with them. It can help the parent relax if they really try (see Tiger Mother - her real trick wasn't being strict, it was spending time with her daughter while she practiced or did homework) to focus on helping their kids.
And also many "parents" should stop relying on the education system to raise their children, that's their job not the job of the teachers. The teachers are to teach math, language, history, science, etc... the parents are to teach LIFE skills.
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Simple Formula
Connect with Kids and give them a Reason to Learn.
This involves something strange to some parents (who are quick to join the PTA groups in protest of Internet sites but slow to actually talk with their children), you have to talk with them, respect them (rather than demand it, show how to respect, from toddler forward, from privacy to admitting when you are wrong), and most of all, listen to them.
Instead of preaching, just listen.
This can be applied to adults too. It's amazing how far you get when you don't simply dictate and disrespect.
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Re: Chelsea? Really?
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Re:
Either way though, they utilize leaking to improve exposure and conjure up sales, and as an excuse to complain about piracy.
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half-assed
An analogy is GM and Toyota's partnership. GM sent employees to Japan and they learned how things are done there and upon returning, the plant turned around like you would not believe. GM's management, having not looked at the underlying process, asked managers from another struggling plant to take photos and mimic the first plant. It failed miserably.
The same goes for the artists.
Back to the topic... it will be impossible to predict something because you have so many variables at play, most of which are substituted not by data, but by assumed constants. Liebowitz, for example, would assume "Why would you buy when there is free?" and thus if something is available for free his model would predict 100% adoption of that method.
Reality is, he's not able to predict the level of emotional connection between a fan and artist, let alone have a model that accurately represents the diversity of fans any one artist may have. Now try expanding that to the diverse types of music, geographical demographics (behavioural differences), and different levels of artist interaction and effectiveness of each...
Well you get the point, you can't predict with any real certainty the behaviour thus the expected outcome, in this situation that is.
My point: I doubt any independent study will shut up the politicians $$$upported by the entertainment corporations.
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Re: Wrong in many ways.
With cassettes you can use anything that can read from a cassette. With vinyl you can use a needle and Styrofoam cup if you want, you don't need a phonograph player (unless you want your record to be listenable more than twice).
Even on the trials they go on about you paid for access to the content, you own the physical CD so you can chop carrots if you want with it. You paid for a license to access that content. They don't specify HOW you access it or whether you convert it to another format.
Again, Del Mastro just really does not understand the digital world or even the technology used by the entertainment industry. The sad part is he is attempting to address Madam Speaker as if he knows what he's talking about.
And since there was never an issue before with converting your vinyl to cassettes to play in your car, why is there an issue with converting a CD to play in your iPod?
It's really about stupid politicians trying to lock shit down because they don't know how to say "You can use it for personal use, like you can now, but don't share it online as that deprives content owners of revenue." You know, that would make sense, but they can't legislate what makes logical sense.
I'm so dumbfounded, I want to email every MP and illustrate via the bag of chips analogy how wrong and out to lunch Del Mastro is, but without being rude or making him look silly. He honestly believes his analogy. So there's no reason to be rude.
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Colbert understands
To the RIAA and labels, that would be the ideal situation, even if it would never fly. But hey, if they could buy that fantasy into a reality, they would.
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