Hear hear! Speaking as someone who wants to make a living creating music...
The music industry has a long been taking advantage of artists. (I.E. A platinum record--1 million copies sold--could net the band ~$30,000 dollars after all the 'recoupable expenses are taken out'--that means $7,500 each in a four-man band) With file sharing, the consumers can now go off and exploit the artists directly. While this is probably some form of progress, it still irks me. File-sharing isn't gonna hurt me, because no one has ever heard of my band. File sharing isn't going to hurt Michael Jackson or Madonna because they can afford millions of dollars to get airplay on TV and commercial Radio. I think file sharing is going to hurt the mid-level bands who are touring constantly and on the brink of making it (Bands like Great Big Sea and Guster). They don't have the sales volume to make any money off the record, yet enough people know about them to look for, find, and grab their music for free. It hasn't been proven to me whether file sharing helps or hurts the sales of records. I do believe that it could be used to help promote an act. I believe the act (it's management / record company / lawyers ) should be making those decisions, not some random person who bought their CD. > While I hate the RIAA - just because music swapping increases sales, it > does NOT mean that it's right. Just because music companies SHOULD let > us share music, and SHOULD make it easier to buy music online, does not > mean they HAVE to. People like to talk about rights - but rarely do I > hear someone sticking up for the record companies. Yes, they are being > stupid. Yes, they aren't being nice, but the last time I checked, they > have every right to be both dumb and, as long as it's legal - mean. > > -Raymond > > P.S. Bare in mind - I'm not saying that it's right for the RIAA to moan > about how they are losing sales if they know better. That is lying to > the public, and is different. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:24 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Study: File sharing boosts music sales > > > > > > An interesting article from C|Net. It seems that the RIAA > > Mafia racketeers > > have been talking through their hat. > > > > Here's a summary: > > > > Hundreds of millions of songs may illegally trade hands > > online every month, > > but file swapping may actually be causing people to spend > > more money on > > music, according to a new research report. A study released > > this week by > > Jupiter Research reports that about 34 percent of veteran > > file swappers say > > they are spending more on music than they did before they started > > downloading files. About 14 percent of heavy file traders say > > they now spend > > less on music. > > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-898813.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0 > > > > larry -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 -- My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com -- Will I be on the streets tomorrow, Will I have to beg and Borrow Will I have to go back to the job I left behind? ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
