pippin;601831 Wrote:
>
> Sorry, all of this has nothing to do with piracy, unwillingness to pay
> or anything. Its just corporate bullshit out of overstaffed strategy
> departments trying to sell stuff that isn't there.
>
> I would be willing to pay. At least as much as I paid for CDs back in
> the dark ages, probably even much more.
>
And you are not alone, I pretty much feel the exact same way, I'm ready
to pay (under the right conditions) but no one wants to take my
money...
I think there are two main types of piracy:
Type 1:
- People that just collect stuff, they would never pay for it and their
goal is just to take backup of as large part of Internet as possible.
They aren't interested in the stuff they download, they basically just
want to increase the used space on their hard drive and tell their
friends how many tracks/movies they have.
Type 2:
- People similar to you and me who are seriously interested in the
music/movies but want to view it now and want to get it the easiest
possible way. They don't want to wait 3 months for the record label to
release it in their region, they don't want to wait 1 week for the
distributor to ship a physical CD by standard mail, they want it now.
They are prepared to pay for it but no one wants to take their money.
There are also people similar to you and me who have a lot of patience
and is prepared to wait. They either do as you describe and focus on
concerts instead of recordings, or they patiently waits for the
official release on CD in their region and buys it. These people are
the reason why the music/movie industry still survives.
The music/movie industry is currently too scared that there aren't
enough people among type 2 who is ready to pay, so they don't dare to
offer user friendly services which risk to increase piracy, they want
to ensure that they are in full control of their product.
Another important factor to remember is the purpose of a record label
and distributor:
- Finance the recording studio and recording for new talented artists
who can't afford these costs themselves
- Do the advertising when the CD is released, since they want to
optimize the advertising effect and cost they want to learn from one
region of the world before they release it in the next.
- Ensure that the CD is distributed to a place where customers can get
it
- Take their share of the income when the customer buys the product
Switching to a online streaming solution is a huge change for these
companies and their dilemma is that:
- If they switch to a streaming/download solution, the advertising and
distribution are going to be completely differently to what they are
used to. I can understand if they are scared that someone else is going
to offer this a better way and due to this prefer to do their best to
force us to continue use their old fashion business models.
- If they don't switch a streaming/download solution, there is a risk
other record labels do and they will just disappear because other
record labels provides a better service for the talented artist to
distribute his/her work to the people who is prepared to pay for it.
So I can understand why record labels and distributors are scared to
change but I think they will also have to realize that if they don't
change, the needs for their service are going to disappear anyway. They
blame piracy but I think the real reason is that they haven't figured
out a way to ensure to 100% that they are still going to get their
share of the cake in a download/streaming solution. I think someone big
just have to dare to take the first step, then everyone else is going to
follow because they are scared to be left behind.
It's just frustrating that it takes so long time for them to take the
first step.
I remember reading that Spotify solved this by offering some big labels
stocks in the Spotify company, this way the record labels were sure that
they would get some control and also get a share of the earnings if it
became a success. It also didn't cost them much if the service failed,
since they got the stocks really cheap or maybe even for free. When a
few big labels had jumped on the wagon, the rest just followed because
they didn't want to be left behind. Of course, there are still some
labels/artists who haven't seen the possibilities and refuse to offer
their music on Spotify.
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