If I found it incredibly easy to steal your work without getting caught, would that make it okay for me to deprive you of a living?

Explain to us then why is that music sales dropped before the 90′s and been stable after Napster ever since, how is filesharing affecting sales(more like renting) when there is no perceptual or relevant statistical difference in the numbers. When radio was introduced there were a seriously decline in music sales in the 30′s still after Napster there is no monetary proof of damages that people can see but still fools claim that it is hurting them, how?

Madonna made $200 million dollars in tours and she did not have to give a cent to corporations because that is a terrain that artists don’t have to share profits with labels, how was her ability to make money compromised?

You know what I’m tired of sob stories, artists think they are the only ones with sob stories? Let me tell ya the history of my life and see you in tears after LoL

“If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.”

‘as a musician’ What musician? In what band, group or ensemble do you play your ‘agingguitar’?

If you were actually someone important like say; Buddy Guy, he’d come out and say “Hi I’m Buddy Guy, and I hate/love file sharing.” Well then we could at least respect his opinion.

But you’re not really a musician are you ‘agingguitarplayer’?
Your a hack that has made his living ‘covering’ other peoples tunes.
All this time a pirate yourself.

Tom Siegel
http://www.onlineartistpromotion.com

all week you raise awareness of how bad the MAFIAA is, and how beneficial file-sharing is.

then, when a band speaks up and shares their experiences (despite the motives behind it), instead of saying “way to go”, you ridicule them and tell them what idiots they are for accepting file-sharing?

do you guys just post in here to see yourself type?

all week you raise awareness of how bad the MAFIAA is, and how beneficial file-sharing is.

then, when a band speaks up and shares their experiences (despite the motives behind it), instead of saying “way to go”, you ridicule them and tell them what idiots they are for accepting file-sharing?

do you guys just post in here to see yourself type?

As was said earlier: “Good music sells itself”.

I’m a Metallica fan myself and I’ve recently bought their entire collection of studio recorded CD’s. 4 DVD’s and a book even. Why you ask? Because good music sells itself.

All of their music has been available on the internet for many years now. In lossless format aswell. Nothing though, beats the feeling knowing you have a proper real legal recording on your shelf at home.

It’s like downloading a new book as an E-book PDF. Nothing beats a real book. The letters are in the exact same order, but the experience is much better when the book is in your hands instead of on a computer screen.

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-Aaron

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Great to see they are for file sharing, and people actually supporting artists like this.

I think a good way to prove to the record industries that file sharing works and remove the stigma that not all pirates are selfish is to have peoples iTunes, Amazon or whichever online MP3/CD store they use, somehow linked to their Bit Torrent accounts.

You can then see a clear distinction between the amount of times it has been downloaded from that tracker to the amount of times is has been legitimately bought.

An incentive then from the people who run the Bit Torrent sites could be that if you are seen to support the artists you become a privileged/VIP/trusted member, sort of like what Oink had.
Encouraging more people to share, talk about and support the deserving artists.

Obviously you will still have the leechers that just take, take, take, but people like that are the type that would never support anyone anyway, let alone an artist.

Great to see they are for file sharing, and people actually supporting artists like this.

I think a good way to prove to the record industries that file sharing works and remove the stigma that not all pirates are selfish is to have peoples iTunes, Amazon or whichever online MP3/CD store they use, somehow linked (anonymously) to their Bit Torrent accounts.

You can then see a clear distinction between the amount of times it has been downloaded from that tracker and the times is has been legitimately bought.

Maybe then this user on the bittorrent site

This is brilliant. Great music sells itself.

The industry just don’t want to have the middle-man (themselves) cut out of the equation.

Which is why we see their useless shills posting here.

As a software developer and music producer, I see no problem with file-sharing. Legitimate, convenient, advertising supported media exists to compensate these people anyway.

Whether or not they sopenly support filesharing doesn’t change the fact that people will still do it. They do however recognize that they have a wider audience–meaning more and better gigs, more merch sales, and more exposure.

This year they are up for the Polaris Prize (translated: CASH MONEY!), and I think that the fact that they made the shortlist is in no small part due to the fact that more people were able to find their music.

Seriously, try finding an album by Rae Spoon or One Hundred Dollars. All the bands on the longlist for the Polaris prize that didn’t have their albums uploaded on a torrent site (I looked) didn’t make the shortlist this year.

Coincidence?

The record labels, executives like Simon Cowell and all the lawyers want their share. They don’t want the artists to take the lions share of the profit, the executives and lawyers want the lions share. They want to keep the artists muzzled, brainwashed and on a short leash. They don’t like this type of information getting out and they don’t want artists thinking for themselves.

The record labels have been very comfortable with this arrangement from the very beginning, and they don’t want this to change. This is why they are doing all that they can to stop it. Brainwashing law makers, the public, whining, dining and wooing those who can help them keep their antiquated business model the same, and continuing to brainwash and exploit artists paying them as little as possible so they become completely reliant on them.

They don’t want artists learning how to make money without them. It would mean the death of all record labels, and the executives and lawyers would have to find another business where they can exploit mindless sheep.

johnny d is gonna make it rain

these big labels and rock stars can shove it.. they have made way too much money with there untalented unoriginal crap that is pushed in peoples faces by these monopoly labels. Your time is up. Welcome to the future.

what are you trying to say? are these the pro or con guys for filesharing?

never heard of the band/dont really like the song.

Fredrik Neij -> DCP

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, hacker -> PRQ

Carl Lundstrom -> Rix Telecom, Port 80 (supplier to PRQ)

Tobias Andersson, hacker wannabe -> Piratebay, Piratbyran

Daniel Oded -> Random Media, Targetpoint advertising

Fredrik Holmqvist, hacker -> Black Internet, Dual Crew Shining DCS.net, D-CS.com

Patrik Lagerman, hacker -> Patrikweb

Anonymous -> DOS attacks
Angry Young Hackers -> scriptkiddies

Organized crime anyone?