Comments on: Top Artists Strike Back at Greedy Music Labels

By: Cawcaw

Cawcaw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:54:20 +0000

See I’d be all for the labels trying to protect the music of their clients… if they actually cared about saving the investment of their clients rather than their own and only their own.

This is even affecting sites like Youtube where they have the audio silenced if they violate such stupidity.

Really, this is just going too far with it. A lot of people torrent, no shit. But a good chunk of these people do it as a way of either getting the album sooner and getting it to preview it. I always buy albums that I enjoy as a way to show my support for the band.

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By: Hurican

Hurican — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:13:24 +0000

As a musician, I find the way major labels do business offensive to the point of making me sick. Our group has decided to abandon our search for majors and find the more private / progressive labels that offer the musician more freedom in keeping their rights and publishing.

Unfortunately, the musicians themselves are regarded no differently than the sheep of society, which instead of making fair gains on their own creations and hard work, are instead putting money in the pockets of big business.

The artist has been starved of money so badly, that they cannot finance legal to fight for their cause, so it is a vicious circle.

I propose to any group who is committed to making a future for themselves in music, to incorporate themselves and register each member as a publisher / partner in the corporation.

Look at it this way, if the shoe were on the other foot, and the artists were able to keep the majority of the money, the media industry would declare an all out war to get their cut.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:03:51 +0000

The record companies dont realize that by trying to stop people from listening to free music online, they are actually losing revenue rather than gaining it. Artists should make the vast majority of their money off of concerts-if people like their music, they will be willing to pay good money to see the band live. The companies need to learn to trust that the people who listen to music for free are in some way contributing to the music industry.

By: bleh

bleh — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:41:14 +0000

@76:
“but if no one buys music anymore, it will be the end, we depend on our costumers like any other business.”

A simple question for you.
If you could not get paid for your music, would you continue to write music?

If the answer is yes, then it will hardly be the end of music.

If the anser is no, I’d wonder whether you are truly an artist or simply another producer of “filler” music. True art will usually find an outlet regardless of monetary concerns.

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By: Bananana

Bananana — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:37:04 +0000

@76 “Anonymous”

It wouldn’t be the end of music at all. Not even close. There will always be tons of music available out there. Really, it’s tough titties if you can’t make it a profitable venture. That’s a reality you need to learn to live with, because the chances of you bending the mass of people to your particular way are unimaginably small.

P.S. You’d do well not to judge your average file-sharer based on comments you happen to read here.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:12:56 +0000

You guys are a bunch of hypocrites, giving the artists a pad on the back with one hand, stealing their music with the other…
Yeah, it’s about time we killed the big record companies, but it’s also about time all you torrent users started paying for the music you download, that way we can ensure cheaper music directly from the artist to the user, personally I’d love that.

The whole “I don’t pay for music because of the industry” argument really pisses me off as an artist, yeah sure, the fat cats gets a huge chunk of the pie as it is right now, but if no one buys music anymore, it will be the end, we depend on our costumers like any other business.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:40:57 +0000

What will hapen is that all the copyrighted recording will be forgoten regardless of merit swamped by the torrent of news stuff under creative comon or just public domain.

Personaly my production is mine and there is not way I will ever deal with these parasites.