Comments on: Artists See a Future With BitTorrent https://torrentfreak.com/artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: NiN’s Donation Model Doesn’t Work for Most Artists | Torrent Searcher News /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-508361 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:40:10 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-508361 [...] The answer to this question is simple. If their goal is to make thousands of dollars from it, probably not. However, that is not what most artists intend to do. They want their music to be heard, create an audience and pick up some fans here and there. The people who download their music for free, and like it, are potentially the people who visit their gigs, buy merchandising, and tell their friends about this great band they discovered. Lesser known artists will never be able to generate a decent income from donations, but making their music available for free sure is part of a viable business model. [...]

]]> By: NiN’s Donation Model Doesn’t Work for Most Artists | TorrentFreak /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-508048 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:59 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-508048 [...] a decent income from donations, but making their music available for free sure is part of a viable business model. Saved in: Hot Off The Press, P2P and Filesharing Tags: bittorrent, donations, music, p2p, [...]

]]> By: spudz.org » Blog Archive » Artists See a Future With BitTorrent /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-506158 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:07:47 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-506158 [...] Read More Here from torrentfreak.com [...]

]]> By: The Pragmatic & CMJ - RAC /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-505872 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:59:19 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-505872 [...] did a short interview w/ torrentfreak.com about file-sharing and it’s role with the current music scene. Check it out [...]

]]> By: Dan /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-505281 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:49:30 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-505281 I know I uploaded my ebook into mininova last night, and I could not be happier with the response it has gotten, while it might not equate to better sales, what does make me very happy is that it is being downloaded in Africa and in impoverished countries.

That would so be my personal good deed for the day if it helps lift one person out of poverty, and helps them understand ecommerce a little bit better.

Frankly, as an author, I am just overjoyed at the response the book has gotten with almost 1000 downloads in the last 19 hours. Great response, global distribution network, chance to change someones life, it was good of my publisher to recommend giving the book away for free to see what happens.

Thanks to mininova too for offering a free CDN and an easy way for an author/artist to upload their stuff.

Why did I do this? I have the book free on my book’s web site that gets 25 people a day, I sell one book a day on average, I have already beaten the odds for a self published book, and I have another book coming out that I want to focus on, this was also the best way I could think of to also get feedback from the users.

Hope that helps anyone who is thinking of doing the same thing. I personally could not be happier with my experience.

]]> By: Xihilisk /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-505031 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-505031 And CREED, in response to your comment, some musicians don’t care about money. We work for a living like everyone else and make music in our spare time.
If you loved your music enough, the only reward you would actively seek for it is the fact that people are listening to it and liking it, not that they’re willing to pay for it.

]]> By: Xihilisk /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-505027 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:08:30 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-505027 I organised The What CD and The What CD Volume 2 is landing very soon, so keep an eye out.!
This time we’ve had more submissions and an even higher quality of tracks, so the next one will be even better.

]]> By: caleb120 /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-504792 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:31:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-504792 W00t!!! I’m on the what CD! The Annual Falling – Rise and Shine.

]]> By: Byte Into It - 15 Oct 08 « Byte Into It - Computing and new technology /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-504765 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:38:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-504765 [...] Artists See a Future With BitTorrent | TorrentFreak Giving away music for free might not sound like a very solid business model to most people, but it is. Most artists make most money from concerts and merchandise, not so much album sales. Even more so, the key to success are the fans, and what better way to introduce people to your music by giving it away for free? [...]

]]> By: Blogroll » Celebrating free culture and music: the What CD /artists-see-a-future-with-bittorrent-081013/#comment-504718 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:21:20 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=5569#comment-504718 [...] Here is some context, from TorrentFreak: [...]

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