Piracy good?
“If nearly all artists succumb to illegal downloads, no-one makes money. But if the music is actually good, many people are willing to pay for future albums, songs, or even concert tickets, in support of the artist and their endeavours. On the contrary, artists who churn out mass-marketed pop crap will not attract the same following.”
Interesting article on music piracy – click here.
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 @ 2:29 am
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January 10th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Hey Guy,
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog. I’m glad you enjoyed the article.
Cheers,
Aidan
January 10th, 2007 at 5:03 am
No probs – you’re now in my RSS reader
It was an interesting read. I’m not sure if I agree 100% that piracy helps music as such, but I agree that it has the potential to filter the crap from the talented.
At the same time, I don’t agree with people who say it harms music because as you say, music people download illegally is stuff that they wouldn’t have otherwise bothered with if they had to pay for it.
Not sure if I make sense?
January 10th, 2007 at 7:23 am
That absolutely makes sense.
I do agree that the crap gets filtered from the true talent. I also agree that downloading tracks is a great way for people to sample new tunes and artists without taking the plunge and making a purchase.
I do disagree with people who constantly download an artist’s music over and over again without providing some level of compensation – be it a CD purchase, an iTunes download, or the purchase of concert tickets.
Cheers,
Aidan
January 10th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Totally. I have Napster To Go so I can download unlimited music to sample new artists and albums without extra charge anyway. For people who use the pay-per-song rather than subscription model, however, I don’t see why illegally downloading one song to see what the band’s like is so bad… I reckon people are more likely to download the band’s entire album if they can verify that at least one whole song is good, rather than relying on the 30 second snippets iTunes allows…
January 11th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Once again, I totally agree.
Cheers,
Aidan