Quote: "That said, when I do become an internationally recognised artist I'll be kinda annoyed if I don't sell any copys BUT its the most illegally downloaded track of the time"
you notice though that the tracks people make available on Kazaa and such are tracks that either you can't buy in the country you live, else its artists who already are millionaires...
i mean not being funny but if i'm work 6.5 million like Mariah, preaching about how my fans are everything to me ... then taking them to court because they don't give me the $0.05 for that single track they've downloaded.
personally i buy CD's ... i buy DvD's ... but i also download ALOT of music which i'm just unable to get my hands on, or i wouldn't actually get otherwise.
Not to be funny but there ain't no way in hell i wanna buy an album for $20 which only has a single song i like on it, and if you want it in single form thats $5!?
if they want to truely cut piracy they have to think about not screwing us over ... i mean seriously how can these companies be struggling because of piracy?
its like the computer games industry, we all know people pirate games rather than paying for them - and to a degree that does piss me off ... but on the other hand we're not exactly underpaid for what we do, i earnt over $100k last year for sitting on my ass and knocking a few matricies together to ressemble worlds people would believe. If alot of people pirate the game, then i don't blame them after all it was like $55 - which is one hell of alot of cash for a kid, and for people who are expected to shell out on so many titles per month. Yet the money still does roll in quite well enough to pay some very fat wage packets for everyone.
The games industry is just as pirated as the music, so why are the music the only ones making this much of a fuss? Microsoft are probably the most pirated company in the world, they're trying to combat this but they're not taking people to court because their loosing millions a day.
as for the artists saying "oh i'm so worried my album is going to be pirated before release!" ... someone explain to my just HOW THE HELL can someones album be pirated prior to release? That would mean a finished & edited version would need to be available for someone within the company that also has access to put it online ... just like software companies they've gotta start to actually look INTERNALLY rather than EXTERNALLY for pirates, because ALL of the pre-release pirates are from people who have signed contracts that they won't distribute without permission.
You can't blame the people who spread it on for the initial leak, pirate are like journolists - they have no sense of what is right and wrong, or what is acceptable ... they just wanna look the big man by getting out software you cant' even buy yet.
If people knew that they'd target individuals you'd actually find less and less musics & software posted online from the sources.
personally i think there should be like a time limit music and games sharing - something like after a year of release your allowed to place it legally for sharing with programs like Kazaa and eDonkey.
after a year artists rarely make more money from thier albums (as they oftenly forgotten) this would also eliviate the need to stock such huge supplies.
personally i'd buy more music online if each track i wanted was like $1.00 - $13 for 13 tracks, seems fair ... but you see the current prices they sell for - christ, i'd rather buy the bloody CDs just for value.
I pride myself that i don't kill...
well not without a good reason
