Re: Artists never get the money anyway in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18475633 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:25:45 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:25:45 EDT Re: Artists never get the money anyway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18475633 anon :
said by PolarBear See Profile :

Screw the RIAA and record companies; if I could buy a CD DIRECTLY from an artist and give said artist cash in his/her hand for it, I would. But I don't care to help a record company exec pay for his mansion in the hills or the Bimmer in his driveway.
You're an artist. You make just enough to get by, paycheck to paycheck working 10 hours a day.

How do you afford to go to a studio? Where do you find the time without quitting your job? Well, the record company says "here, take a 50-500K cash advance, and come back in a year and show us what you've got."

That's a large gamble for someone to take on someone they just met and saw play. Would you? I wouldn't.

Without that money, a lot of good artists would be floating around nowhere, going from mediocre gig to mediocre gig instead of being in the spotlight. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18475633 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:59:23 EDT Re: Artists never get the money anyway http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18469249 pnh102 : You are right about the artists being irrelevant. The only problem though is that since the recording companies own the copyrights to the songs, they can still legitimately nail you for copyright infringement if they so chose to.

I still don't understand why these broadcasters simply refuse to play RIAA member company licensed content until the dispute is resolved to their satisfaction.
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said by PolarBear See Profile :

...I have NO problem downloading music without paying for it; the artists don't lose a penny, only the greedy record companies do that are ripping the artists off anyway.
Anybody can rationalize any act for any reason...
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As Techdirt notes, it's not too likely that any of this new income will make its way to artists.
Any extra income that the RIAA or record companies earn NEVER gets to the artists. The artists have contracts with the record companies. They get paid a set amount no matter what. That's why I have NO problem downloading music without paying for it; the artists don't lose a penny, only the greedy record companies do that are ripping the artists off anyway.

Screw the RIAA and record companies; if I could buy a CD DIRECTLY from an artist and give said artist cash in his/her hand for it, I would. But I don't care to help a record company exec pay for his mansion in the hills or the Bimmer in his driveway.
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