jsz0
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT | reply to robl27
Re: I dislike when people steal songs, but
The artists agree to terms with the record labels. They have no one to blame but themselves. |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL
clubs: 
| Unless the artists have the brains to come up with a business plan and cash or investors to finance studio time and marketing, they really don't have much of a choice, let alone bargaining power to negotiate terms.
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Jeff Howe
Jeff's Blog - »www.jeffhowe.net/Jeffhowe.net/Blog/Blog.html |
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jsz0
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT
 ·Comcast
| said by kaila  :Unless the artists have the brains to come up with a business plan and cash or investors to finance studio time and marketing, they really don't have much of a choice, let alone bargaining power to negotiate terms. Yep. Clearly they need the labels to make the investment to produce the product and do the marketing. As a result the labels reap most of the profits since they are taking all the risk. If they want to monetize their art and cannot do it themselves they will have to pay a hefty fee. |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
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said by jsz0 :The artists agree to terms with the record labels. They have no one to blame but themselves. There is a huge monopoly when it comes to publishing music, or there has been until now. The internet does the job that publishers used to do: expose the music to the world so people will buy merchandise and fill up stadiums to see the band. That is exactly why the recording industry is trying so hard to shut down music trading, it's doing their job for them FOR FREE. |
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