 ShootToThrilTell The TruthPremium
join:2004-06-07
Sherman Oaks, CA
1 edit | ok.... Bono like many artist is just angry at the fact that his work is being distributed illegally casing him and U@ as a band to loos money, while his comment is extreme it's understandable where he's coming from.
As far as the "AA"s go. I would just like to know what their financial advisers are telling them when it comes to building a model that will compete with piracy offering customers what they actually want. |
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 swhx7Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia | said by Bono :
A decade’s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators — in this case, the young, fledgling songwriters who can’t live off ticket and T-shirt sales like the least sympathetic among us — and the people this reverse Robin Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business.
Is he lying or deluded?
The creators who are indentured serfs of the record companies have no stake in anti-piracy, as they have already sold their copyrights. And those who are not on major labels, and keep their copyrights, generally welcome the exposure. It's incredible that the public can still be fooled by this appeal to artists' interests, as if major-label artists got more than a few pennies per $16 CD.
It's true that ISPs are getting rich, but it's not because of filesharing, it's because they are local monopolies or oligopolies.
The best thing for the music business - meaning actual musicians - would be for the rich, greedy, control-freak middle-man industry to die and stop sucking their blood. Fortunately, filesharing is helping to make that happen. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | reply to ShootToThril
They are not losing money, but rather making less money (as if they don't make enough)
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 IT GuyOw, My BallsPremium
join:2004-07-29
Las Cruces, NM
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Maybe Bono just hasn't come to terms with the fact that U2 is losing money because their music just sucks now and the tweenies have no interest whatsoever in it. Just a thought.
Hell, I don't listen to any of this commercial, pop garbage anymore. However, I do purchase mp3's from independent artists which have the drive in themselves to make it and don't rely on big labels and **IA terms and conditions..
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 r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX
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How are they losing money?
People download because they either can't afford it or do not want to spend money. If they could not download for free they would not listen to it. They are not losing anything.
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