Copyright Holders Want ISP's to Cut off Downloaders → Re: excuse me

its usually the record label/company that loses....not the artist....many of them get paid before the record is out via a contract and later on with royalties from airplay etc...so i dont feel bad at all actually......how much of that 12$ cd really goes to the artists?...not much...sony just gets bigger....and most artists support the mp3 format cause it gets their music out to people that usually wouldnt know/like them and gives them a chance to reach a new audience....and not all artists make music to make a buck,,,,,some do it for the love of sharingmusic....much like what we are doing....

Case in point, country singer Tim McGraw recently had a song on the Top 50 Country charts. The difference is, is that this song was recorded live by a fan at a live show. The fan then converted it to MP3 and began sharing it. So many people got it and liked it that some radio stations eventually began playing it. So many so that in the end, it broke the charts at number 62 and then began climbing like crazy. This artist will now be releasing a CD with this song on it. No CD as of yet has this song on it.

Gee... Top 50 WITHOUT Record companies, and all through MP3s

And to all those who think that this is helping cut back on copyright infringement. I have one word. Bull. People truly interested in infringing on copyrighted materials have the tools to do it even with these blocks. Kind of like banning DeCSS only prevents further development of Linux/Alternative OS DVD players and is nothing more than a feeble attempt by the MPAA to create a 'security system'.

If these organizations are concerned about falling sales, etc... (which, by the way, are not falling. CD sales, and movie tickets have gone up since easy access to previews and in-home listening came about) Perhaps they should try gouging the customers less and charge lower prices, then there wouldn't be a need for any of this.

I don't do any of the illegal things that they are trying to prevent. Still, I don't want some gigantic bureaucratic organizations unilaterally controlling what I watch and what I listen to with no fear of repercussions should they accuse me of wrongdoing.

MPAA/RIAA/SDMI Inc, take heed. We don't need a media big-brother. Concentrate on expanding the art forms you purvey, pay the artists more for the work they do (as they deserve the vast wealth, not the music-pimps that are the record companies). Also note that control through fear, confusion or legal witch-hunts are not the future. They tried that. Remember the USSR......

And also, don't get greedy. Remember; the public supported you and we keep you in the umpteen figure salary you receive. We can knock you down just as easy.

Getting a live mp3 is *VERY* different then ripping a CD!
You said correctly - co make money on cds - why would they give away mp3s for free this is not Eutopia where we all get what we want... You get what YOU paid for. I will be the first one to admit i have 1000s of illegal mp3s... But i am not going to say I have the 'right' to them. And I am not going to call Sony Nazi because it wants to have copyrights.

No, however, I believe that the proliferation of MP3 and other music technologies hasn't done anything but help the booming CD and music markets. The numbers are there, in black and white. Take a statistical sample or whatever. People who have easy access to the music they are considering purchasing are much more likely to purchase it. Would you purchase a car if you couldn't test drive it? What if the car manufacturers just wanted you to hear the engine run before you bought it? Would you then? A 'legal' 15-30 second clip doesn't sell music. Hearing the music in it's entirety sells music. There's no money to be made bootlegging or stealing the music. It'd cost almost as much to rip, burn, bootleg and sell knock-off CDs as to buy them new.

The RIAA and the record companies are simply greedy. They incorrectly believe that by stifling the consumers desire for music in the venue of their choice, that the consumer will bend over and take it how they want it. There are ZERO artists hurting because of this. There are ZERO record companies hurting because of this. Everyone benefits, no one loses. I would stake any amount of money on that people who download MP3s and then purchase corresponding CDs is a much higher ratios then those who haven't heard the music on the CD or those who have heard a radio version of one single.

Anyone wanna take that bet?