RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Posted by rbolaw on September 30, 2014 at 16:52:29

In Reply to: RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes posted by David Smith on September 30, 2014 at 15:53:54:

Fair enough, and it wasn't meant as a criticism, anyway. I'm more sympathetic to your position than you may realize. Musicians being paid nothing is not a healthy thing for the industry or for our culture, imo. But exactly how and by whom they will be paid is at stake in the developments going on right now. Surely Thom Yorke and the Berlin Philharmonic want wide distribution too, and they felt they needed to take more active control of the process to get it. I don't know if they're right or if you agree.

The only area where we disagree is in your characterization of file sharing as "unpaid usage". Those people are paying plenty for that music, they just aren't paying (in most cases) the musicians who made it, or are paying them very little. Cold comfort for you right now, it's true, but an important distinction for the future, I think.

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Topic - Thom Yorke releases album on BitTorrent - rbolaw 19:23:26 09/28/14 (12)

RE: Thom Yorke releases album on BitTorrent - David Smith 06:37:21 09/29/14 (11)

RE: Thom Yorke releases album on BitTorrent - rbolaw 06:51:45 09/29/14 (10)

RE: Thom Yorke releases album on BitTorrent - David Smith 07:04:35 09/29/14 (9)

Yes, very good point. nt - rbolaw 08:43:56 09/29/14 (8)

The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 07:26:11 09/30/14 (7)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - David Smith 10:28:18 09/30/14 (6)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 11:16:51 09/30/14 (5)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - David Smith 15:53:54 09/30/14 (4)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 16:52:29 09/30/14 (3)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - David Smith 17:31:28 09/30/14 (2)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 18:26:32 09/30/14 (1)

Sounds good to me. nt - David Smith 19:25:10 09/30/14 (0)

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RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 16:52:29 09/30/14 (3)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - David Smith 17:31:28 09/30/14 (2)

RE: The verdict on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - rbolaw 18:26:32 09/30/14 (1)

Sounds good to me. nt - David Smith 19:25:10 09/30/14 (0)

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