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In Reply to: OT. Article on music piracy. Not sure what I think about this. posted by HamBone77 on May 14, 2007 at 11:27:28:
$7.87 per song? Event the standard charges of around US$1 per song are too high when the customer gets no physical medium or notes, and has to provide the storage medium and backup.As an ex-pro musician, I want to see musicians and record companies get paid fairly, but I think this is simply bad business. There are increasing numbers of musicians looking for different business models to ensure their music gets heard and they get paid. Existing major record companies are not always part of these models. One such Canadian group is at http://www.musiccreators.ca/wp/
It's been my experience and opinion that the major record companies are seldom on the side of the musicians and writers. They are, after all, a business with stockholders, and have to make money. Here in Canada, parliament was pressured into creating a blank media levy that is paid to the recording industry on all blank audio cassettes and recordable CDs. Thus, no matter what you use cassettes and CDs for (backup? your own work? photos?, you are required to pay a levy on each blank unit which goes to the recording industry. Theoretically, this covers us for making an extra copy of media for our own use (in the car, or backup). It's also a cash cow for the industry, who are now pressuring to have the levy raised. Does the money go to the musicians? Which ones--does Celine Dion get it all? What about small recording companies? I don't know the answers to those questions, and will have to do some poking around.
Anyone who is a professional recording musician or is considering becoming one should take a look at some of the literature on the business first. Careers are made and destroyed by the "starmaking machinery" (thanks, Joni) and it can be a brutal business. Artists who have signed contracts can be sidelined for years, and not be allowed to work for anyone else, if their company decides not to push them. Will they get paid fairly?
If anyone is interested, here are some stories relating to downloading and the music business in general, from more of a musician's viewpoint:
Singer Janis Ian on the issue (a very good read)
http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
and interviewed on Slashdot
http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/09/23/133228.shtml?tid=1412004 Guardian story on downloading
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/netmusic/story/0,,1186075,00.htmlHarvard Business School report
http://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdfCourtney Love does the Math - who are the real pirates?
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.htmlBTW, I don't download; I buy CDs and LPs for a number of reasons.
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Follow Ups
- A closer look at downloading and the business - newdreams 13:10:05 05/14/07 (2)
- Re: A closer look at downloading and the business - HamBone77 13:58:50 05/14/07 (0)
- media levy: The dream of any business is to collect money for doing nothing. -nt - Bry 13:36:05 05/14/07 (0)
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