The biggest problem with selling mp3 is that you have to pay a huge fee to
the MPEG Group, while if you sell ogg vorbis files you keep all the
money. By the way if you sell your own cd's you're also supposed to pay
royalties to the company that holds the cd patents. The ogg vorbis format
is the only royalty free digital format. Even cd's aren't royalty free,
and if you sell enough independently this nasty company called
"Discovision" will sue you, all they do is defend the pantents on cds and
sue artists and record companies. What I'm trying is signing up for BMI
and releasing my mp3s on Vitaminic, since they pay per playback to BMI or
ASCAP members, so everyone can download for free and I can still collect
composer's fees.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, donna summer wrote:
quoted 62 lines Sup Cutups!
> Sup Cutups!
> Glad to see SOMEONE is trying to still have some dialogue around here...
>
> Personally, I'm not that in favor of the idea. See, I really like THINGS. I
> like to hold them, look at them, make them. I think that the idea of a MP3
> subscription works very well with the idea of the internet/information as a
> utility (ie: like water, heat, elect.) And I like the idea that an artist
> could get paid for exactly how much usage they would get, but there's
> something a bit off about the non-material nature of this proess. Does this
> process alreday exist? -yes. Do many people burn MP3's almost exclusively?
> -Yes.
>
> I just don't prefer it...
>
> But we all need more t-shirts!!! So get crackin'on those Wrecked designs
> ASAP!
>
> Donna S.
>
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>
> >I agree on the technology part of it...you'd have to do something
> >else to encourage people to actually pay for it. Limiting how you can
> >replay it is too hard to deal with. Like you mention merch...possibly
> >giving
> >away "free" merch (tshirts etc) to subscribers over the long haul....
> >
> >However - I guess what i'm getting at is - is it more ridiculous than
> >selling cds,
> >where you have to actually make something, when some percent
> >(i don't know how high), just rip the cd and listen to it on their
> >computer.
> >Or never buy it and just listen to it on their computer.
> >
> >Perhaps giving some $'s to the artist this way would make more sense
> >to people who normally just download stuff for free, or think too little
> >money goes to the artists from normal cd sales...
> >
> >- cutups
> >
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