This is the stuff flame wars, or at least some long relatively
fruitless discussions, are made of, but I would like to point to this
article on firstmonday.org discussing artists' earnings, copyright,
and distribution (among other things):
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_1/kretschmer/
Very well written, not to mention peer-reviewed, and worth a read,
IMHO. And I agree with you Shimone.
t.
quoted 114 lines My personal opinion however is that sharing music
> My personal opinion however is that sharing music
> means more exposure and more exposure means more
> interest and that's really all an independent artist
> is wishing for init?
>
> Shimone/Justes
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> --- "avianwayfilms@juno.com" <avianwayfilms@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Why you shouldn't worry (ethically)(and why you
> > should - because as we know crimes against property
> > are the worst according to those who "own"
> > everything)
> >
> > Where does the money from the selling of music go?
> >
> > The "artist" usually gets fractions of a cent for
> > the use of their
> > music - radio play, mechanicals (retail purchased),
> > use in soundtracks, etc.
> > This amounts to very little money in reality, even
> > for a popular artist with
> > lots of airplay - like Metallica for instance... To
> > share their music will take fractions of a penny
> > from them over the course of a year.
> >
> > Of the rest of the money (better than 99 percent
> > usually) most goes to the
> > record company and some little goes to the owner of
> > the publishing rights for
> > the artist's music (who is often not the artist - a
> > company owned by Michael
> > Jackson owns a lot of the publishing rights to many
> > Beatle's songs - the owners of the rights to much
> > music are usually, surprise! subsidiaries and
> > holding companies of - the record companies!)
> >
> > Most artists will only make money by performing,
> > because the returns are often greater than the
> > costs. If an artist has their own production company
> > and can control the costs and the profits of touring
> > themselves, rather than the way it typically is with
> > a record company footing the bill and then charging
> > the artist for it later), they can make OK money if
> > they can play at the right sized venues on their
> > tours.
> >
> > Artists can also make money with merchandise -
> > T-shirts and CDs, etc sold at shows - I urge you to
> > buy direct from the artist as much as possible,
> > especially at shows.
> >
> > Artists should not sell their publishing rights to
> > anyone.
> > If they keep their rights, and they reserve the
> > rights to other uses in their
> > recording (slavery) contracts, they can
> > theoretically sell the song in a
> > secondary market - like for a film soundtrack or a
> > commercial, etc. A musician
> > is not usually allowed to do this until they have a
> > lot of clout (sales) because
> > the record companies are not inclined to let a penny
> > slip by unpinched.
> >
> > Musicians are not hurt much at all by downloading
> > mp3s of their music. You are stealing, in a sense,
> > yes, but mostly from the money-grubbing
> > entertainment conglomerates who reallly really need
> > that money more than ever to pay for their growing
> > packs of attorneys and to offset their (debatable)
> > drop in profits due to their inability to
> > consistently offer quality products.
> > (unquestionable). Besides, most of us who open
> > source share are only stealing in the sense of Robin
> > Hood and not in the sense of Enron or Bank of
> > America.
> >
> > Many musicians I know use Limewire or suchlike. They
> > have no ethical objections to it. In fact, many of
> > us use it to "test drive" the music - a kind
> > of shopping. If I come across something I like -
> > Oval, Autechre, Mouse On Mars,
> > Climax Golden Twins, Sufjan Stevens - I want the
> > whole thing, artwork and all,
> > at the best quality, so I'll buy it. Hell, sometimes
> > I'll buy two!
> >
> > Anyway, I guess what it really comes down to is a
> > dichotomy that splits the
> > world - do you come down on the side of some of the
> > world's largest corporations and their stupid
> > puppets, like Metallica, or do you come down on the
> > side of the mass of people who love music so much
> > that it is woven into the
> > everyday fabric of their lives in a truly
> > meaningful, personal way that has
> > little to do with the deep wading in the cesspool of
> > commerce, and everything to do with the impulses and
> > idealisms that create music. Yawn.
> >
> > Keep your ears open and your chin up. Slippery.
>
>
>
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