But then again, you're talking to a list who's artists
and musicians are rarely signed to major label deals.
Reading below it could be said that they are in fact
the exception to the rule. According to your(?) theory
below, stealing from such independent artists does
them quite a lot of harm because most of the money
would in fact end up in their pockets otherwise.
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:
quoted 93 lines Why you shouldn't worry (ethically)(and why you
> 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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