P2p a tool. It is not an intrinsic good or evil.
I would tell anyone that I downloaded their music.
Small or large artist alike.. If they have a problem
with it, I certainly can think of greater misfortunes.
I used to run into Marumari on Napster [yes, the real
Marumari, not a screen name...I actually arranged to
buy a record off of him personally - I suppose he had
some extra copies at his house, on Napster a while
back]
I believe I met him on soulseek as well once or twice,
but I know I met one of the guys from Stars as Eyes.
He could have been putting me on, but who would lie
about *that* group. Also, I would gladly share their
[then months unreleased, and entirely unavailable] new
ep with me. I know these guys aren't exactly Boards
of Canada, but idm isn't exactly pop music to begin
with, either.
I read a post by Hrvatski, on this list I believe,
where he basically said please feel free to share this
music so long as 1) you don't claim it as your own and
2) do not sell it to profit beyond the cost of the
media you are using to transport the music. I suppose
he sees this as publicity. I hate to put words into
anybody's mouth, so vat, if I'm mistaken - 1001
apologies.
As a completely unsigned and unheard artist, I
obviously would not only not care, but be glad if I
come across my tracks on soulseek. Virtually
everyone was once unheard, and would probably have the
same high opinion of finding their music shared. This
is publicity. Of course, shard music is not
controlled publicity, but would certainly be welcome
none the less by most unsigned artists. When this
artist takes off unfortunately their opinion over the
sharing of their music may shift, but again this
happens to be a factor that they never did have
control over to begin with; it is just a matter of how
appealing it may seem at various stages. Would it be
hypocritical to enjoy the benefits of such vast
exposure until it hurts your bottom line? Now
Hrvatski is well established, but I suppose he feels
he could use more publicity. At least he did a few
months ago when I read his post. There are clear
conflicts when it comes to the accessibility of music,
both released and unreleased, and the deregulated
nature of p2p is, in essence, why artists' exposure
has increased exponentially over the past few years.
This would benefit, at the very lease, the factor of
name recognition. I doubt Mike P. is surfing the web
looking for the latest names of 'bedroom bandits', but
I also read somewhere that he first heard of bit
meddler through similar channels. Of course it was
the traditional 'demo' that resulted in the release of
his first 7", I'm quite certain.
Oh, and as for the type of person who would assume
that I wouldn't buy their music if I thought it was
worth it after I downloaded it - especially in the
case of me taking the time to *tell* them in person
that I enjoyed - I wouldn't give a shit what they
might think of me to begin with. Like it or not
people, about 90% of my ordered and bought music [hi
Geoff.] comes as a direct result of my downloading it
to begin with.
ov
quoted 15 lines I'm sure you're correct, but stop and think about it
>
> I'm sure you're correct, but stop and think about it
> for a second...you'd
> have to be pretty clueless to walk up to someone and
> TELL them you
> downloaded their record for free, right? It seems to
> me that a person who
> can't think THAT far past their own nose probably
> isn't going to beat a trail out to support what they
> like.
>
> jeff
>
>
>
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