C Twomey said:
quoted 7 lines I'd like to point out that "pirating" is the term the RIAA/music biz> I'd like to point out that "pirating" is the term the RIAA/music biz
> has given to file sharing/downloading. Previously "pirating" was the
> unlicensed manufacture of hit records for retail - like someone in
> South America copying Michael Jackson records and importing them
> cheaply into the US. Now RIAA is trying to brand fans/consumers as
> pirates which is wrong by definition and just plain stupid as a
> strategy. - CT
If anything, it causes actual piracy to lose a lot of credibility, despite it
being an actual, measurable loss.
No one downloads MP3's assuming that they're the real thing, or anything
authentic, and the majority of people know that by them downloading music,
they are not giving any money to the people who helped make that music.
They're not stupid.
Actual piracy pulls the blanket over the consumer's eyes and causes them to
think a fake product is the actual product. It is a measurable loss, as that
consumer *would* buy the actual product if it was not for the pirated product
stealing the sale.
There are MP3 pirates who attempt to sell CD's full of mp3's at a profit, and
others who copy CD covers and attempt to pawn it off as authentic (which is
why I'm always skeptical of anyone asking for CD covers). That's where the
problem is. The majority of people treat MP3 as if it were radio --
disposable, changing, and something that's just always there. I don't know
anyone who purchases every song on the radio, and some people hear a song so
often on the radio that they see no reason to purchase it in the first place.
That's generally the same amount of "lost sales" assumed by MP3.
I agree that artists of all persuasions should be compensated *fairly* for
their work, but they're generally compensated by those who enjoy their works.
People shouldn't be charged to find out that they hate something. If that is
the case, then it's not really art, it's just entertainment, and those
artists are just entertainers.
derek
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