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The whole downloading music thing...
jeph:
In my case, it's a simple question of whether a band benefits more from my ten dollars spent on iTunes, or from me telling ~150,000 people that their record is really good and they should check it out. But that's obviously a fairly unique situation.
Really, just look at webcomics. It is totally possible to give your work away and still generate a living income off of it. Not everybody can do it, but not everybody can release an album a hundred thousand people would enjoy, either.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Spinless on 18 Oct 2007, 05:19 ---And it is NOT theft. Theft is illegal. There are currently no laws against filesharing and downloading music.
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More than that, theft in its very nature is intended to do damage to someone while helping the thief.
I have not talked this year to a single performer opposed to filesharing. The common theme is, "It definitely brings people out to our shows, buying our merch, etcetera." It is very rare that theft is beneficial to all involved.
GenericName:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 18 Oct 2007, 10:27 ---[...] but apparently more radiohead albums were downloaded through filesharing/torrents than from the actual website.
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I torrented it, but only because I heard something about having to have a cell phone and I don't.
If Radiohead had just provided a torrent or something, I wouldve downloaded it from them.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 18 Oct 2007, 10:27 ---Just as much as it is possible to claim ownership over an idea, and people do that all the time.
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Oh I know people do that, but is it justified? Personally, I'd argue that we'd all be a lot better off without intellectual property rights but that's a whole other story.
--- Quote ---I'd hesitate to download an album from a local band whom I know to have fronted the costs of their own EP/album. Also, at most shows, the CDs on sale were purchased by the band (for cost, or near to it as possible) for resale. They end up seeing a few dollars more, more often than not from those sales.
In the end, do your part and help support the bands you love, otherwise they may not make another album of music, downloadable off a torrent or otherwise.
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Supporting bands financially is great since it's an expensive business, but speaking as a musician myself I'd much rather people downloaded my work and enjoyed it than avoided getting it because of some moral uneasiness about obtaining something for free. If someone downloads my music they've stolen nothing from me, I'd just be immensely flattered somebody liked one of my shitty bands enough to want to have my songs. They're certainly not obligated to support me in any way.
camelpimp:
Why is there the whole thing about whether or not filesharing is theft?
I thought it was just copyright infringement.
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