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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
Music IS a luxury. It's not like prescription medication or food. You can live without it.
If a band wants to make their music "free for the people" then they don't need to sign a contract with a record company. They do it to get rich. Just because you don't agree with their motives doesn't mean you can steal their music. If making music for everyone to enjoy for free is their goal, then great. They can distribute their music under creative commons. There are thousands of musicians who do make their music free. If you are that interested in those lesser-known artists then you should actively search for them.
I know exactly what the mpaa has done. They have gone to great lengths to protect their property and I support it 100%.
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You can think Music is a luxury all you want.. People made and have listened to music well before it cost anything, in the best and worst of times throughout all of history - it's in the soul.
This has nothing to do with bands making money, they have every right to set a price and make money, even if the choices they have are limited.
But since this is about the bands/artists - then shouldn't all the efforts of the MPAA help and benefit the artists directly?
The MPAA has done one major thing.. they educated the mass public on what piracy was and different ways to get it - for sure with music. They also helped the better talented people get recognized as the people flooded to these networks. This however is having an odd effect on artists, as piracy grows, their fan base grows, and so grows the concerts - and that means more income for the artists. Then, oddly enough people are also buying - not always the full dvd but unique song downloads, people that wouldn't have normally ever purchased the dvd or couldn't purchase the dvd before.
That has started to make artists stand up and voice opinions on the subject as half dead fan bases all the sudden grew.