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Originally Posted by kane
That is true. Rick Rubin was hired to be the new head of Columbia Records and the first thing he did was put together some focus groups where they asked a bunch of people age 15-25 how they got music. Almost every one of them said they downloaded without paying and they didn't consider it stealing. So the collective whole has decided if everyone breaks the law, then no worries, they will just change the law. I guess that is a sign of the times, but it worried him and it should worry anyone who creates content and sells it.
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Understand... to me this isn't about supporting theft. It's just accepting reality on the issue at hand. At this point, I can't stop any form of piracy, not even my own shit.
The copyright law could change to support us, like in other Countries... and it isn't going to stop piracy from happening, it happens in every Country in the world, regardless of strict copyright/piracy laws.
The sign of the times to me is technology exploding faster than we can keep up.
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Originally Posted by kane
people actually love being told what to like. Why do you think half the garbage on TV gets watched. Do you think people would choose to watch this shit if they were of free will? No they are told it is funny or cool or interesting and they watch it. They like being told a band is good so they check it out. They like being told a movie is good so they should go watch it. There is a huge sector of the media that does nothing but write criticism of movies/music/TV shows and millions pay to be told what to watch and read and listen to.
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Correct... but add in something for the changing times, open and private social aspects.
The tv and magazines are 'single direction conversations' once you add in the social aspects of the Internet, the 'global conversation' is telling people what is cool, what isn't, what is not and what is not.
Not only that.. the social connection, is allowing unattached social bonding. This would be like you thinking I was cool, so if I said "this" was cool, you would follow me.
Anyway... the social aspects is the altering technology now.
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Originally Posted by kane
Certainly any artist wants fans, but getting those fans costs money. Even if a ton of people download your album and there is a big demand for you to perform live you will have to have someone who is willing to finance your appearances. And those people will want something in return for investing in you. When you start to cut record sales out of the equation it makes the pie smaller, but there are still the same amount of people wanting a piece of it.
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Interesting view point... let me know if you hear of someone growing big that can't get an investment for a concert, I have a few dollars laying around.
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Originally Posted by kane
If you think that there is a glutton of garbage out there now to listen to and watch, wait until the masses have control of it. The day that Bob and his garage band have the same access to the same amount of ears and eyes as The Rolling Stones is the day we will be lost in a swirling mass of shit and finding anything worth listening to will become a part time job. Trust me, for several years I made my living writing about music. Every week I got no less than 40-50 CDs that record labels were releasing and they were hoping I would review them or write about the band. 90% of it was trash. And this is back pre-internet which means someone listened to it and thought it was good enough to invest money into and it was still terrible. Imagine what it will be like when anyone with $200 and a garage can release an album world wide.
The old saying is that you get what you pay for. Those that feel downloading music is not stealing and those that insist on doing it will eventually get exactly what they pay for which is nothing.
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That day isn't here? Have you seen
http://12seconds.tv/ ?? It's 12 sec video clips of people...
With what you said... I think the "challenge" that is now presenting itself comes from the social aspect of the change. Not every tom dick and harry can just walk in now and directly sell people trash.
They wouldn't ever make it past step 1... unless the person joins, the social conversation, engages in it, adds relevant and good content. All while, building the relationships with others in your industry, so you can have help reaching the global conversation, that is so big.. that if only one person yells out, nobody can hear it...
But if 100's or 1000's or millions of people are screaming it, supporting it... the global conversation can't ignore it.
Times are changing... that's for sure.