Posted on 07/10/2002 1:02:19 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
Just yesterday at a stoplight I was carried away on the rhapsodic melodies of some witty lyricist whose artsong was booming from the speaker of a soon-to-be-deaf person's 4 cylinder lowrider: "Gonna F* you up you F*ing F*..." followed by more F*s.
Watch your back Cole Porter, there's talent in those crayons!
More doesn't mean better. If the record companies would release albums with 15 worthwhile songs instead of the hit song and a whole bunch of crap formula we've been fed, more people would pay for albums.
I strongly DISAGREE!
The basis of all capitalism is that those who create MUST be well-paid for their hard work, talent and sweat. No one here begrudges Bill Gates the fruits of HIS efforts. Songwriters deserve the exact same potential pot of gold at the end of their rainbows as book authors, software designers and inventors.
I'm always surprised and dismayed when conservatives, who will fight to defend the rights of venture capitalists, and inventors, and innovators, and entrepenuers to be as well payed for their efforts as the markets will allow... these same "conservatives" then want artists to give it away for free.
Stealing is stealing. Stealing music is not one molecule different than going into Barnes and Noble and swiping a book, or strealing a sweater from a dept store.
Shame on some of you guys.
You are so right. One of my newest favorite bands is a bunch from Oklahoma called Cross Canadian Ragweed. They enjoy a huge following in OK and Texas despite never seeing any radio airtime. There is a ton of great music out there, you just have to realize that you aren't going to get it from the radio or the big labels.
LOL - Reinvesting 15% into their own greedy pockets more like it.
Soundcapture v1.0
It is free too... Do a google search for it...
Well, it's changing, anyway. Along with books and eventually maybe even movies, the age of super-corporations keeping a stranglehold on all uses of content (example: Disney still having all rights to that mouse, decades after Walt is dead) are going away.
Something will take its place. Hopefully that something will be more creative and give a chance for little guys to make a few bucks, even if it doesn't produce the same number of millionaires and billionaires anymore.
But, its sooo darned easy to blame copiers rather than the entire screwed up industry.
Most of us want originals even if we have copies, if its someone we really like. But, the potheads who run the industry are getting old now. They've lost their touch, and back when MTV helped the industry, things were really booming. But, have you seen MTV lately? What a crock! What a waste of electricity! MTV SUCKS! THE entire recording industry SUCKS even more!
I'll have to give that one a try, right now I've got at least 100 excellent stations bookmarked on Winamp, and most of them are commercial free.
I grew up in the 60's. I paid for every album I ever had. It didn't hurt me none. Some albums were great, some sucked and I kicked myself for spending the money. You live, you learn.
Enabling people to steal an artists music will do nothing except force the best artists to do something else so they can make a living.
If you guys, in your fantasies, actually BELIEVE that part-time hobbyists, willing to make music for free as a labor of love, will make memorable music, you are truly living in a dream world. The music turned out by non-professionals is invariably CRAP.
Agreed. The problem is that it exists, but the recording industry will probably not take advantage of it. With MP3 pirating, Internet radio and used CDs all opening up other avenues for obtaining music, it's clear that the market will no longer bear current new CD prices. Unless the industry heeds these signs and lowers prices or offers more bang for the buck, it will continue to lose out. It's called capitalism.
Irrelevant to discussions of art. I write and play music for the love of doing it. I've never made a dime off of what I do. It would be nice if I could, but that's life. I do it anyway.
Stealing is stealing. Stealing music is not one molecule different than going into Barnes and Noble and swiping a book, or strealing a sweater from a dept store.
So, you've never hummed a song you liked? Never sung the words or picked it out on a musical instrument? Every one of those actions is an unauthorized copy, substantially more difficult to make than copying a file, but also free.
When you hum, or sing, or play something, does anyone hear you? Have you ever taught it to anyone else? By your reasoning, this makes you a thief. Stop throwing stones. Your house is glass.
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