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Ironic,isn't it?All the commercial artists,who already make millions of bucks,are those who bitch and moan the most about their music getting "stolen".While the djs,small artists and producers really don't give a shit whether they're tracks are downloaded illegally or not.In fact,some of them actually feel HONORED if somebody chooses to dl just THEIR track.Interesting fact...
Anyway,there are significant ups and downs to filesharing.Of course its annoying too see your track getting dl'ed 30 times,only to think
that"there goes that money out of the window." Now,if you're a small artists in the start phase of your career,you could really use that money,and then it's understandably frustrating.But hello,when you already make loads of money,it's not like you're in big trouble economically!So why bitch and moan?Besides,I wonder if some of the big artists ever CONSIDERED the fact that file-swapping is one hell of a tool for promoting your music!If they just went on and put up a track or two on some webpage(maybe their own),they could probably increase their income significantly.No wonder Offspring wanted to throw some of their tracks out on Napster before the release of the album!Of course when we always have those who rip whole albums,it would always be easier and cheaper to dl the whole album yourself.But the fact is that a significant number of those why buy records aren't necessarily involved in file-swappping at all!In addition to that,many people(like myself)prefer to have the original package that comes with the cd when you buy it.That could also contribute to increasing the artists income.So my advice to all the artistd and producers out there has to be:instead of suing the file-swapping programs(which is pointless,since you can't stop them anyway),try using them to your adavantage!The possibilities are huge,just think for yourself!
In Norway,it has been suggested that we initiate some kind of addition to the price on cd-burners and blank cds.The income from this addition will then be distributed among the various labels(preferably the small ones,since they're the ones that are gonna need it)that could have suffered losses economically.What do you people think of that idea?There are certain problems of course,but could this be a good way to give something back to those who lose money on illegal dl'ing?
The debate continues...
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but because its gives music more of an exposure. Independent artists or newbies or anyone else in the music industry for that matter can have their stuff circulated more widely and quickly with file sharing. I have paid far too much for CD's in which I end up only liking one freaking song on it. Sometimes its good to be able to sample the music before making a purchase.
