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| quote: | Originally posted by DeepWit
I love how you say that, then your tag line is download free music from this site. |
My site is totally legal. I represent artists and label owners who prefer to freely share their creative work. The benefits of this are many, starting with vastly increased exposure and feedback. The trade off is lost sales... but recorded music doesn't sell very well anyhow--and not only because P2P sharing is normative behaviour! The music industry is heavily saturated given the democratization of the tools of production. Anyhow, most full-time artists earn the majority of their income from gigs. If that's the case, why fight a lost cause? (And fighting piracy is indeed a lost cause; see below.) For many artists, the exposure gained from free music outweighs lost sales by a huge margin. It feels good to share, you make new fans, there are no guilt trips involved, and it can lead to paying gigs and more business (if the artists is into that; many don't care and still produce fantastic music for free). No, free music as a strategy is not going to work for everyone, but this idea that all musicians must sell recordings to make a living is merely industry propaganda.
| quote: | Originally posted by DeepWit
Go ahead pirates, assume it is hopelessly naive to think the musicians and the labels can have some sway in this matter. I do believe the tide is turning and with people opening their eyes and gaining knowledge nothing is either hopeless or impossible. So watch out, as more and more artists and labels start taking a stand and you are responding to thousands of DMCA notices a day. A little tricky to run an illegal site when every time you turn around it is getting shut down. I believe my love of music, and the artists love of music will far outlast the greedy small minded people who put up other peoples music to make a profit on it  |
You believe the tide is turning? Naive and deluded, I see. What good are DMCA notices to a site hosted outside of the US? Piracy truly is the many-headed hydra: nail one site and ten more will spring up in its place. Look at what happened with OiNK! (Assuming here you have done some research... but I have my doubts.) What it boils down to is this: the Internet is an extremely powerful copying machine. The network treats censorship of any kind as damage and reroutes around it. In truth, the only thing you really need to worry about is not being pirated, for that would indicate that there is essentially no interest in what you are doing.
However... if you are serious about piracy there are a few things you might be able to do. DMCA notices and other bullshit will get you nowhere (as you will find out sooner or later). No, look up an article by Kevin Kelly called "Better Than Free" and try to provide something like that for your fans. And remember: people who are pirating your music are potential fans! Don't treat them like criminals.
By the way, do you happen to offer your entire catalogue in CD quality for sale online at a reasonable price (i.e. less than the cost of equivalent physical media)? Or do you fleece your customers with lame fees for "exclusive" content on Beatport? And you wonder why people pirate music...
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