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The music industry and protecting label's and artists IP
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| Trance Nutter |
I almost shudder to think what this thread might become, but hopefully we can keep it semi-intellectual and informed.
This stems from some conversations myself and some friends have been having recently about protecting IP and copyright (our current field of study, boring , trust me).
How do you think the music industry is going to be able to protect the artist's and record company's IP in the future?
The music is copyrighted, it is the artist's intellectual property and so should be protected.
Now, please lets not get all high and mighty about downloading mp3's, whether or not you do is not the issue.
Lets try to keep it on topic, what are the record companies doing now and what do you think they will/can do in the future to try to protect their IP and stem piracy.
I'm almost of the opinion that its almost a lost cause and they'll never stop the piracy, and I suppose lets face it piracy has been happening in music for years, the internet and mp3's have just made it happen on a larger scale. I just really don't know what they can do to try to protect their IP.
Obviously plagarism will always be covered by copyright, so the real issue is about mp3 distribution.
Do you think its actually a huge problem? Do you think the promotional aspect of mp3 downloading outweighs any lost sales? (eg I have found quite a few 'new' artists from mp3's who I then go out and buy their albums. Another opinion is that concert ticket sales might be helped by this unauthorised promotional aspect)
I'd really love to hear the thoughts from those people who are signed up to labels as well. Maybe some of our lurking professionals would like to give us some of their opinions? |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
Do you think the promotional aspect of mp3 downloading outweighs any lost sales? |
I think this depends on the target market and popularity of the genre/artist.
For example, we'll take two artists:
Rihanna
The Mole
Now, at least in the States, MP3 distribution is going to hurt Rihanna more than help her, because she's already everywhere. Everyone knows who she is, she's on the radio every time you turn it on, and she's all over the television. She has sheer volume and is well known, which means piracy will run rampant by pre-teens, teenagers, and twenty-somethings... they're going out looking for that specific track they heard on the radio.
Now, nobody in the States has heard of The Mole. You have to be looking for new music or music of this style to come across it. This only serves to promote knowledge of the artist. Nobody is just going to see a CD by The Mole and "give it a whack". |
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| Trance Nutter |
true, but then Rihanna wouldn't exactly be struggling for a buck even with mp3 piracy.So in the grand scheme of things, is it really the major issue record labels say it is? (I'm sort of playing devils advocate with that)
But lets not only think of money, but also of artistic integrity, its gotta hurt knowing that all the hard work you've done and people are ripping you off for it.
And where do you see labels going in the future to try to stop/reduce mp3 piracy? Do you ever think they'd even be successful in reducing it?
I think like we've seen with computer viruses, no matter what you do people will always find a way around it. |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
true, but then Rihanna wouldn't exactly be struggling for a buck even with mp3 piracy. |
Perhaps, but I don't know that it's appropriate to go at this with an attitude of "well, they already make enough money so who cares". |
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| elFreak |
| I have a feeling that it will be the internet providers who will limit how people use the internet severely. The writing is already on the wall for that one. |
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