If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[Jonathan Smith]

Steve,

I was wondering about that Calvert gig. Who will get the royalties, then?
How did Voiceprint get hold of it?

I probably will buy it for the better sound quality and extra tracks and it
will get shared.

Steve, your web site is great example an intelligent approach to
downloading. I have appreciated that for years-- I may even have all the
MP3's that used to be there (thanks Dave Anderson)-- and listened to fun
music I couldn't have heard otherwise. It's good to be able to listen to
Krankshaft, too.

Jonathan

On 25/03/2009, Steve Pond <Steve at doremi.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:53:33 -0700, you sent through the ether:
>
>
> >But how about if thousands of internet users started downloading those
> >beautiful pictures on your website. Wouldn't you want to be paid a little
> >something? Wouldn't you like to have a choice?
>
>
> That's not really the same, the images on my website are uploaded at a
> resolution that won't print larger than about 2" across, if people
> want to buy proper prints there's only one place to get them.
>
> Record companies have only themselves to blame for letting the music
> genie out of the bottle, if they'd acted quickly, and priced
> competitively every record company would have an online store and
> itunes wouldn't exist.
>
> But record companies were too welded to selling slices of plastic at
> gigantic profits.
>
> It's all moot anyway, I think we're in a transitional phase, the
> obvious end game is an annual "media fee" which will give you access
> to all music on the servers controlled by whoever is charging the
> fee.. 10 mergers down the line and that will be one server and one
> fee. (Ditto movies) the concept of "owning" music is outdated.
>
> Smaller bands will survive by playing live and offering value added
> content on their own website's, forums with active band members and
> daily/regular blogs from the band themselves, discount live tickets,
> merchandise etc.. think of it as philanthropy.. Like Hawkwind? £5 per
> annum straight to the band for access to the good stuff on the website
> is a) cheaper than an annual CD release, and b) gives the band 500%
> more than they got 10 years ago if you bought their annual CD release.
>
> My comment was prompted more by my own experiences which are that
> record companies release my music "officially" and I never get paid. I
> call it theft.
>
> The Calvert Carlisle MP3's we've been giving away for 10 years on my
> website are being released by Voiceprint soon, have Fred or I been
> consulted? asked to supply sleeve notes? offered a free copy? entered
> into any sort of agreement?  Nope.
>
> I hope it shows up on the Torrents the day after release.
>
>
> -Steve
>