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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
Get ready for another dark ages then. I think it's been pretty well established that monetary compensation fuels innovation and creativity. The thought of people creating art for the love of it is a beautiful one and very noble, but it falls apart under the proof we see in the real world.
If people feel their works and their efforts will not be protected they will stop investing time and money into their work.
Think of yourself, if you knew every site you built would be immediately stolen as soon as you launched it, how long would you keep working???? Would you keep working for the love of it?? I doubt it and you shouldn't. People who create unique works should be protected.
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Define stolen. Look I'm Nas the hip hop artist. I'm up against 50 retards like Soulja Boy who are dominating the sales charts, ringtone charts, all of that. I'm about to put out my new cd but I know that in this current climate labels will only focus 100% on shit like Soulja Boy. My cd gets leaked, distributed via p2p and torrents...word of mouth spreads way before launch date, reviews are in that my cd rocks, it sells a good amount of units in the first week. I go on tour and have a whole load of new fans paying for tickets and buying my merchandise, not to mention sponsorship deals with clothing lines, etc. I'm happy. Piracy helps these artists. The labels really fucked themselves on this one, bottom line. Now we can cry about it all day but it will always be there. The future is merchandise and live shows, vinyl, etc.