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Originally Posted by Socks
But clearly music has been watered down by it's free availability that has led Radiohead for example to that belief. They don't believe music should be free, they just believe that right now, it's a good idea to side with the often maniacal hordes of teens who have no understanding of ownership, no understanding of working for a living, and throw all logic and reason out of the window to hang on to something they don't want to lose - free shit.
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watch the interviews that radiohead gave after the gave away their music for free. The point is that the record companies take 90%, charge the production and advertising cost to the artist 10%, which means they have a choice of using the radio to promote their stuff in the hopes of getting 5% (after charges) of the record sales or they can give away the content on the internet, and hope that 5% will pay them 100%. given the numbers of people who actually paid for the music. They made out like bandits.
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Piracy will always be around, but it's gone way too mainstream. It's not a few computer geeks sending around a few programs anymore. It's wide open for everyone on free websites.. It can't continue like that forever.
I'm scared that by forcing the government to regulate the internet, they're going to be stupid about it and go too far. But at some point, their hands will be forced by the people's inability to control themselves.
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i love this, you give an example of someone successfully embracing the technology and making huge bank, by cutting the leaching middleman out of the picture and you still have the sky is falling attitude.
My GOD what exactly does someone have to say to you to get it thru your head that embracing the technology will make you more money (unless you are one of those scum sucking middlemen of course)