Thought DMCA was harshing you bro?

[Wiglaf]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100708/02510310122.shtml

just in case you were starting to feel sympathy for them.

[e30e]

How the hell did this become a conservative vs lib argument. I'll will steal music until the day I get caught and my political preferences have nothing to do with that.

[Wiglaf]

I guess from dk's and Wiglaf's responses I got a bit of a "Oh those poor artists don't make any money off CD sales" regarding monetary compensation for contracts that were willfully entered into by both parties.

Mostly true. If you sell 10,000 cd's a year through them, that won't even amount to minimum wage. The value of the contract is in using their resources to build up the fan base that will buy tickets and other merchandise. In this respect they are quickly becoming an obsolete unnecessary hurdle for an artist to deal with.

Refusing to adapt will be the demise of the publishers, you can't fight the world. This is the same freaking story every time something comes out, records, tapes, cd's.. now look at them fret over losing what they fought so hard to squash in the first place.

[z31maniac]

Who said that?

The way you phrase that question makes it sound as though most of the music created in the history of humanity wouldn't have ever been created if it weren't for the lure of a record contract--something we know isn't true.

Perhaps the better question is, what will be the role of media publishers in the future as we move to communication methods which permit artists to widely distribute their artistic efforts to their audiences without the "help" of publishers?

I guess from dk's and Wiglaf's responses I got a bit of a "Oh those poor artists don't make any money off CD sales" regarding monetary compensation for contracts that were willfully entered into by both parties.

[BraveUlysses]

obvious troll is obvious

[decay]

No compass yet?

i had one. but either my dog ate it, or it fell down the same deep hole that swallowed your ability to form original thoughts. i'm not sure which.

[joshh]

Who said that?

The way you phrase that question makes it sound as though most of the music created in the history of humanity wouldn't have ever been created if it weren't for the lure of a record contract--something we know isn't true.

Perhaps the better question is, what will be the role of media publishers in the future as we move to communication methods which permit artists to widely distribute their artistic efforts to their audiences without the "help" of publishers?

Hey retard, they can already do that. You have the money you do what you want with your art. But if you have to use a publisher and they are the ones funding the project you do as the deal says.
Dumb ass liberals.

[joshh]

Who said that?



We're just so glad you found your compass in a happy meal and feel the need to remind everyone else of the fact.

"Everyone" as in Dk.....get it straight Liberal. Funny how you guys are deviating from the point so far. All whining....lol. More boohoo....

i think all of humanity is, compared to your obvious example of sinless perfection. hooray everyone, jesus is back! can we do the rapture thing now?

No compass yet?

[decay]

Good so you admit your lacking a moral compass then. Great that's a start.

i think all of humanity is, compared to your obvious example of sinless perfection. hooray everyone, jesus is back! can we do the rapture thing now?

[BraveUlysses]

I just don't get why you guys think artists should give away their hard work for free.

Who said that?

The way you phrase that question makes it sound as though most of the music created in the history of humanity wouldn't have ever been created if it weren't for the lure of a record contract--something we know isn't true.

Perhaps the better question is, what will be the role of media publishers in the future as we move to communication methods which permit artists to widely distribute their artistic efforts to their audiences without the "help" of publishers?

Good so you admit your lacking a moral compass then. Great that's a start.

We're just so glad you found your compass in a happy meal and feel the need to remind everyone else of the fact.

[joshh]

and i'm sure joshh will be happy to explain why that is.

just give him a minute, he's almost done polishing the floor of his Ivory Tower of Morality.

Good so you admit your lacking a moral compass then. Great that's a start.

[z31maniac]

I just don't get why you guys think artists should give away their hard work for free.

[decay]

Hey, I'm unethical. Or so I've been told.

and i'm sure joshh will be happy to explain why that is.

just give him a minute, he's almost done polishing the floor of his Ivory Tower of Morality.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Hey, I'm unethical. Or so I've been told.

[decay]

Boo fucking hoo.....lol.
You've been pegged for having a lack of morals kiddo.

couldn't muster the mental capacity to summon that second sentence before an edit, huh?

maybe i'll spend today telling everyone i run across why they're unethical, using a really tired cliche, over and over, and see what happens.

my guess is they'll all think i'm an impotent little prick who doesn't know when he's lost an argument.