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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
I agree. If people would stop stealing then this would not be necessary. But what are the chances of that happening? Zip.
I don't like the new CD's with copy protection either. But before anyone
complains tell us what's the alternative? Should an artist get paid for his work? Or should we be free to copy his work any way we like? Whats the answer?
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An artist should get paid for his work !!!!! Just as a Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant, Network Administrator, Teacher, etc.. etc..
When an artist like Dave Matthews puts out a record, he has a lot of financial liability. He gets an ADVANCE from the record label which is spent on Producers, studio-time, music video's, etc. etc. which all cost a ton of money. The "Advance" is not a signing bonus, it is a amount of money that he is expected to pay back to the label for expenses. So, if he hets a $250,000 check to make the album, he owes the label that money back. And, if his work is stolen, he is responsible for coming up with it.
Now sure, we can say, but rock-stars make all this friggin money !! Well, they deserve too. They have a higer risk/reward than the average person, have suffered for their talent with no guarantees of success and being in the limelight requires them to live life a little differently.
Now, if the DM Band has to copyright their work to keep the file swappers from stealing their Intellectual Property, so be it. Is it a nuisance for people like Kevin and others, sure, of course it is, IT SUCKS to be honest..
But you can't blame the band. Blame the file sharers.
Otherwise it's like blaming BMW that we have to have alarms on our cars that we need to turn on and off because of car thieves and it's bmw's fault.
- And, let me just state, the RECORD INDUSTRY needs to do WHATEVER it can right now to protect itself. As will the film industry in the next few years. If it doesn't, the industry will cease to exist as we know it. So unless we want to sit around listening to Jethro (not TULL) playing Dueling Banjos by the fire, we must accept the fact that it is a business that is just trying to survive at the perils of theft and nothing more.
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