dexter3d
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I don't agree that a recording is a good like a kilo of potatoes. Of course there are musicians who treat their work as 'intellectual property'. IMO, it is a disgrace to music to think of it like this. Yes yes, it takes money to record, and musicians need to live and stuff, but I really don't care if they live semi-luxurious life instead of luxurious, given that their music becomes more accessible to the humankind (of course, I don't approve making money out of stamping their CDs). In the end, do you have a right buy Monet's painting and chop it to pieces? No you don't, because it will never be just yours alone. Would a real artist mind if the whole world listened to his music, with 85% of the world having copied a CD from a friend? I don't think so. And a good musician will never starve just because some people get their recordings for free. Otherwise, perhaps she should think doing something different for living. Music is not about selling stuff, it never was.
Originally Posted by m1abrams /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well simple the content you maintain has VALUE whether you want to admit it or not, it does have value. If it did not then you would throw it out. You paid a certain amount for the CD + Content. You then keep the content and sold the CD + Content again for an amount. That content you keep still retains its value even though you sold the CD, so you made a profit. |
I don't agree that a recording is a good like a kilo of potatoes. Of course there are musicians who treat their work as 'intellectual property'. IMO, it is a disgrace to music to think of it like this. Yes yes, it takes money to record, and musicians need to live and stuff, but I really don't care if they live semi-luxurious life instead of luxurious, given that their music becomes more accessible to the humankind (of course, I don't approve making money out of stamping their CDs). In the end, do you have a right buy Monet's painting and chop it to pieces? No you don't, because it will never be just yours alone. Would a real artist mind if the whole world listened to his music, with 85% of the world having copied a CD from a friend? I don't think so. And a good musician will never starve just because some people get their recordings for free. Otherwise, perhaps she should think doing something different for living. Music is not about selling stuff, it never was.