WAR™ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hi Marc,what do you think about the music piracy ?it's all about money ? or there's something more beyond ?as costumer, have you ever downloaded something illegally ?talking about chinese democracy, do you think it could sale better without all the leaks and shit like that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Everything would sell better without illegal downloads. Even Taylor Swift, who opened up with 1.2 million copies in October. I mean, I illegally downloaded her album. But I don't think that's the real crime here. I think Internet is really what's causing the lackluster album sales in general. We no longer have one artist monopolizing the industry because now we have access to billions of other artists thanks to the Internet. So our money is just getting distributed to other people rather than concentrated on one person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Linguini Occurrence Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 We no longer have one artist monopolizing the industry because now we have access to billions of other artists thanks to the Internet. So our money is just getting distributed to other people rather than concentrated on one person.That's actually a really good point, it's the same reason why ratings for the three major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) will never be as high as they were because now people have access to so many more channels thanks to satellite and cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) Before bands would give away stickers and shirts to help sell records, now they give away music to sell merchandise. Also bands would tour to sell music now they tour to pay the bills. To make money these days from music is very rare. When I was a kid I used to copy records to tape all the time. My kids download music from Youtube. It's so easy to get free music these days why would most people pay for it? Edited December 14, 2012 by recklessroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 why do they download music from youtube and not torrents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 why do they download music from youtube and not torrents?no chance at getting popped and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Fuck the music business, before they would steal peoples money by selling them an album with just 2 or 3 good songs; but now they bitch when we can just download the good stuff. :rofl-lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Fuck the music business, before they would steal peoples money by selling them an album with just 2 or 3 good songs; but now they bitch when we can just download the good stuff. :rofl-lol: yup, the music business only has itself to blame for what they have done to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Fuck the music business, before they would steal peoples money by selling them an album with just 2 or 3 good songs; but now they bitch when we can just download the good stuff. :rofl-lol: This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 The music industry tried to fight a losing battle, and should have found a better way of dealing with the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Linguini Occurrence Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Before bands would give away stickers and shirts to help sell records, now they give away music to sell merchandise. Also bands would tour to sell music not they tour to pay the bills. To make money these days from music is very rare. When I was a kid I used to copy records to tape all the time. My kids download music from Youtube. It's so easy to get free music these days why would most people pay for it?I completely agree, money isn't made off albums it is made off merchandise and tours. Prince actually gave away his last album for free, it came free with the newspapers in Ireland and England. He didn't even bother to release it online or sell it in stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetRose Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Before bands would give away stickers and shirts to help sell records, now they give away music to sell merchandise. Also bands would tour to sell music not they tour to pay the bills. To make money these days from music is very rare. When I was a kid I used to copy records to tape all the time. My kids download music from Youtube. It's so easy to get free music these days why would most people pay for it?Sometimes friends would pool money together,buy one album on cassette/cd then copy it for more friends.LoLSame thing with the radio,wait for a song to play,hit record,copy it for a friend.Im guilty of doing this LOLIt's just more people on this planet now and more have access to the Internet. And it's so much easier to hit download LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUnderScott Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I guess there is still the older people such as myself who still prefer the physical copy of the CD though. I enjoy holding it in my hand and looking through the lyrics, pictures, thank you lists etc... Anyone else here still prefer the CD ?I guess bands could package more together such as a big book of pictures, a tshirt, stickers and stuff like that with a CD and maybe more people would buy it in that form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I guess there is still the older people such as myself who still prefer the physical copy of the CD though. I enjoy holding it in my hand and looking through the lyrics, pictures, thank you lists etc... Anyone else here still prefer the CD ?I guess bands could package more together such as a big book of pictures, a tshirt, stickers and stuff like that with a CD and maybe more people would buy it in that form?I do very much so, i always buy a cd, cassette or vinyl. i will download an album if i like it i will buy it. I am very proud of my music collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I guess there is still the older people such as myself who still prefer the physical copy of the CD though. I enjoy holding it in my hand and looking through the lyrics, pictures, thank you lists etc... Anyone else here still prefer the CD ?I guess bands could package more together such as a big book of pictures, a tshirt, stickers and stuff like that with a CD and maybe more people would buy it in that form?I do very much so, i always buy a cd, cassette or vinyl. i will download an album if i like it i will buy it. I am very proud of my music collection where are you getting the casette releases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I guess there is still the older people such as myself who still prefer the physical copy of the CD though. I enjoy holding it in my hand and looking through the lyrics, pictures, thank you lists etc... Anyone else here still prefer the CD ?I guess bands could package more together such as a big book of pictures, a tshirt, stickers and stuff like that with a CD and maybe more people would buy it in that form?I do very much so, i always buy a cd, cassette or vinyl. i will download an album if i like it i will buy it. I am very proud of my music collection where are you getting the casette releases?amazon,ebay or going through local flea markets and things like this. it is a great way to find vinyl and cassettes. i got lucky once a few years back a store had a clearance sale of all the cassettes they had i ended up getting the first 10 sabbath abums for 20 dollars plus some newer bands will still release music on cassette. john haughm from agalloch released his solo EP on cassette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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