Funny quote about napster/riaa/etc

[BadNewsBears]

from back in the day....

"Very positive about the internet, Napster. I think it's a tremendous tool for reaching many more people than we ever could without it. When you release music you want it to be heard by people. Artists really want to have their music heard. They want to have their creation heard by people. Nothing is going to do that better than Napster. I can't tell you how many kids have come up to me and said, "I downloaded a couple of tunes off Napster and I went out and bought the album." Or they say, "I went to come see you play." I don't really make money off of record sales anyway."
from david draiman the singer from disturbed.

 

[Alex]

boy am i glad i worse my corset today cause i think my side just split. :roll:

 

[Juice Box]

well...if you notice...disturbd hasnt gone crazy getting the filesharing sites shut down....

 

[733SHiFTY]

GET DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS!!!!!!!

*thrashes head*

 

[Sheepathon]

D-D-D-D-DIE

 

[DaveSimmons]

And the funny part is what?

A lot of artists are OK with downloading, since they know it can help sales from honest and ethical listeners who buy the CDs after hearing the mp3s. It's only the major record companies that are united in their hatred of P2P.

Of course a lot of people just steal the music and use weak excuses not to support the artists, including using Russian sites that don't really pay royalties but which are technically not yet illegal. But hopefully karma exists and they'll suffer horribly in the end

 

[BadNewsBears]

there. i bolded the part that riaa says we steal from musicians hard core and they cant feed there family's blah blah blah

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: BadNewsBears
there. i bolded the part that riaa says we steal from musicians hard core and they cant feed there family's blah blah blah

There's actually truth to the RIAA's statement. Bands "don't really make money off of record sales" when they look at their royalty statements, but they were already paid an up-front advance against the royalties that they need to earn back before being paid more.

When people steal enough copies instead of buying, the record company then either pays a much smaller advance on the next CD or drops the artist entirely. Both of these do hurt the artist.

The RIAA are lying weasels, but if you steal all of your music you _are_ hurting artists.

 

[imported_ArtVandalay]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
And the funny part is what?

A lot of artists are OK with downloading, since they know it can help sales from honest and ethical listeners who buy the CDs after hearing the mp3s. It's only the major record companies that are united in their hatred of P2P.

Of course a lot of people just steal the music and use weak excuses not to support the artists, including using Russian sites that don't really pay royalties but which are technically not yet illegal. But hopefully karma exists and they'll suffer horribly in the end

Actually, mosts artists don't make very much money from record sales; only big names such as Metallica... and look who gets hot under the collar about file sharing Most artists make a single digit percentage of total record sales and would much rather you saw a show to support them than buy an album - they make a lot more money that way.

The RIAA is a cartel which uses its power to pay artists as little as humanly possible for their work while trampling listeners' rights & masquerading that as "copy protection". Even the former head of the RIAA admits DRM infringes on consumers' rights, and she was integral in getting it passed into law in the first place.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: franguinho
boy am i glad i worse my corset today cause i think my side just split. :roll:

That was the first time I've ever heard that line. Thanks for the good laugh!

 

[alkemyst]

20-30 years ago it was already proven people copy music and many want the original too.

it's the same with software, piracy really made microsoft the 'office product'.

I am a programmer, I know if I do a good job some will steal it. Most of them aren't profitting from my creation. Those that do, often times will pay my nicely.

All that aside the victim is really the artist due to their management wanting the biggest piece of the pie.