I wrote this in response to a
blog I found at
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/31/stealing-music-is-it-wrong-or-isnt-it/#comment-2678517
With
this kind of backwards thinking, see how many of your “favorite bands”
actually stick around to make another record. Would you continue to
make a product just to give it away for free or have it stolen? Only an
idiot would do that. “Here, I just spent the past four months crafting
this beautiful painting with 24kt gold trim, why don’t you just TAKE
it? No, really, go ahead! I’ll be painting LIVE at the park next week,
tell your friends!” Yeah, right. I’m not saying that music
shouldn’t be AFFORDABLE, or that labels weren’t charging too much, but
if you think about the amount of marketing money they put into an album
(also too much in my opinion), there was definitely a cost to be passed
to the consumer. Labels aside, look at it from a creative standpoint.
Do you realize how many hours upon hours of blood, sweat, and tears go
into writing and recording a good song? To demand the right to own it
for free, or feeling entitled to own it without compensating the artist
is absolutely absurd. I mean, really, think about it. Why don’t we ask
GM for free cars? I mean, we’re actually PAYING so that they can keep
creating. Maybe the government should do an “Artist Bailout”? I
realize that there is the argument that bands can make money through
touring and merchandise, but let’s be honest, there are only a handful
of bands that can actually successfully do that. So, go on stealing your “favorite artist’s” music, just don’t be surprised when there are no longer any new songs to steal.
Here is the reply...
“Here,
I just spent the past four months crafting this beautiful painting with
24kt gold trim, why don’t you just TAKE it? No, really, go ahead!”
no logic flow. what’s happening is that I’m creating an exact
duplicate, for free, leaving the original untouched. is that still
wrong? If so, why is it not wrong in China?
Yes, still wrong. Wrong here, wrong in China. Wrong on the moon, or wherever else you’d like to ask about.
Oh, and “creating an exact duplicate”?? That’s a nice way of saying
“stealing”. Last time I checked, “creating” involved “creativity”.
Feel free to go to that blog and leave your opinion...
Tommy
blog I found at
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/31/stealing-music-is-it-wrong-or-isnt-it/#comment-2678517
With
this kind of backwards thinking, see how many of your “favorite bands”
actually stick around to make another record. Would you continue to
make a product just to give it away for free or have it stolen? Only an
idiot would do that. “Here, I just spent the past four months crafting
this beautiful painting with 24kt gold trim, why don’t you just TAKE
it? No, really, go ahead! I’ll be painting LIVE at the park next week,
tell your friends!” Yeah, right. I’m not saying that music
shouldn’t be AFFORDABLE, or that labels weren’t charging too much, but
if you think about the amount of marketing money they put into an album
(also too much in my opinion), there was definitely a cost to be passed
to the consumer. Labels aside, look at it from a creative standpoint.
Do you realize how many hours upon hours of blood, sweat, and tears go
into writing and recording a good song? To demand the right to own it
for free, or feeling entitled to own it without compensating the artist
is absolutely absurd. I mean, really, think about it. Why don’t we ask
GM for free cars? I mean, we’re actually PAYING so that they can keep
creating. Maybe the government should do an “Artist Bailout”? I
realize that there is the argument that bands can make money through
touring and merchandise, but let’s be honest, there are only a handful
of bands that can actually successfully do that. So, go on stealing your “favorite artist’s” music, just don’t be surprised when there are no longer any new songs to steal.
Here is the reply...
“Here,
I just spent the past four months crafting this beautiful painting with
24kt gold trim, why don’t you just TAKE it? No, really, go ahead!”
no logic flow. what’s happening is that I’m creating an exact
duplicate, for free, leaving the original untouched. is that still
wrong? If so, why is it not wrong in China?
Yes, still wrong. Wrong here, wrong in China. Wrong on the moon, or wherever else you’d like to ask about.
Oh, and “creating an exact duplicate”?? That’s a nice way of saying
“stealing”. Last time I checked, “creating” involved “creativity”.
Feel free to go to that blog and leave your opinion...
Tommy
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