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Re:ProposalOr you could use www.fairtunes.com to pay for your music. It is completely voluntary and we will track down ANY artist and send them your money. You even get to specify how much you want to send. Could be as low as $0.01. Plus 95% of your money will go the artist and not a penny is sent to the RIAA.
Matt.
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Re:RIAA vs. MPAAWhat needs to happen is a way we can pay the artists for their work and not the record comapnies.
This exists! Check out www.fairtunes.com. A website that enables you to pay ANY artist directly. No more need to buy CDs to support your favorite artist (like they were seeing any of your money anyway).
Matt
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Re:MicropaymentsWe've started a basic website that allows you to send micropayments (>$0.01) to essentially any artist.
The idea is that you obtain your song via Napster or through gnutella/scour/ftp/irc/imesh and then once you determine that you like the song you surf over to www.fairtunes.com and send a completely voluntary amount directly to the artist (we do not send money through their record label. it is up to the artist to distribute the funds).
Matt
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Re:MicropaymentsWe've started a basic website that allows you to send micropayments (>$0.01) to essentially any artist.
The idea is that you obtain your song via Napster or through gnutella/scour/ftp/irc/imesh and then once you determine that you like the song you surf over to www.fairtunes.com and send a completely voluntary amount directly to the artist (we do not send money through their record label. it is up to the artist to distribute the funds).
Matt
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Bypass RIAA, send money to ANY artist directlyI'm sure some of you are glad that Napster is gone and some aren't. But the fact of the matter is that this is an argument about the future of intellectual property on the Internet.
It's a story of the record companies using their clout to have a competitor forced out of business because they the record company are unable to compete and move fast enough in their own music space.
Some of you are screaming boycott. I couldn't agree more. But let's remember that in the end the artist does receive some of the money that you spend on a CD. So what to do?
One boycott solution: Don't buy CDs. Don't support the RIAA. Don't let them change the laws to suit their goals. But keep the artist in mind and when you pirate/steal/copy/download your MP3s send money to your artist directly. How do you do this? Go to: www.fairtunes.com. A website that allows you to send money directly to ANY artist completely bypassing the RIAA.
Matt
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Boycott RIAA send money to artists directly.I'm sure some of you are glad that Napster is gone and some aren't. But the fact of the matter is that this is an argument about the future of intellectual property on the Internet.
It's a story of the record companies using their clout to have a competitor forced out of business because they the record company are unable to compete and move fast enough in their own music space.
Some of you are screaming boycott. I couldn't agree more. But let's remember that in the end the artist does receive some of the money that you spend on a CD. So what to do?
One boycott solution: Don't buy CDs. Don't support the RIAA. Don't let them change the laws to suit their goals. But keep the artist in mind and when you pirate/steal/copy/download your MP3s send money to your artist directly. How do you do this? Go to: www.fairtunes.com. A website that allows you to send money directly to ANY artist completely bypassing the RIAA.
Matt
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Re:How much money is enough?If you want to get your money directly to the artist by bypassing the record industry middle man then try out: www.fairtunes.com. They enable you to send any amount of money to any artist online.
Matt.
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Re:Easier MicroPayment method?Are there any easier methods out there? What about the near future?
Check out Fairtunes.
Enables you to tip all your favorite artists with your credit card (all online of course). And you don't have to provide your address and all that nonesense. All that is required is a valid cc number.
Matt.
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Idea has been implemented for music.The idea of voluntary payments over the net for music has already been implemneted and is very similar to Stephen King's idea.
Check out Fairtunes.
Fairtunes enables the listener (only been done for music so far) to download their favorite songs via Napster/Gnutella/Scour.. And then once they've determined that they like the song and feel it is worth remunerating/compensating the artist they will visit Fairtunes and charge a completely voluntary amount to their credit card. Fairtunes will then send that money to the artist selected in either the form of a check or a direct money transfer. It is now up to the artist to distribute the funds as they see fit. This is opposed to the record label doing it because we all know the record industry is not the fairest. A similar idea has been implemented at PayLars but they only send money to Metallica. Whereas you can use Fairtunes for any artist.
Do people think this idea is completely off the wall? Will it work for music? Or will the participation rate just be too low for the artist to make any real money off of it? Do we live in the kind of society where people can be "trusted" to remunerate as they see fit? Or do we live in a society that has to have rigidly enforced pricing policies and intellectual property laws?
Matt.
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Re:Civil Disobedience: Time for a RevivalOne form of civil disobedience in the argument over copyrights and the like could be:
- Download your mp3/movie/ebook
- If you like it pay for it. But don't pay the record company/movie company for it so they can continue their legal battles. How to pay?
- Send the artist a cheque in the mail
- Use a service, like Fairtunes, to send the money to the artist directly online
Matt
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Re:Naive indeedWhat are you going to do, send them a box of cookies? Warm and supportive Hallmark cards?
We could always create a system like this...
It's already been created. Check out Fairtunes. A web service that allows you to send money directly to the artist. The artist can then decide on the distribution of your funds NOT the record company.
Matt.
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Re:Warezif it's good, then I'll buy it. I'd RATHER cut a check directly to the artists
Great! This is the exact situation that the website www.fairtunes.com is trying to address. The site allows you to send money to artists DIRECTLY. You charge a completely voluntary amount to your credit card and Fairtunes cuts a check and ensures it gets to your artist. No more record company. No more middle man. The money goes to the people actually making the music.
Matt
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Re:Important Clarification
Whoops: www.fairtunes.com
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Re: Capitalism
... continue to buy CDs even if grudgingly because some people think the artists should get money even if it is just a meager piece of the pie.
Today I grudgingly purchased 4 CDs. I seldom purchase music, but in spite of the record company, I want to show my support for the artists
There is a more efficient way to compensate artists than "grudgingly" purchasing CDs and effectively delivering to them less than 10% of the retail price. As you know, most of the money you pay at the record store goes to distribution and middle men's services that, ironically, because of filesharing, broadband and audio compression, you didn't even use. The music retail establishment is a good distribution mechanism for people without highspeed internet, but a very poor way to deliver money to creator, if you already have instant access to the content.
We started fairtunes.com to address this exact problem. Quite simply, we deliver contributions you make by paypal or credit card directly to any artist you specify. Have a look!
John Cormie
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Re:Mightn't the figures be skewed? [fairtunes]
Does he insist on paying the distributor or the artist? If the latter, he could use fairtunes. Doesn't act as a legal defense, but if it's Doing The Right Thing he's concerned about...