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Musicians on Internet & Filesharing
reverseengineer writes "A Pew Internet & American Life survey asked (large PDF) 809 artists and 2,755 musicians, songwriters, and publishers about how they use the Internet, and whether it has been beneficial or detrimental to their success. Results (larger PDF) are quite interesting, with near 50-50 splits on a variety of questions involving fair use and filesharing. A quote from Pew's summary: 'Across the board, artists and musicians
are more likely to say that the internet has made it possible for them to make more
money from their art than they are to say it has made it harder to protect their work
from piracy or unlawful use.' Here is the NY Times summary [ Free registration blah blah ] of the survey."
23% of respondents were not home.
54% of respondents pretended like they were not home.
20% of respondents were undecided.
6% of respondents had no front door.
There was a 3% margin of error.
Unknown host pong.
Hmmm... How ironic. I trust that the appropriate copyright permission has been sought for the above post. ;)
Anything is possible given sufficient time and money.
I'm sure karma whoring is covered under the exceptions for fair use in copyright law.
The other 50% couldn't manage to open the pdf file.
Nah the publisher wouldn't mind since parent also included "Advertisement" before the 2nd paragraph.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
Here is the NY Times summary [ Free registration blah blah ]
Usually they require a DNA sample or your first-born child!
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
... Only Wookies share Light Stock Freighters with Scoundrels.
Why do musicians go for recording contracts anymore? It is obvious that the vast majority of them recieve no significant ongoing income from record sales.
Shhhh. Most artists make better material when they have little money to spend and the only comfort in their lives are good drugs.
Most small bands seem to make more money touring.
I told you to be quiet!
"Nine out of ten artists agree that the practice of recording a movie or TV show on a VHS
tape to watch at home at a later time should be deemed legal under the fair use provisions
of copyright law."
Wow. I didn't know Jack Valenti had an album out.
Really it's more like...
37% were sleeping in until 4pm
33% had their phone disconnected for non-payment last month
18% couldn't hear the phone over the drums and Marshall stacks
12% were intoxicated to the point of being temporarily incapacitated