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Music Industry P2P Claims Dismantled
Canarock writes "First Monday runs a great
article this month from Canadian
law professor Michael Geist that dismantles the recording
industry's claims about the peer-to-peer. Using actual data from
Canada, Piercing
the P2P Myths, demonstrates that the loss claims are greatly exaggerated
and that P2P has had little, if any impact on the income of the artists themselves." From the article: "The Canadian government has been the target of intense lobbying for stronger copyright legislation in recent months. Led by the music industry, which claims that it has experienced significant financial losses due to music downloading, the campaign culminated in November 2004 with a lobby day on Parliament Hill."
You know the reason for your losses as well as we do. And in case you want me to spell it out ...
Seriously, the only reason I haven't bought a CD in ages is because I can't find anything worth it. All I'm willing to invest in now is online radio.
A MP3! OH WOW! I hope the bastards at the RIAA don't mind it!
I found it a while back.
Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
you might have an mp3, but by posting a link to it on slashdot, you no longer have a server
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
kinda obvious to me why their profits were down...it's actually a simple formula:
i )=profit
Talent-(Teensensations-Boybands-Onehitwonders-Yan
I'm glad the artists are getting their money. So now you're only screwing the marketing, engineering and management. Is that acceptable?
"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.
Celine Dion and Bryan Adams have a lot to answer for.
Oh no... it's the future.
From the article:
"...Canadian rock star Tom Cochrane..."
All the pros and cons of the article aside, does having one minor hit ("Life is a Highway") make you a rock star?
No wonder the Canadians venerate Ann Murray!
The riaa should invest in harddrive and dvd media because most of these downloaded songs sit on harddrives and fill them up quickly. Forcing people to buy dvd media and or extra harddrives to keep it all.
Uck-Fay Ou-Yay, IAA-Ray.
Best part is, they'll violate the DMCA if they figure that out!
"Derp de derp."
> Remember, if more than one person likes it, it's probably on a P2P network somewhere..
Yes, but if more than one person likes it then that implies that it's accessible and that the band might have fans. If a band has fans then there will be people out there who are willing to pay for the music and as we all know, bands that are financially successful are not worth listening to.
Me? I only listen to bands that have been forcibly removed from open mic nights and solo artists who are so brilliantly underground that they've never released any material whatsoever. The best band in the world is "The Terri Schiavo Experience" and is a solo project by my friend Eric. He's so indie he doesn't even know he's in the band.
I've heard that using the peer-to-peer can lead to other bad habits, like watching the porn and even smoking the pot.
:o
Hopefully enough people like Canadian /.ers will write their Members of Parliament, and point out this article, with a summary of:
"Data shows that the CRIA is a lying sack of poop, and is leading Parliament down the garden path to ruin".
Only put in a bit nicer way.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.