I also got tired of getting crappy CDs with just a couple of songs I like. Now I only keep the ones I fully preview and like for sure. The rest I recycle...
Although I respect and agree in principle with your point of view, it seems to me that you're not as smart as you think. Let's face it, even though you have the rights of your creative work, you've already lost control of them. Even if you are sucessfull in shutting down Napster, other file-sharing apps will take its place no matter what you do. And the next generation of these apps are even worse to shoot down with lawsuits since they will be faceless. So forget about protecting your catalog and think about the future! You claim to have seen 1.4 million dls of your songs over 3 weekends, right? Then go to Napster and work out a business solution around the number of dls. Fans would love it! This will encourage other acts to follow and you will come out of this as a heroe. Now about the high-ground principle of keeping control of your future creations. If you think that that's the business model you want, encript all your work from now on. Many encription solutions are already available now and more will come. So instead of focusing on destruction, focus instead on construction. Forget about the way things were done in the past and start moving forward while you still have time.
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I also got tired of getting crappy CDs with just a couple of songs I like. Now I only keep the ones I fully preview and like for sure. The rest I recycle...
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Although I respect and agree in principle with your point of view, it seems to me that you're not as smart as you think. Let's face it, even though you have the rights of your creative work, you've already lost control of them. Even if you are sucessfull in shutting down Napster, other file-sharing apps will take its place no matter what you do. And the next generation of these apps are even worse to shoot down with lawsuits since they will be faceless. So forget about protecting your catalog and think about the future! You claim to have seen 1.4 million dls of your songs over 3 weekends, right? Then go to Napster and work out a business solution around the number of dls. Fans would love it! This will encourage other acts to follow and you will come out of this as a heroe. Now about the high-ground principle of keeping control of your future creations. If you think that that's the business model you want, encript all your work from now on. Many encription solutions are already available now and more will come. So instead of focusing on destruction, focus instead on construction. Forget about the way things were done in the past and start moving forward while you still have time.