"Is it wrong for companies to feed this demand?"
Not if it's the customer's choice. By when you legislate the medium to the point where it is the only option, I think that's over the line.
I can hear the loss of quality when I go from my 48k 24 bit audio tracks down to CD quality. By the time my songs end up on an mp3, they barely resemble the original.
Once again, it doesn't matter if you can hear the difference, because I can and it's my music.
And I think it's morally wrong to expect people to pay for an advertisement.
My ads said that I was the copyright owner. Every time. The way that the copyright law is written, I don't need to prove it unless I am accusing someone else of infringing upon my copyright.
Remember that I do not even have to register a copyright to gain protection under the law. All I have to do is put a date and the copyright symbol on it. Registration merely provides me the extra legal option of punitive damages.
Shouldn't someone else have to prove that I DON'T own the copyright? Why should the burden of proof fall on the accused rather than the accuser?
Hate to interrupt here, but I'm George Ziemann. I'd like to correct a small error in the original post.
What I said was that mp3s were ads for the actual recording. They ARE inferior because they only contain 10 percent of the original data.
Maybe YOU (that's a very non-specific "you") can't hear the difference between a 128 bps mp3 and a 44.1kbps 16-bit recording, but I can.
And it doesn't matter if you think it's immoral or not. It's my music and I should have the option of being a total moron and giving away crappy copies of my music for free if I want to.
I can reach a global audience at a cost of $20 a month. Once I've made a CD, the mp3 costs ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to produce.
As a result, I no longer need a record company. Record labels were invented to help the artist connect with their customers. Now they merely stand in the way.
We don't need them any more, unless they successfully criminalize the sharing of mp3 files, in which case they gain complete control over my ability to make a living as a recording artist.
Again.
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By the time you can pass around those CD files, I'll be recording at 98k, 24 bit for DVD surround-sound audio, with videos.
"Is it wrong for companies to feed this demand?" Not if it's the customer's choice. By when you legislate the medium to the point where it is the only option, I think that's over the line.
Since I charge nothing for users to access my mp3s, I would happy give them 2% of zero.
There is no charge for end users. They are interested in software developers and people using mp3 files for profit.
Like the record labels.
Once again, it doesn't matter if you can hear the difference, because I can and it's my music.
And I think it's morally wrong to expect people to pay for an advertisement.
Remember that I do not even have to register a copyright to gain protection under the law. All I have to do is put a date and the copyright symbol on it. Registration merely provides me the extra legal option of punitive damages.
Shouldn't someone else have to prove that I DON'T own the copyright? Why should the burden of proof fall on the accused rather than the accuser?
Hate to interrupt here, but I'm George Ziemann. I'd like to correct a small error in the original post. What I said was that mp3s were ads for the actual recording. They ARE inferior because they only contain 10 percent of the original data. Maybe YOU (that's a very non-specific "you") can't hear the difference between a 128 bps mp3 and a 44.1kbps 16-bit recording, but I can. And it doesn't matter if you think it's immoral or not. It's my music and I should have the option of being a total moron and giving away crappy copies of my music for free if I want to. I can reach a global audience at a cost of $20 a month. Once I've made a CD, the mp3 costs ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to produce. As a result, I no longer need a record company. Record labels were invented to help the artist connect with their customers. Now they merely stand in the way. We don't need them any more, unless they successfully criminalize the sharing of mp3 files, in which case they gain complete control over my ability to make a living as a recording artist. Again.