Does anyone here actually think this has to do with individual musicians & songwriters? It's about record labels & publishing maintaining the rights on the music and songs to be able to exploit them commercially for 95 years. Call it the "BEATLES" clause.
I love the hate on for musicians. There is a top tier of Madonnas and McCartneys, but most musicians are living pretty meagerly.
... But TPB is making money off of advertising... are they going to share THOSE profits with the people whose content they're using. I don't know if you've ever recorded an album, but it takes WORK and studios are very EXPENSIVE. If anyone is making money off of someones hard work, in any field, they should kick down some cash. If TPB can't do that then they are no better than any other entity ripping off musicians.
This is not absolutely insane. Record collecting is as much as fad as "stereo" and "this noisy guitar based rock music". The last time I checked, CDs have no intrinsic resale value. No one is showing up at a record store going "hey man, I have the first CD pressing of Blood Sugar Sex Magic!", yet there are plenty of records that can command very high resale value. I can't imagine someone seeing their CD collection as an investment. In fact, for serious music listeners in most countries in Europe and Japan, vinyl is the preferred medium. My band sells at a 1:1 ratio of CD vs vinyl in these markets. You may say vinyl collectors are novel enthusiasts, but they're making plenty of labels and bands money.
The end economics of CD vs vinyl is scarcity. The CD epitomises mass production, since it's a shitty plastic disc in a shitty plastic jewel case. A first pressing of a vinyl release by the largest of major label artists will be 1/100th of what is pressed on CD. The long term money is in the scarcity of vinyl.
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Does anyone here actually think this has to do with individual musicians & songwriters? It's about record labels & publishing maintaining the rights on the music and songs to be able to exploit them commercially for 95 years. Call it the "BEATLES" clause. I love the hate on for musicians. There is a top tier of Madonnas and McCartneys, but most musicians are living pretty meagerly.
I saw something like this, but it wasn't at Christmas. All you need is a little LSD. MUCH scarier though.
... But TPB is making money off of advertising... are they going to share THOSE profits with the people whose content they're using. I don't know if you've ever recorded an album, but it takes WORK and studios are very EXPENSIVE. If anyone is making money off of someones hard work, in any field, they should kick down some cash. If TPB can't do that then they are no better than any other entity ripping off musicians.
This is not absolutely insane. Record collecting is as much as fad as "stereo" and "this noisy guitar based rock music". The last time I checked, CDs have no intrinsic resale value. No one is showing up at a record store going "hey man, I have the first CD pressing of Blood Sugar Sex Magic!", yet there are plenty of records that can command very high resale value. I can't imagine someone seeing their CD collection as an investment. In fact, for serious music listeners in most countries in Europe and Japan, vinyl is the preferred medium. My band sells at a 1:1 ratio of CD vs vinyl in these markets. You may say vinyl collectors are novel enthusiasts, but they're making plenty of labels and bands money. The end economics of CD vs vinyl is scarcity. The CD epitomises mass production, since it's a shitty plastic disc in a shitty plastic jewel case. A first pressing of a vinyl release by the largest of major label artists will be 1/100th of what is pressed on CD. The long term money is in the scarcity of vinyl.
i guess the poster forgot to add the [rhetorical question][/rhetorical question] tag...