If I sold expensive PCs and at the same time wanted to get up in the morning and like what I saw in the mirror, I'd never preinstall software with such security issues as IE has.
It's like selling cars with complimentary beer. "You go on now. Here's the beer and here are the keys. Enjoy."
But oh, no windows without IE. Better put a warning label on the desktop, like "the coffee is damn hot... Remember to download the seatbelts." you get the picture.
I do agree more or less with everything you have said so far but one thing I simply can't let sit as a turd in tonic:
"No one has any moral right to make money from music".
WTF?
So being a musician is not really a job in your definiton as no one have *any* moral right to make money from it? Why are musicians morally wrong in making money from what they do?
The guy on the street playing a guitar is morally wrong if he wants people to throw him a dime for his efforts?
If then, what about other creative fields?
Any moral right to make money from other art-related occupations? Painters, sculptors, architects, graphic designers, comedians, or, race drivers for that matter. Are all creative jobs morally wrong if actual money is made from them?
After reading your posts, I get the feeling you are opposed to any kind of "making money". True?
Being a musician is a skilled profession like any other. It takes years and years of trainin gto become a good one.
Personally, I'm all for artists making any kind of amounts of gazillions if they can. It's honest, hard work. Even for Britney.
What I don't like is the so-called "music industry" stealing from artists:
A really good record deal will pay the artist arond 20% of CD sales. This deal may include distribution cost beared by the record label (most often it won't). It may also include marketing cost on behalf of the label (most often it won't). It can even include expenses towards mixing, producing the music (most often it won't). If the artist is really big in terms of sales (madonna-big) the deal MAY include costs involved in shooting the MTV-ad (in common terms, the "video").
I imagine how other business would function under that structure: "ok, jack. You can drive a Bus in this city. Just remember, YOU need to buy the seats, gasoline, air, repairs etc..)
I believe P2P piracy to be the best thing that WILL happen to not only artist but also to an industry which has worked inself into the moral bracket of pimps, real estate dealers, politicians, coke dealers etc.
The industry HAS to reinvent itself from A-Z. It won't stand as is. And along with that reinvention will come better terms for artists as well - its well out there in the future, but for now the discussion has started within the industry.
Kicking in people's doors will never, ever, never, ever solve anything for the record labels. Ever.
You can fool some people some 'the time...
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I'd prefer to see the technology being used to harvest energy from sun light. Perhaps light funnels? Or?
It's like selling cars with complimentary beer. "You go on now. Here's the beer and here are the keys. Enjoy."
But oh, no windows without IE. Better put a warning label on the desktop, like "the coffee is damn hot... Remember to download the seatbelts." you get the picture.
I do agree more or less with everything you have said so far but one thing I simply can't let sit as a turd in tonic: "No one has any moral right to make money from music". WTF? So being a musician is not really a job in your definiton as no one have *any* moral right to make money from it? Why are musicians morally wrong in making money from what they do? The guy on the street playing a guitar is morally wrong if he wants people to throw him a dime for his efforts? If then, what about other creative fields? Any moral right to make money from other art-related occupations? Painters, sculptors, architects, graphic designers, comedians, or, race drivers for that matter. Are all creative jobs morally wrong if actual money is made from them? After reading your posts, I get the feeling you are opposed to any kind of "making money". True? Being a musician is a skilled profession like any other. It takes years and years of trainin gto become a good one. Personally, I'm all for artists making any kind of amounts of gazillions if they can. It's honest, hard work. Even for Britney. What I don't like is the so-called "music industry" stealing from artists: A really good record deal will pay the artist arond 20% of CD sales. This deal may include distribution cost beared by the record label (most often it won't). It may also include marketing cost on behalf of the label (most often it won't). It can even include expenses towards mixing, producing the music (most often it won't). If the artist is really big in terms of sales (madonna-big) the deal MAY include costs involved in shooting the MTV-ad (in common terms, the "video"). I imagine how other business would function under that structure: "ok, jack. You can drive a Bus in this city. Just remember, YOU need to buy the seats, gasoline, air, repairs etc..) I believe P2P piracy to be the best thing that WILL happen to not only artist but also to an industry which has worked inself into the moral bracket of pimps, real estate dealers, politicians, coke dealers etc. The industry HAS to reinvent itself from A-Z. It won't stand as is. And along with that reinvention will come better terms for artists as well - its well out there in the future, but for now the discussion has started within the industry. Kicking in people's doors will never, ever, never, ever solve anything for the record labels. Ever. You can fool some people some 'the time...