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Originally Posted by Azure
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The stupidity on this issue continues.
Readily available music makes it easier for bands to acquire fans who then buy their merchandise, music and concert tickets. I look at how I became a fan of Radiohead. I received a couple of their albums of theirs by ripping my brothers CDs (technically illegal) and downloading some of their albums from other places. I fell in love with the band and have since purchased over a $1,000 worth of Radiohead goods. Not to mention, spending thousands of dollars to fly to San Francisco to see them, putting money into the US economy.
And, of course, there's the famous Radiohead model. Where they made money hand over fist by the "pay what you want" method. NIN has done this successfully as well I believe. Obviously, Radiohead is not a normal band. But any talented band isn't having too much trouble right now because of torrenting. I see innovative bands like Animal Collective and The National doing quite well and getting big despite how it is easy to attain all their music for free. People get passionate about these bands and start spending good money on them.
The Record Companies are flooding the market with ever worsening music. How many American Idol contestants get record deals and put out 2 or 3 albums? How many sensitive singer songwriters can they trot out to put out one hit single? Of course no one is going to get passionate about those POS artists. Just be happy about the cheap money you can make off hacks. You won't get more by cracking down on piracy.
What an idealistic, reactionary POS bill this is. Healthcare deliberations were like pulling teeth to get some pretty basic consumer protections. This bill will pass faster than you can chink two scotch glasses together. To make it all the worse, the thought crime provision is disgusting. I hope the courts have something to say about that.