It hasn't been all peaches and cream in my hobby obsession. There have been some real PR disasters by various entities in reaction to piracy, where punishing innocent along with the guilty has been a problem in the past. All in all, businesses are scared. Print as a medium is getting harder to do. All this experimentation means that some stuff fails.
Failure for the small guys can be the the difference between existence and non-existence. Even Wizards of the Coast A wholly owned subsidiary of Hasbro has had to come to grips with the changes in the market place.
Shifting to another segment of the geek industry, actors like Felicia Day have pioneered patronage for successful web video series she is backed by Microsoft and from fan donations. Her series The Guild go see it has led the way for others to do the same thing. This has led to shows like Legend of Neil at Atom Films. Joss Wheadon produced Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog during the writers strike as a web series.
It is possible to innovate. Personally, I think that the music industry is going to have deal with the fact that performance, merchandise, and other tangible things are main way they make money. Money from legally purchase music will be just one among many revenue streams that support the artist. What role recording companies play in this remains to be seen.
My two cents. Rockadelic, you sound like you're living in the - distant - past. The problem is that most musicians are not marketers??? And if the major labels narrow their focus and gamble onfewer and fewer artists what we wind up with is a lower overall qualityacross the board. Its all about traffic. If you generate tons of traffic by offering something great for free, you will be able to make a lot of money through advertising.
Pay the artists making their music available for 'free' a fair chunk of the generated advertising revenue, and eveyone is getting paid, with no need for record company involvement. The future aint what it used to be.
Rockadelic Out Digging 13, Posts. Rock-a-riddle me that. LaserWolf Portland Oregon 11, Posts. On what points do we all agree? Megaupload was [likely] facilitating the sale of pirated products for profit?
Megaupload was busted because of international cooperation using existing local and international law? Megaupload deserves to face the wrath of the courts? Given the former I would argue that new laws are not need. Can we also agree that the pirating of others copyrights for profit should be illegal? With some caveats, ie reasonable length of copyright, fair use, etc?
Seems simple, do we have agreement? The changes brought on by these changes have plus and negatives. Now the hard part. The major labels are hurting. If the major labels collapse and disappear it will mean fewer musicians will be able to make a living.
Where I think we have a complete breakdown is where copyright laws should kick in. Should libraries be allowed to loan hard copies of copyrighted materials? Should libraries be allowed to loan digital copies of copyrighted materials?
Should websites be allowed to call themselves libraries? Should individuals be allowed to tape their favorite music and share it with friends? Should individuals be allowed to rip cds of their favorite music and share it with friends? Should individuals be allowed to rip digital copies of their favorite music and share it with friends? How do define friends? Should Soulstut be allowed to post mixes? Should the sale of used records be allowed? Should the sale of promo records be allowed?
Should the sale of used cds be allowed? Should the sale of used TMQs be allowed? Should YT be allowed post copyrighted material? In the decade since, Dotcom has attempted to enter New Zealand politics, sparred verbally at a parliamentary committee with former prime minister John Key and vociferously protested his innocence.
The year-old gave an indifferent response on social media to his latest legal setback. I'll start live streaming in January," he tweeted, referring to his latest online venture. Dotcom and his co-accused -- Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk -- deny any wrongdoing, saying Megaupload was targeted because established interests were threatened by online innovation.
The website was an early example of cloud storage, allowing users to upload large files onto a server so others could easily download them without clogging up their email systems.
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