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A devastating response to the "free music" generation.

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These technological and commercial interests have largely exerted this pressure through the Free Culture movement, which is funded by a handful of large tech corporations and Invalid Link Removed in the US, Canada, Europe and other countries.* ...

What the corporate backed Free Culture movement is asking us to do is analogous to changing our morality and principles to allow the equivalent of looting.
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That's a damned lie. Creative Commons

A very interesting read, indeed. I wonder why the unfounded attack on Creative Commons, though?
 
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I think I own 700+ CDs and have probably owned about that many more I bought and then got rid of. Lets not even talk about records. I do by the CDs of artists I like. I now try to by from artist websites when I can- thank you Michelle Malone for those personally signed CDs, even though I am sure you are doing it only for me! I also buy merch when I can.

A friend of mine just left a popular band that tours all the time, has several CDs out and is considered somewhat successful. I was shocked to learn the band is $100,000 in debt. It seems to be a crazy way to make a living now.
 
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CrewsControl said:
That's a damned lie. Creative Commons

A very interesting read, indeed. I wonder why the unfounded attack on Creative Commons, though?
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Yeah, that was the only bit that rubbed me the wrong way about an otherwise excellent article.

CC is just pre-built legal boilerplate (provided for free by its creators) that allows creators to choose "in-between" copyright restrictions. (I often use the CC-BY-NC-SA version for some things I've created to make them "you can copy this as long as you're not making money off it or claiming it as your own work". )
 
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Read a little of it (about half) I sorta agree with the author. That girl is stealing from the artists and should pay for her music. I thought it was stupid of her to pull "Aren't the artists rich?" card especially in this economy I mean everything is taking a hit the first things that do are the non essentials and unfortuanetly music and art is one of them. She is 21 right? That's what the article said anyways she sounds like she's 4 and she just realised the cookie she took out of the bakery without paying was really stealing.
 
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dmusic148 said:
Doesn't matter. The genie is out of the bottle and he ain't going back in.
The business model must adapt or die, simple as that.
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It's ironic that I am taking the side of the older people and the person above me who actually is older than me is coming off like the 22 year old I am.

Adapt or die.

While I do agree with that you fail to notice she is stealing from independent musicians who are working day jobs and are slowly going into debt supporting their music habbit musicians just like you. Personally my bands don't charge money for our music but, every now and then we make limited edition vinyls and have some big names in the local scene on them some of which by now have broken up or go on to bigger and better things but, the thing is they still live in the scene because the fans are robbing them blind. Good music deserves to be heard yes but, artists should also be rewarded for their efforts and time spent making something we all enjoy.

The lead singer of the Melvins Buzzo said in an interview once that in the future labels won't make their money on the artists' music but, rather physical items such as T-shirts, fan membership packages, posters, and other stuff not music. I think that that maybe will be the future in a couple years.
 
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UncleFluffy said:
Yeah, that was the only bit that rubbed me the wrong way about an otherwise excellent article.
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I've looked at several other posts on that blog, and it's got a rather big axe to grind with "tech companies" and some vague, shadowy "Free Culture" movement they are supposedly backing.

...it looks suspiciously like the disinformation lead sheet cooked up by the “don’t be evil” Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) earlier this spring. The CCIA is a group that makes the RIAA and the MPAA look like Mary Poppins.
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ORLY? :hmm:
 
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Wow, maybe we can reinstate the cliche 'pay the piper' again?

Nah....everybody demands EVERYTHING for free now. As someone said, 'the genie ain't going back in the bottle.'

I remember when the federal gov. gave away a lot of cheese that was going to spoil if they didn't do something with it....

They should have buried it.

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dmusic148, I don't think the business model has to change outright. Why should the entertainment industry have to function any differently than any other consumer product just because it's easy to steal it? It's not the business model's fault that this is happening. The real problem is that the technology out quickly outgrown any ability to control it reasonably. I know it's not a perfect anology by any means, but think of it this way: There will always be those that steal. But going into your Wal-Mart and trying to steal a CD is a lot riskier than hiding behind a computer screen and illegally downloading it. Less risk = more stealing.

And that's not even considering the fact that an illegal digital copy basically allows limitless supply, therefore further devaluing the legit product. This point may be much more debateable of course, but it's at least worthy of that debate and shouldn't just be ignored.

I do agree with you on this though.....the genie is out of the bottle. It's a real mess. But simply saying that the model has to change to accomodate millions of thieves just doesn't make much sense to me.

The best thing we can do right now is try and educate, showing a very direct link between personal action and the greater consequence. If even a small percentage "gets it", then it's an improvement.
 

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