[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L3 Q5
- From: Jet <justinabram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:36:19 -0500
I am in support of file sharing, but I am also in support of copyright
protection. I am a musician, and encourage whomever to pass around
stuff I make. My argument against it is only one of principal. If an
author writes a book, and someone scans it and puts it online, that's
obvious copyright protection, and something most people would be
against. It's the same for music. Sure, most people just want the
new Whomeverpopstar single without the hassle of buying the whole
album. But the fact is, hundreds of real people put real work (often
more than the artist) into that album. Be it graphic design, studio
production/engineering (you know, the real talent on the albums)
manufacturing, distribution, studio musicians, and the folks who
actually write the songs. All of those people deserve to be paid. It
seems a lot of pop music, the artist is a voice and a face for a
brand. they can sing, but they arent the real creative force. Which
makes it that much harder for me to feel sorry for them.
Principally speaking, though. The record company owns the copyright,
and that should be revered and respected the same as any text media or
physical product is.
All of that aside, if you really want to support an artist, the
absolute best way is to catch live shows. Hands down.
-Justin Abram
On 2/16/06, Sean M <mckinls2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I choose to do my topic on file sharing. File sharing is something that has
> revolunitionized the way people get not only music but movies and many other
> things. Programs such as napster, kazza, lime wire, bear share, ect...
> allow anyone to hook up with millions of people and trade files. Although
> in recent years artists have put up a big fuss about downloading music I
> don't think it is a big deal. These people still have consumers buying
> there albums and they make millions of dollars a year. If I really wanted
> to I could sit by my stereo and wait for a song I like to come on and then
> record it to a tape, this is no different. I think people should have the
> right to share what ever they would like to share with each other. Now from
> the artists stand point I could see why they are a little upset, but they
> are still paying the bills and put ting food on the table aren't they? Also
> study's have been done that prove file sharing for the music industries is a
> good thing, it promotes record sales. If you would like to read more about
> this you can go to the following link.
> http://www.astonisher.com/skinny/skinny_riaa.html
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> Sean P. McKinley
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> "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something
> else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon
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> mckinls2@xxxxxxxxx
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