Re: [microsound] buying used cd's

[Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't addressing that concern .. just pointing out the difference in
copies and passing around the same CD.

For unknown artists who want to reach a larger audience then making
mp3's available freely is an obvious way to go.. I really don't think
that it is disputable.

Of course there are some artist's where the only way you can get their
newest material is to go to see them live and buy their CD's at the
show.

Or seeing them live is the only way to hear their material period
because they release infrequently or in very limited editions.

However from the perspective of the record industry (not that agree
with them) when you spend millions of dollars promoting a band and
royalties are pennies for every CD sold then you want to sell as many
CD's as possible. Since you have allready saturated the market with
promotions allready then you don't care about word of mouth via
filesharing.

So for the small artist at soem point you will have grown past the
stage of simply needing exposure at whatever cost into okay now I have
a fan base and I'd like to make some profits. If touring is your only
option to make money at the point it's a pretty gruelling way to do it.

But to get back to the issue at hand.. I don't think filesharing will
ever just be given a total greenlight because it can't pave the way for
pirating and by that I mean people who sell copies in any form to make
money off your efforts. As far as I can tell though with the exception
of the RIAA debacle that is where most ofthe busting efforts have been
placed.


Adrian

--- Brian Klein <btk3782@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> oh. so does that mean less people will pay to see/hear
> your performance? 
> i don't understand why more instances of your cd would
> be bad in this case, if we are only talking in terms
> of promotion, and not about profit.
> 
> --- Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > No because downloading makes more instances of the
> > "CD" whereas buying
> > a "used CD" does not. 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Couldn't this argument be equally as compelling if
> > we replace the
> > > word "buy
> > > a used cd" with "download mp3s"?
> > > 
> > > ~Kyle
> > > 
> > > On 12/3/06, Brian Klein <btk3782@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > if people buy a used cd of your music, perhaps
> > they
> > > > will like it so much that they'll go to your
> > > > performance and buy your new cd.
> > > > i don't know anyone with enough cd sales to
> > complain
> > > > about the money they lose from the sale of used
> > ones.
> > > > i guess this problem is relative.
> > > >
> > > > --- Gregory Taylor <gtaylor@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >  > how do people who are against filesharing
> > feel
> > > > > about buying used
> > > > > >CD's - since
> > > > > >  > the artist makes no money on that sale?
> > > > >
> > > > > With the exception of things that I am certain
> > are
> > > > > out of print
> > > > > or available [to my knowledge] only for
> > usurious
> > > > > prices at
> > > > > watering holes for speculators, I don't buy
> > used CDs
> > > > > for
> > > > > precisely the reason you state.
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