Hi DocSkurlock,
Quote:
I am NOT very young. I refuse to pay 20 bucks for a cd with one crappy song I "MAY" like.
No one says you have to buy anything...if you don't like the shoes because it has a red stripe...then you don't buy them...you don't tear off the red stripe and steal the shoes.
Quote:
Just so you know, the reason why they aren't making money is NOT because of piracy. It's because recording labels are charging more and more and giving less in royalties and then blaming it on piracy.
Sorry...wrong! The percentage to the artist is like the percentage in a book deal...it's ALWAYS been low...if you write your own songs then that percentage goes up as you also get the writer's percentage...
there seems to be a running theme here that today groups get less percentage than 30 years ago...AHEM!!! they get more! It used to be if you didn't have a song on the top 40 or a book in the NY Times best sellers list, you were a part-timer...like the old hockey players ALL HAD JOBS ON THE SIDE...you didn't make the hordes of cash authors, writers, musicians, and sports personalities do now.
Quote:
Secondly, although I support piracy, to an extent, I do not advocate it.
You don't see the hypocrisy in that statement...yes, you do advocate it.
Quote:
I think you need to focus on someone that is actually doing what I'm not. I am not your enemy.
I'm not focusing on you, but your comments...you may be a really nice guy, I have no way of knowing either way...but if you don't want to have your comments critiqued then either keep them to yourself or put a disclaimer in your posts.
Eg ;)