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Mate, compare your philosphy to the guy that admitted to having 80,000 mp3s. You may not go and rob a bank, but does that mean we should make robbing banks legal just because you're honest?
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I don't think /)K is a thief. No one wants to sell the music to him anyway, why should they care if he downloads it instead? How can you be supporting your favorite bands by not listening to their music?
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The album, is the artists primary expressive vehical at the moment, alongside the instantaneous expression of live performance. A 'single' has historically been lifted to promote an album. Like a few scenes of a film made into a trailer.
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False. Singles are being made and sold to make some extra money. What you get to hear in the commercials for an album and in free clips on various band's sites have been taken from songs to promote the album, sorta like scenes of a film made into a trailer.[/QUOTE]Mate, here we go... Go get a job in the recording industry and then come back and tell me that artists make money of singles. The songwriter does (through airplay/airtime etc), but the artist does NOT make money off a single unless they are the songwriter. Albums have always been where the money is. Singles have always been promotional tools.
I've been signed to two major labels in the past. BMG and Polygram (now Vivendi/Universal). I'm not talking out of my arse.
As far as Deathkiller goes, he's a thief. He's taken work from artists who cannot get a release in America, and contributes to ensuring there is NO DEMAND for a such a release, by stealing their songs. That effects the artists ability to make records, tour and do anything else that costs money. 80,000 mp3s? It's sickening.
As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to judge your actions by the question "what would happen if everyone did what I'm doing?"
This is the fact: RECORDING MUSIC COSTS MONEY.
Pure and simple.
Take the money away and music will go downhill. Professional musicians/producers will become a thing of the past, and the quality associated with such professionalism will go out the window. If that's the way society wants to go, so be it. DOn't call yourself a music fan if that's the reality you want though.
You are kidding yourself if you think you're a fan of a band and stealing their work.
[ 04-13-2003, 01:50 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]