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>> Abolish them, the artists make most of their money in other ways anyway And look how great that's working out for them now that an entire year, potentially
by kjakm 6y ago
>> Abolish them, the artists make most of their money in other ways anyway
And look how great that's working out for them now that an entire year, potentially more of touring has been cancelled. Why don't software companies start giving away their product and instead make their money through t-shirt sales and speaking tours? Music has already been made exponentially less expensive for the consumer (at a massive cost to artists). It seems cruel to take even more away so that someone can use music in their vlog or travel video for free.
>> It's totally nuts now that recording devices are everywhere.
Maybe instead we should reconsider why we have recording devices everywhere. Music and musicians getting paid is beneficial to society, people recording who's ringing their doorbell and who's walking past their home is detrimental.
- throwaway189262 6y agoArtists already make virtually nothing from music rights. I've seen royalties of less than $100 for a million plays, so taking away copyright royalties would do basically nothing to hurt artists. It only hurts the recording industry that's become a monopoly which abuses copyright law to hurt artists and consumers alike
- evgen 6y agoAh, the wonderful logic of 'Spotify screws artists anyway, so lets just take the last few pennies going into their pocket and light them on fire.'
- throwaway189262 6y agoThe recording industry is screwing over users and artists alike. What purpose does it serve beyond a profit sucking middleman? With the advent of the internet, recording companies are pointless. You can release your music on a personal website with a few hours of work. There's no longer a need for any distribution on radio, vinyl, CD's. The original purpose of these companies is gone, they exists solely to reap rewards from our crazy copyright laws
- afarrell 6y agoHow did the recording industry get the rights to those royalties?