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In ye olden days it was supposed to be preserving the ambiance and protecting likeness. In the modern (American) music industry people have realized that * yo

In ye olden days it was supposed to be preserving the ambiance and protecting likeness. In the modern (American) music industry people have realized that * your average concertgoer phone shot video is too crappy to make much of an impact on that * the whales who spend money on merch/etc at concerts will happily pay for a production quality movie of a concert regardless of the existence of these crap videos (e.g. recent Taylor Swift and Beyonce concert movies) * at best these videos also drive the desirability of going to concerts up, boosting the main way artists make money In countries like South Korea and Japan they still very much focus on protecting the likeness and so cameras are banned

judge2020 3y ago
Another factor is that hardly anyone goes to the effort of holding their phone for the entire time and recording the full show, especially for the Taylor concert which is well over 3 hours long. Now there were quite a few full recording of The Weeknd's ~1h20m After Hours til Dawn Tour.
throwaway2037 3y ago
> cameras are banned This is not true. Big concerts in both countries are essentially 10k+ people standing on their feet for 2-4 hours holding mobile phones in front of their faces to take photos and videos.
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  I mean this probably depends on the group. But for example here is a forum discussion about how phone recording is technically banned for a BTS concert: https://forum.allkpop.com/thread/69555-no-phone-recordings-at-bts-concerts/ https://forum.allkpop.com/thread/69555-no-phone-recordings-a...
shiroiushi 3y ago
>In countries like South Korea and Japan they still very much focus on protecting the likeness and so cameras are banned They're not completely banned in Japan; it depends on the concert. At one concert I attended recently, cameras were not allowed during the concert, except during one song: they made an announcement that camera use was permitted during this time (while the musicians were walking around the arena during the song), so people pulled out their phones to take close-up photos of the musicians if they could. Afterwards, they announced that phones/cameras should be put away, and they were. It's actually pretty nice: you can see much better without everyone holding their phone up, and then everyone still got a little time to use them for their photo collection.

judge2020 3y ago

Another factor is that hardly anyone goes to the effort of holding their phone for the entire time and recording the full show, especially for the Taylor concert which is well over 3 hours long. Now there were quite a few full recording of The Weeknd's ~1h20m After Hours til Dawn Tour.

throwaway2037 3y ago

> cameras are banned This is not true. Big concerts in both countries are essentially 10k+ people standing on their feet for 2-4 hours holding mobile phones in front of their faces to take photos and videos.

bobthepanda 3y ago
I mean this probably depends on the group. But for example here is a forum discussion about how phone recording is technically banned for a BTS concert: https://forum.allkpop.com/thread/69555-no-phone-recordings-at-bts-concerts/ https://forum.allkpop.com/thread/69555-no-phone-recordings-a...

shiroiushi 3y ago

>In countries like South Korea and Japan they still very much focus on protecting the likeness and so cameras are banned They're not completely banned in Japan; it depends on the concert. At one concert I attended recently, cameras were not allowed during the concert, except during one song: they made an announcement that camera use was permitted during this time (while the musicians were walking around the arena during the song), so people pulled out their phones to take close-up photos of the musicians if they could. Afterwards, they announced that phones/cameras should be put away, and they were. It's actually pretty nice: you can see much better without everyone holding their phone up, and then everyone still got a little time to use them for their photo collection.