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It is a bit odd that they only half-heartedly tried to monetize this. It's something I would have gladly paid for but instead I was forced to download a torren

by weisser 14y ago

It is a bit odd that they only half-heartedly tried to monetize this. It's something I would have gladly paid for but instead I was forced to download a torrent to hear the tracks (all fantastic - the songs from the Freewheelin' album are much clearer than the actual release!). It shocks me that they are essentially forcing fans to obtain this illegally when they could have sold this set digitally with little effort (they are, but only in a couple countries) or took a bit of time and made a desirable physical release with a few photos and a nice box. For me this is a perfect example of just how incredibly aloof the major labels are. They want to extend a copyright but simultaneously cannibalize the future sales that they were hoping the copyright would ensure.

newishuser 14y ago
from the article: "Because Sony has been considering some tracks on “The 50th Anniversary Collection” for its Bootleg Series, a program of archival releases that now encompasses nine multidisc sets, the company decided to throw a few dozen tracks onto the market, however tenuously, to ensure their ownership. "
gameshot911 14y ago
>I was forced to download a torrent to hear the tracks. "Forced", huh? You don't have a right to hear the songs. Two perfectly valid options are to pay the going market rate on E-Bay, or to not listen to the songs. If Sony wants to produce a limited number of records such that it is prohibitively expensive for the audience to hear the songs, that is their right. You were in no way forced to illegally download their IP.
- weisser 14y ago
  That's a binary way of looking at it. While what you say is 100% true it is the exact way of thinking that is destroying the music industry. You cannot make something that can be easily digitized prohibitively expensive and think that it will somehow stop access. That is a laughable notion. Great demand will cause it to be redistributed. "Forced" is obvious hyperbole and I think you know that.

by weisser 14y ago

newishuser 14y ago

from the article: "Because Sony has been considering some tracks on “The 50th Anniversary Collection” for its Bootleg Series, a program of archival releases that now encompasses nine multidisc sets, the company decided to throw a few dozen tracks onto the market, however tenuously, to ensure their ownership. "

gameshot911 14y ago

>I was forced to download a torrent to hear the tracks. "Forced", huh? You don't have a right to hear the songs. Two perfectly valid options are to pay the going market rate on E-Bay, or to not listen to the songs. If Sony wants to produce a limited number of records such that it is prohibitively expensive for the audience to hear the songs, that is their right. You were in no way forced to illegally download their IP.

weisser 14y ago
That's a binary way of looking at it. While what you say is 100% true it is the exact way of thinking that is destroying the music industry. You cannot make something that can be easily digitized prohibitively expensive and think that it will somehow stop access. That is a laughable notion. Great demand will cause it to be redistributed. "Forced" is obvious hyperbole and I think you know that.