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These are token royalties, I don't see the moral difference between these services and piracy. Music discovery has always been a liability for artists, the ill
by r0s 13y ago
These are token royalties, I don't see the moral difference between these services and piracy. Music discovery has always been a liability for artists, the illusion that sharing is somehow worse than this sanctioned exploitation is pure hypocrisy.
- Daishiman 13y agoIt's either sharing or not being known at all. Last week I was in a musicology conference where several professors from Oxford commented on how there's a glut of not only self-taught musicians, but universities and learning academies teaching music production courses that are saturating the market. Even as a follower of very specific sub-subgenres of music it's almost all saturated, impossible to follow the latest developments in every area. This is indicative that the value of most music nowadays is really, really low. You could spend an eternity listening to freely-published, really good new music in Soundcloud and not spend a dime.
- eurleif 13y ago>the illusion that sharing is somehow worse than this sanctioned exploitation is pure hypocrisy. Consent makes all the difference in the world.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoReally? A moral difference? The market has spoken; recorded music has almost no value. Learn to profit from other avenues, don't whine and scream that its not fair the market value has been driven down to zero.