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Reminds me of an article on /r/movies the other day about "XYZ didn't kill the movie industry, the movie industry killed itself". Well... no. The movie indust
by mason55 12y ago
Reminds me of an article on /r/movies the other day about "XYZ didn't kill the movie industry, the movie industry killed itself".
Well... no. The movie industry is far from dead and is doing quite well for itself. It even avoided the mistakes the music labels made when they gave Apple too much power (a mistake that they have since recovered from).
- snowwrestler 12y agoSome labels/studios are being hurt by piracy, primarily the mid-size and smaller independents. They have less financial leverage over their artists, but more importantly, many of them choose to limit their relationships with artists to publishing and promotion, so they are more dependent on album sales for revenue. They also tend to more fan-friendly, so they generally choose not to fight against file sharing, etc. even though it hurts them. These are the "middle class" level folks in those industries--making a professional living, but not getting rich. That particular stratum is being eaten away by piracy. At the lower extremes of the industries, piracy is making it easier for new folks to get found and build an audience. But once they want to take the next step, they'll have a harder time staying out of the big company systems than folks 15 years ago. There are just fewer "mid-range" professional options available to them now.
- anigbrowl 12y agoExactly. The labels that have been worst hurt by the digital revolution were the least exploitative ones.
- eruditely 12y agoThese comments need to be hedges. With services like soundcloud and artists publishing their music and directly uploading new albums, a new method for payments that is not an over-extended method of sales and 'representation' based on antiquated physical formats will need to rise, and I welcome it.