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As someone who works full time in the music business, I shed no tears for Grooveshark. The only thing I don't like about this situation is that there appears t
by Tunecrew 11y ago
As someone who works full time in the music business, I shed no tears for Grooveshark.
The only thing I don't like about this situation is that there appears to be no settlement for the thousands (tens, hundreds?) of indie artists, labels, writers and publishers whose music was on the site.
10% revenue loss for an indie label or publisher has a far greater impact on their viability than 10% loss to <insert major label here>.
- Kiro 11y agoYou make music because it's fun. If you're doing it for the money you're doing it wrong. If I could make even a single dime on my music it would be a privilege but I'm happy as it is.
- Kiro 11y agoGetting downvoted but my opinion stands: being a musician is not a job and you can't expect to get paid for it. It would be like expecting to get paid for playing video games. Making music is a leisure activity and a very rewarding one. Thinking you should make a living on it is just greedy. Get a normal job and create music for its own sake.
- cotix 11y agoYou can, infact, make a living with playing video games. I wonder how you would feel if I said developing is a big hobby of mine, a leisure activity, and a very rewarding one actually. You should not make money from that, get a real job, and practice your development hobby for its own sake.
- Kiro 11y agoYes, I know you can. Just as you can make money making music. The important word here is "can". You are not however entitled to it. A lucky few gets paid but that's an extreme privilege you shouldn't take for granted. The difference with development is that no-one questions the business model. You code and get paid for it while music is a completely different story. Before I became a professional developer I coded for fun and was happy with that. If the market would be like music (where 99% of artists cannot make a living out of it) then yes, I would say exactly that.
- mryan 11y agoNobody is "entitled" to make a living from making music. However, everyone is entitled to say "I have created some music. In exchange for some money I will give you a copy of this music". You say "no-one questions the business model" which is clearly false. Have you never heard of a developer being asked to work for free (or equity) on someone else's idea? IMHO that's the same as you saying musicians should be grateful to earn any money from their work.
- pikachu_is_cool 11y agoI hold the opinion you should not be paid to make software, in most cases, in this era. It tends to be an instrument for control and manipulation. (ads)
- eropple 11y agoSo what's your economically sensical alternative?
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- pikachu_is_cool 11y agoCommunism.
- eropple 11y agoCool. I don't agree, but at least you own it. =)
- look_lookatme 11y agoOh don't worry, your masters at the labels and publishers got all their assets. Sorry you won't see a dime from them, either.
- Tunecrew 11y agoI run an indie label, distributor and publisher. We pay out tens of thousands of US$ to artists, writers and labels every month. People do and are making a living in all of these professions, but yes it is hard. Not sure where all this vitriol comes from?