Comments on TorrentFries: Terminal Case

You know, I'm not sure how it would go over, but I...

2008-09-27T21:35:00.000-07:00

You know, I'm not sure how it would go over, but I'm contemplating mailing letters to my favorite artists saying, "I downloaded your album. Here's $20."

On that note, one of my fantasies is to go to a Metallica concert and ask them to sign a burned CD of their latest album. (Or better yet, a leaked pre-release album.)

i dont agree that we should have to pay to listen ...

2008-09-27T16:42:00.000-07:00

i dont agree that we should have to pay to listen to music, but i do believe that if you enjoy what you listen to, you should give some money to the artist. the problem is in the music industry, the money you spend on the album hardly gets to the artist. i support independent artists more, but i still have high expectations for them. the reason there aren't many live performances is because the normal person won't go watch people they've never heard of. the ones whose name they know would cost the venue thousands of dollars to book. until people open themselves to independent artists and decide to donate to artists the like, the current system is never going to go away. oh also when artists choose to stay away from record labels and do their stuff on their own.

I'd be inclined to say the lack of venues stems fr...

2008-09-27T00:00:00.000-07:00

I'd be inclined to say the lack of venues stems from the lack of artists to fill such venues, or rather, the lack of people willing to visit such venues. I don't blame (most) governments for this; they have no serious interest in going up against public sentiment in this regard. Believe it or not, we do hire them, which means they wouldn't put their asses on the line for something that has no direct benefit to them. When it does benefit them, sure, electorate be damned.

No, I see this as a product of good ol' supply and demand at work. If you demand more access to independent music, more access will be supplied.

@ketchup:Sure, go ahead and doubt me. I don't see ...

2008-09-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

@ketchup:
Sure, go ahead and doubt me. I don't see you writing anything ¬¬

I agree with your stance and i too have been activ...

2008-09-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

I agree with your stance and i too have been actively fighting the big labels for many years now. The sooner that we get on to a model where musicians are paid for performance rather than endless residual incomes for one of studio sets, the better. The real problem that I see though is finding more performance venues. As the world becomes ever more of a dictatorship and artists find it more and more difficult to convene public meetings such as concerts. American now follows China in this respect with new totalitarian laws. I reckon that the losses of freedom of assembly are going to make a big difference to the model that we would prefer. How can artist get paid for their performances if dictatorial governments will not let them perform?

BTW, do you use "Recaptchas" as woed verification?

"Okay, that's all for now. I'll see you on Monday,...

2008-09-26T20:54:00.000-07:00

"Okay, that's all for now. I'll see you on Monday, or better yet, OnionRings will. I'll see if I can make him do an article next time."

Yea, I'm sure Onion will be all for writing another article. ^-^