This was so back when LPs were copied onto tapes and it has not changed with MP3s or iPods. And most people will end up buying something they really like just so they can look at it on a shelf. Sure, some people download stuff instead of buying it, but if they couldn’t get it for free, they simply wouldn’t buy it at all. Having said that, downloading music does not affect the industry as much as they tell us it does. It is more unethical than telling your children there is no more ice-cream in the fridge, but less unethical than cheating on your wife, or torturing Afghan prisoners for example. Why aren’t you buying direct from the artist at live shows? I don’t buy “I can’t afford it”-you’re paying $50 a month for a broadband Internet connection, and you can’t afford a $30 subscription to emusic? Or a $12 CD?Īnd I don’t buy “I really would help the artist, but all the profits go to the record companies.” That’s just a rationalization for theft of services. For instance, seeing the artists live and buying T-shirts and CDs at the merch tent puts considerably more money in their hands. The way to fix this is to find other ways to compensate artists that don’t require cartels and draconian legislation. The way to fix this isn’t through rampant copying of music, because that is illegal and that drives to them seeking legal solutions like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act-a legal disaster if there ever was one.
If people copy the music, that helps nobody but themselves, and hurts the musicians.
If people make different arrangements with the record companies-like emusic and iTunes, compared to digital sales-then that helps the musicians. If people make different arrangements with the artists-like some bands allowing or encouraging bootleg recordings, or allowing people to download MP3 files directly from their sites-then that helps the musicians. If you don’t like those terms, your options are to negotiate different terms with the record companies, reach a separate agreement with the musician, or to forgo the music altogether. The musician makes the music available to the record company under certain terms, and the record company makes the music available to you under certain terms.
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