Posted by Cliff Haynes on 11/15/05 17:53

IMHO: This is idealistic and I for one would love to see it happen that the
love of music comes back in style, rather as it is now, the love of the
almighty $$$$$$$

What most fail to realize is that most, if not all the "free world", is
based on a "capitalistic" society.

As you said: "Perhaps we will see an end to the era of the "superstar"?

I doubt it very seriously in my life time or anyone elses, that we will see
that happen.

Why? $$$$$$$$$$
Would you take a lessor paying job just because you "love" your work? If
you do, then you are one of very, very few that would as it would mean a
step down in your lifestyle.

"Cynic" <cynic_999@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:50:59 -0000, Mike Archer <mikearcher@gmx.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm under the impression that this is how the law stands in the UK,
>>though I'm not 100% definate on that. I'd be interested to hear other's
>>opinions on what I have said...
>
> One point that I rarely see discussed when the subject of pirating
> music comes up is its eventual effect on the industry as a whole.
>
> When pirate copies consisted only of tapes made from a record borrowed
> from a friend or recorded off-air, the pirating did not seriously
> impact on record sales. The number of pirate recordings made from
> each 100 copies sold was pretty limited, and few people were prepared
> to sit at the radio with a tape-recorder for hours on end waiting for
> a few songs that they wanted to tape to be broadcast. Easier by far
> to buy the single or the albumn.
>
> The Internet and broadband has changed that. It is now far less
> hassle to download a pirate copy of the music you want than to buy it
> in a music shop. This must already have impacted severely on record
> sales, and will probably continue to increase, especially with the
> advent of portable MP3 players that cuts out the trivial step of
> needing to burn a CD. For the first time this year I have heard
> youngsters saying that they do not want a CD album for Christmas
> because they have got all the CDs they want from the Internet.
> Indeed, it is often possible to get a CD from the Internet before it
> is available in the shops.
>
> The music industry gets a huge percentage of its money from record
> sales. If that disappears or decreases significantly, there will be
> less money to be made out of music. That will either mean that less
> money will be spent in order to produce it, or the music industry will
> come up with different ways to make money on its products.
>
> At present, ISTM that the music industry is grossly over-funded. The
> amount of money paid to artists is grotesque, and events surrounding
> the industry are also ridiculously extravagent.
>
> So the short-term effect may actually be of benefit to music, as the
> emphasis comes back to the music itself rather than the associated
> lifestyles, and the people involved do the job because they like
> making music rather than because they like money. Perhaps we will see
> an end to the era of the "superstar"?
>
> --
> Cynic
>

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