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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
I’m all for cutting out the middleman entirely – let’s do away with the record labels and book publishers – I’m all for it and would love to see that. However, doing so wouldn’t change the fact that in the end, it’s the artist who suffers. If I were to download the Decemberists new cd directly from their website, and then upload it to the web, who’s losing out now?
Things were a bit different when my friends and I would copy tapes for each other, however, we’re now in an environment were the uploading of a single, leaked CD can be uploaded and distributed throughout the globe in seconds.
My guess, is that those silly barriers wouldn’t appear so silly if your livelihood, your ability to put food on the table and into your child’s mouth were in any way jeopardized so that others could frolic freely as a result of your hard work.
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So what you're saying is that it was okay for you and your friends to copy music illegally, because there was less of it, but its not okay for people to share now because it's easier? And this 'food-on-the-table' argument is balderdash. If you want a steady, paying income, get a 9-5 job or at least a job that is steady enough to put that food on the table. Being an artist of any kind is not a steady job, there are no guarantees. It's not like I can apply for a 'rock-singer' job at my local Tesco's.