06-01-2011, 08:08 AM | #166 |
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06-01-2011, 09:39 AM | #167 | |
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If you think that the digital Harry Potter books are damaging sales--ARE, not "could be"--how much are they doing so? What's the dollar value of a single download of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in PDF form? In .mobi? How much money has a person "stolen," and from whom, when she downloads a Harry Potter ebook? |
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06-01-2011, 09:53 AM | #168 |
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06-01-2011, 10:39 AM | #169 |
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Not really a great argument; anyone buying paperbook copies of Harry Potter in 2011 is almost certainly buying them from second hand stores.
Which is, as we all know, legalized murder. That link was beautiful. I'm only sorry that the source wasn't identified. Just goes to show how deep the insane rabbit hole goes. |
06-01-2011, 11:34 AM | #170 | |
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06-01-2011, 02:11 PM | #172 |
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I'm amused by the 2% that "plan to start" downloading unauthorized content "within the next 6 months". Nice to know that they've put that much thought into it.
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06-01-2011, 02:34 PM | #173 |
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06-01-2011, 04:21 PM | #174 |
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That is a little less than 40 people from those that did the survey. I'm guessing that at least a couple of them started thinking something like "Free software/games/ebooks? Interesting..."
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06-01-2011, 05:15 PM | #175 |
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06-01-2011, 06:22 PM | #176 | |
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So basically what you're saying is you went on a cruise on a pirate ship with some hardcore pirates ? |
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06-02-2011, 10:40 AM | #177 | |
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06-02-2011, 02:37 PM | #178 | |
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Sorry, holiday and what not. Let me see if I can answer all the questions: -yes, she has singles/full albums on iTunes and those other places (including My Space) - Yes, she has performances on You Tube, etc (though not enough IMO) - By "CD" I mean she sells: physical CDs, mp3s, etc -she's not really a "genre" singer; I've heard her perform songs that range from old school funk (think Parliament Funkadelic), classical jazz, R&B, trip-hop (think Portishead), etc. I don't think I've heard her sing country, however. - music prices range from $0.99 to $1.29 (singles) and no more than $9.00 for a complete album (mp3s) -Until rather recently (2010) she was releasing music (either on her own or with other artists) pretty regularly. Re: recording contracts - she was signed twice (well, one signing and one contract transfer) but to smaller independent labels. Yall music people remember when Indie labels were all the rage? She signed her first contract then (she regrets that) and was tied up in contract issues for quite a few years. By the time she got "unsigned" she felt abused and didn't want to sign her rights away with any future "deals". Being not a granny at the time, lol, she thought that she would be able to make it on her own. She embraced the musical digital age. Maybe not the best decision ever. I like the idea of subscriptions...not sure if she would or not. God only knows how it would work for an independent artist vs someone with a recording contract. |
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06-02-2011, 03:42 PM | #179 |
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I still think the best thing she could do at this point is to engage with her fans -- does she have a website? a blog? -- and let them know she is struggling to make ends meet. I've seen plenty of indie musicians do this, and the fans are usually very enthusiastic to buy a CD for a family member or something.
And if she IS doing something "wrong" (that is fixable, I mean), her fans can help her discover that reason. I'm a big fan of artist/consumer communication. |
06-02-2011, 04:26 PM | #180 |
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I don't think anyone has mentioned georestrictions yet. That's the only thing that's ever tempted me to glance toward the dark side. It's nothing to do with unwillingness to pay, quite the opposite: I can't get the seller/publisher to take my money for a legitimate e-copy! And no, I'm not entitled to have everything I want Just Because I'm Me... but it does become intensely frustrating when, time and again, you see books being sold that you really want to buy, but they won't let you buy them.
Incidentally, I did download an e-book from the darknet once -- a modern classic that I love, and which was not available in Canada even though it had been available to U.S. buyers for a very long time. A few months later, I discovered that it had just become available to buyers in Canada. So I bought it, and deleted the darknet copy. If I'm ever tempted to badness again, I'll do the same thing. |
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