music download copyright protection
Are you for or against free music downloads from the net?
To what degree should recording artists an composers retain copyright protection for their creative works in light of the public’s right to free access to music?
I’m for it. A lot of people can’t afford CD’s or albums based on just one or two songs they hear, but if they download a couple and like them, they are more likely to go buy the actual CD for their collection. CD sales will still be up. I’ve found when I only hear one I’m reluctant to spend the money on the whole piece… but if I can hear other pieces that don’t have airtime yet, I can decide if it was a one time only bit and save the money, or I can realize I like their style and I trot out and grab the CD.
These bands and artists are not suffering for music. Most of the downloads are performers who have already made it big. I have a hard time listening to how it financially hurts someone who drives 3 different cars and spend more on clothes in a month than I MAKE in a year. If I download songs from a smaller groups I find I love, I’m willing to go buy their whole album to show my support. If I download something from Aerosmith or Britney Spears (not that I ever would – she isn’t my favorite artist) I don’t really feel bad about it. AND it’s often the only way to get hold of really old music that were things like one-hit-wonders of the 70’s and 80’s. Their music isn’t even available on CD’s unles it’s part of a compilation that is expensive and uses other pieces of crap as fillers, if they use your favorite song at all.
One of my favorites I could only find was in a 70’s package set from Time Life. Yeah, they had a number of others that were hard to find, but at $150 for the set… no freaking way! So download or not, you still would never get my money. And my Dad who could download loved it enough that he bought it because he could afford to.
They aren’t suffering that muchh folks, trust me. So long as they talk about it on the news while wearing diamond earring the size of my eyeball and Dolce and Gabbana shirts.. I won’t feel any pity.
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