SOPA And Sports Fans

and you obviously know more than I about the inner-workings of the music business, where we likely disagree is what we consider “fair.” Perhaps deals work a bit differently across the pond.

With that said: I’m glad someone like yourself, who appears to have integrity, is working on the business side of music. Music certainly appears to be better off in Britain (I read somewhere today that you reside in the U.K., correct me if I’m wrong); a lot of great stuff is making its way to the states.

of the assertion that shorter copyrights will stymie innovation, since music companies won’t invites in new talent. This talent is coming of age on its own without that investment, a function of the cheaper access to good audio equipment available these days.

that stuff doesn’t concern me near as much as the pharmaeuticals.

I do understand this and I agree, The only time i get music from friends, is when i am looking for new artist..They burn me a copy of a CD to listen to, And if i enjoy it then 100% of the time i will go buy their album..Usually I like to do it from concerts (The musician makes more money from CD sales at concerts then from stores/itunes)

small artists don’t make $$ of their music sales – that’s why they are small artists. the majority of $$ made by artists comes through touring and playing live shows. nobody is getting rich off of selling 20,000 cds. the recording costs, manufacturing costs, distribution costs, and marketing costs are too high for smaller artists to make a profit off of their music with the current industry structure.

the bands that understand this are smart enough to embrace the technology and open up their content to the masses because they know the more people that listen to their music for free, eventually their legit sales will rise (or remain steady over time) and their live shows will bring in more people.

Sacramento’s Deftones is a great example of that. I’ve got 50+ live concerts downloaded that they put out on their own website for fans to download for free which were eventually pulled off when Maverick figured out they were doing it. But supporting their fan base they’ve been able to maintain a steady following and make $$ on live shows despite relatively minor cd sales over the last decade.

Sorry I dont believe its because music sales are declining rapidly, i believe more people get their music digitally and on the go. Also the loss of jobs is because the music industry has failed to properly keep up with technology, and they are paying for that. The sheer profit of a cd vs digital download is truly outstanding, and the bigwigs of these companies are A: Raking the profit in and B: Using it to pay more towards lobbying and lawyer fees.

When I spend money on healthcare, I want it to go doctors/labs/nurses, not insurance companies.
When I spend money on music, I want it to go to musicians, not middlemen.

But the MPAA and RIAA disagree with you.

I won’t pretend to know your understanding of copyright law, but it’s been my observation that a good portion of people currently debating SOPA/PIPA operate under the assumption that copyright law is, more or less, the same as it was twenty years ago. This is false.

Bird Law on the other hand…

Ooops.

then you would be correct. Unfortunately, I fear that that is a false assumption for most politicians.

An arbitrarily censored internet is pretty vague and ephemeral. Big movie, television and record companies are considerably more tangible.

I have a feeling we’ll find out soon enough though.