Comment we know who the enemy is... (Score 1) 307
Being a half geek half musician makes me particularly sensitive to the issue of copyright infringement and intellectual property in regards to the wide scale trading of mp3 files.
On the one hand I feel that the real enemy is the record companies which have a monetary and legal stranglehold on the situation at hand.
On the other hand I am growing tired of techies who are completely insensitive to artists' positions --- if your software generated $100 mil. or more and you saw next to nothing in terms of compensation for your hard work, while at the same time you also know people are downloading it for free over the internet, you would have a right to be upset.
I think we know who the enemy is, but we have yet to find a way to attack record companies without hurting artists.
I think the bottom line here is...it's fine to stick it to the record companies, but there must be a means to compensate artists for their work. And don't tell me "anyone can write a hit record" because you wouldn't want to hear someone say "anyone can write killer code"
On the one hand I feel that the real enemy is the record companies which have a monetary and legal stranglehold on the situation at hand.
On the other hand I am growing tired of techies who are completely insensitive to artists' positions --- if your software generated $100 mil. or more and you saw next to nothing in terms of compensation for your hard work, while at the same time you also know people are downloading it for free over the internet, you would have a right to be upset.
I think we know who the enemy is, but we have yet to find a way to attack record companies without hurting artists.
I think the bottom line here is...it's fine to stick it to the record companies, but there must be a means to compensate artists for their work. And don't tell me "anyone can write a hit record" because you wouldn't want to hear someone say "anyone can write killer code"
