Comment Re:Time for a community response (Score 1) 355
You cant seriously expect that to work can you?
For starters, it isn't the record companies alone that "force horrible formulatic content down our throats", it's mainly the radio. Commercial radio. Commercial radio is not concerned with music at all. All it cares about is advertising. It plays music that people are buying, have bought, and plays the songs AROUND ADVERTS. the music draws people in, people hear the ads, the product makers pay the radio station and the people pay the product makers for a product.
The music companies are only trying to make money, thats what you do when you go to work, make money. The record companies are trying to protect the thing that earns them money. The music. Now, you don't have to listen to the music they provide, and you definately don't have to buy it. But remember, when you DONT buy a given artists CD, the artist doesnt get paid. Sure artist wont make much (depending on what sort of contract said artist has), but music is this persons job.
And music companies are completely necessary, because without them smaller bands who could not fund the pressing and distribution of their music normally, could get assistance from the music company. The money would be taken out of the artists royalties, and then the artist would start making money at a reasonalbe rate, BYPASSING THE RECORD LABEL. So. Stealing music DOES take away from artists, SOMETIMES DIRECTLY, depending on the artist and contract.
-Me
For starters, it isn't the record companies alone that "force horrible formulatic content down our throats", it's mainly the radio. Commercial radio. Commercial radio is not concerned with music at all. All it cares about is advertising. It plays music that people are buying, have bought, and plays the songs AROUND ADVERTS. the music draws people in, people hear the ads, the product makers pay the radio station and the people pay the product makers for a product.
The music companies are only trying to make money, thats what you do when you go to work, make money. The record companies are trying to protect the thing that earns them money. The music. Now, you don't have to listen to the music they provide, and you definately don't have to buy it. But remember, when you DONT buy a given artists CD, the artist doesnt get paid. Sure artist wont make much (depending on what sort of contract said artist has), but music is this persons job.
And music companies are completely necessary, because without them smaller bands who could not fund the pressing and distribution of their music normally, could get assistance from the music company. The money would be taken out of the artists royalties, and then the artist would start making money at a reasonalbe rate, BYPASSING THE RECORD LABEL. So. Stealing music DOES take away from artists, SOMETIMES DIRECTLY, depending on the artist and contract.
-Me
