Comments on: The Music Industry is Basically Run by Retards

By: Music 1

Music 1 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:35:23 +0000

Plz get your facts right before posting such total rubbish.

By: SJH

SJH — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:34:36 +0000

File this blog post under: "If you don't understand something. Don't talk about it."

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:50 +0000

AND, myspace is paying revenue now to major lable artists for myspace plays, just because you as the consumer are not directly paying for it doesn't mean it's not being paid. I love how people think ALL of it should be free…is the work you do free? No, didn't think so

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:11:13 +0000

Actually, stores like Virgin, et al, do pay a fee to ASCAP, BMI, etc. Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean it isn't getting paid. Nate is correct that Itunes would not pass that cost along, and its not an outrageous amount of money. It's a way for writers and others to get paid that are making less and less as people just steal their music nowdays.

By: Cajun Boy

Cajun Boy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:57:35 +0000

@Dan…EXACTLY!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:55:37 +0000

Perhaps designers and clothing manufacturers should start charging a fee for trying on clothes before you buy them.

By: SARAHSOSINCERE

SARAHSOSINCERE — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:32:51 +0000

Wow… this is utterly insane. â€œ(On iTunes) you can stream radio, and you can preview (tracks), things that we should be getting paid performance income for." They obviously don't get how this works… No one blindly buys an album. You have to hear some of the material first. Radio plays the same 8 songs over and over so the vast majority of artists can't rely on radio to give listeners an idea of their product. I guess they'll be charging for songs on MySpace now?

I was thinking about why they would do this, as 30 second clips would HELP sell records… but with all the crap their putting out, maybe they don't want you to hear how garbage it is before you buy it? I don't know… it makes no sense at all.

By: Cajun Boy

Cajun Boy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:42 +0000

@nate…Do you really think for a second that Apple would eat this cost and not pass it off to the consumer? I think not. But even if they did, the idea is fucking stupid. Did ASCAP and BMI go after all the music stores like Virgin and Tower that allowed customers to preview music?

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:27:05 +0000

I didn't read the linked article but I don't think anyone's talking about passing the fee associated with a 30 second preview on to the consumer. That would be something Apple (or whoever) would have to foot.