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Originally Posted by Lord Nikon
Bear in mind also though that The Slip was released without any prior promotion. That in itself would affect sales adversely.
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This is not necessarily true in certain regards. It is true to say that there were no bill posters, magazine advertisements or what might be considered conventional placements in advance of the album release there was, however, one of the biggest pre-release pushes to radio in modern history for an independant (by then definition rather than career history) artist for the single "Discipline".
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Originally Posted by Angua
In addition such fan sites are giving FREE promotion to their band, actor, film, book or whatever. They do not ask for any money toward running the site and the numbers they reach are probably minuscule in the grand scheme of things.
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Nobody has an issue with this - providing they have the permission / blessing of the artist(s) / copyright holders to do so. If they are using material(s) already legitimately and legally in the public domain then there is no issue whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by Angua
It is the out of proportion power given to a few big companies (these are the only ones who have the spare cash to go chasing the minnows) that I find so bizarre. If they went after people who are making money out of their product first and foremost I would have a lot more sympathy for them.
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These companies also invest out of proportion money to help promote and produce artists which they are legally entitled to recover. A cursory browse of Google will show that they are going after those who make money first and foremost. If that were not the case then there would be literally millions of cases clogging up the UK legal system. Nobody is asking for your or anyone elses sympathy, they are asking that people obey the law.
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Originally Posted by Angua
This appears no different to changing the rules for all benefit claimants to target the career scroungers. Which will only catch the innocent who are in genuine need.
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You analogy is interesting in that you'd think people would learn.
The issue is that the freeloaders in the guise of career scroungers place an unweildy burden on resources which would otherwise be spent on the needy / deserving (or in this analogy new music).
If people turn a blind eye to it then it will become the norm (as has been the case with the benefit system). You've seen / identified what happens in such a situation - it is unsustainable.
It is the "career scroungers" and freetards who have necessitated these rule changes which may affect the innocent - it is they who you have to thank rather than Government and business, that is a fact.
I think we should all, myself included, try to stay on topic rather than wandering off.