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Originally Posted by Incognitas
For every film/song you download and listened to or watched without buying the original record,DVD means that the artist,directors,singers,actors,stuntmen,writers etc DON'T get their cut of the royalties.That's what I mean. 
In doing the fat cats out of their money you also do the people who make and work in the movies/music industry lose out on what they should rightfully get.I don't give a toss about fat cats of industry but I do care that the originators get enough money to be able to WANT to continue to produce the music/films that I enjoy.Why would anyone work for diminishing returns.Would you? |
Is it OK to download a song which I already own on vinyl and, therefore, have paid copyright and royalty fees for?
With the music industry one point that never seems to get raised is why we now need record companies. The internet now allows bands to sell music directly (and simply) and significantly increase their artistic control and slice of the cake. The overall cake might be smaller but in a world where Robbie Williams can apparently command an £80m advance. Of course there are issues of marketing, but massive marketing budgets have given us the crassest elements of the music scene (eg Maroon 5, Busted etc) whilst the most exciting and interesting groups (eg Franz Ferdinand) have emerged on independent labels.
DVDs are just stupidly expensive so I have no sympathy.
But no-one's mentioned software. Software piracy is surely a massive issue for the computer industry which the 'artists' - the programmers - suffer. Anyone guilty of having hooky software out there? Mind you I've just paid £3.49 for Nero OEM when the retail version is about £40. That manual's blinkin' expensive!!