Persistent file sharers to be "disconnected"

[grit]

Should we ban record companies too?

Best suggestion all thread, the reason they are in such a shit situation now is that is becoming very obvious that their value add to the whole process is fuck all.

 

[Jackobi]

No you said "most artists on a torrent"...and I can find loads of small indie bands, so no, you were wrong.

I said, 'most artists whose music is readily available by Bittorrent are already multi-millionares', look at Pirate Bay's top 100 music files, presented as readily available;

http://thepiratebay.org/top/101

The majority of artists on the list are multi-millionaires.

McCartney has nothing to do with your incorrect assumption

I stated that these arstists 'are financially rewarded disproportionately to their contribution to society'.

What the fuck has McCartney done to deserve an £800 million fortune?

 

[Beanburger]

What the fuck has McCartney done to deserve an £800 million fortune?

Saved another human being from being sexually pursued by Heather Mills? At least for a few years? That's gotta count for something, surely?

 

[oicur0t]

I said, 'most artists whose music is readily available by Bittorrent are already multi-millionares', look at Pirate Bay's top 100 music files, presented as readily available;

http://thepiratebay.org/top/101

The majority of artists on the list are multi-millionaires.

This is a totally incoherent arguement. 99.9% of all music released will not get heard by the masses. Day in day out people work hard to fine tune their work in a hope that somebody may buy it. Because a tiny proportion of those artists make a lot of money, all artists should be deemed the same? Most music released these days will be torrented. The protecting of IP is a reasonable thing to ask.

I agree that record labels as we have known them are totally outmoded and should be phased out. But be aware that the balance of power can be shifted to modes of distribution (i.e. itunes) and that technology can be used to restrict as well as empower people's freedom of choice. When the marketing giants of yesterday (labels) have gone, they've been replaced with the marketing giants of today. While there's profit to be made people will attempt to do that and you cannot blame the artists themselves. If Paul McCartney made 800 million, then the record labels made at least double that and they're the ones driving the commercialism of it.

 

[stupid dogbot]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8337887.stm

Ho humm.