I would not support restriction of sharing of software (and music). . Its a debate at its beginning. . The business model is changing or will be forced to change where the artists will be selling the music themselves over internet and I guess this is good for artists as they can retain control over their works. .
>From wikipedia - Radiohead's seventh album, In Rainbows<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Rainbows>, was released on 10 October 2007 as a digital download<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3>for which customers chose their own price. Although it was reported that 1.2 million digital downloads were sold by the day of the album's release,[44]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-tour-43>the band's management did not release official sales figures, claiming that the Internet-only distribution was intended to boost sales of the physical album.[44] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-tour-43>[45]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-JOHNSON-44>Yet according to Yorke and also the band's publishing company, Radiohead's profits from the digital download of In Rainbows outstripped combined profits from digital downloads of all of the band's other studio albums.[46]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-45> [47] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-46> Explaining the reasons behind the album's delivery and pricing scheme, Jonny Greenwood said, "It was an experiment that felt worth trying...[and] it's fun to make people stop for a few seconds and think about what music is worth."[48]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#cite_note-HIATT-47> Another interesting article which was published last year. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/the-inevitable-march-of-recorded-music-towards-free/ I do not essentially support illegal downloads, but if something can go wrong it will definitely go wrong. We cannot control internet and hence the piracy. Also the arguments in the article are based on the western music market. But if there is one Artist in India, who can have a lead, if and when the music industry moves to the economy of 'give music for less or free over internet and make money though concerts and endorsements', it's the Boss. I hope this truly happens and we have democratic platform for the artists, so the control over the creative work and the revenue are with the artists rather than the music labels. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Arijit Debnath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are no question of "if" any more in this situation...plople are > really uploading Original CDs.. I found atleast 9-10 such original Yuvraj > CDs...with inlay card also....and more strange... they are eqipped with the > CD's label also.... burn the CD take a print out...that's it... > > Arijit > > 2008/10/23 Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > and what would you do, if someone uploads it from the original CD.... >> lol >> >> ( I dont do it... Just thought that way... ) >> >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> with so much done for internet security and virus prevention, the >>> software bigwigs are not taking piracy seriously. they can definitely >>> incorporate anti-rip algorithms into the sound track or cd and could totally >>> block user from ripping it. sounds very much do-able to me.. but no one is >>> going to care about this. so, piracy will continue unless necessary steps >>> are taken. >>> >>> else, if the software big-wigs can fund me, i can create one; but m not a >>> software engineer :-p >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Piracy can never be eliminated at all... Its like Aids, where the >>>> vaccination is not yet found. >>>> >>>> Atleast, be happy that these many people have liked the songs and are >>>> hearing it.. >>>> >>>> People who genuinely love the artist and the music ( like you Madhavan ) >>>> will surely buy and hear. >>>> >>>> FY of the groups... Madhavan has all original CDs of ARR 's songs. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Madhavan Rajan < >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> How do we reduce piracy and slowly kill it??? Though a much >>>>> discussed and a sensitive topic, I think we need to do some thing about >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> Today, when I was browsing internet, I came across a site where >>>>> Yuvvraaj songs were available for download. I was shocked to see below >>>>> within few days of the Audio release. >>>>> >>>>> Song No of times downloaded >>>>> Dil Ka Rishta - 5877 >>>>> Main Hoon Yuvvraaj - 2791 >>>>> Manmohini Morey - 2481 >>>>> Mastam Mastam - 2804 >>>>> Shano Remix - 1770 >>>>> Shano Shan0 - 2622 >>>>> Tu Meri Dost - 6322 >>>>> Tu Muskura - 2913 >>>>> Zindagi - 2847 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Madhavan.R >>>>> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> regards, >>>> Vithur >>>> >>>> ARR in my Heart; >>>> His Music in my Blood; >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> regards, >> Vithur >> >> ARR in my Heart; >> His Music in my Blood; >> >> >
