To be truthfully honest the wording of that entire thing seemed a little rough but im not quite sure if I could help you there. It's an interesting study though and I can honestly say it's got a lot of valid points.
I'd say it increases concert ticket sales. At least half of the artists i have mp3s of I'd want to see live sometime in the future. And I'd be much more content buying a ticket instead of a CD because I know they're making more money that way.
i agree. plus, it might also help in selling cds. lets take a person like my. i have some good songs on the computer, but i cant listen to them without the computer right? so what im gonna do is go out and get the cd. makes sense?
For lack of time, I didn't read the whole thing, but I can understand where it's going. I can honestly say that without Kaaza I would not have bought most of the CD's that I have now. Kill Kaaza, and sales will drop. I'd bet a years worth of allowance on it.
Yep, true. Right now im trying to decide whether or not to buy Phenomenom (Thousand Foot Krutch). I dont want to waste my money either....thats where p2p comes in....you're sampling the music before you buy it (that is if ur planning on buying it.)
Sometimes i wonder whether record companies use the P2P threat as a reason to pay less money to the artists.
The record companies already deprive the artists of money anyways... Interesting fact: Most artists do not make a single penny off their albums until they hit the one million mark, so they have to be successful to just break even. Most money that they make is from tours. Not only that, but any band that wants airtime on major radio stations have to sign with a major label and be forced into this deal, due to P4P (Pay for Play) where the major labels pay radio stations to only play what they want.
The record companies already deprive the artists of money anyways... Interesting fact: Most artists do not make a single penny off their albums until they hit the one million mark, so they have to be successful to just break even. Most money that they make is from tours. Not only that, but any band that wants airtime on major radio stations have to sign with a major label and be forced into this deal, due to P4P (Pay for Play) where the major labels pay radio stations to only play what they want. [/b][/quote] oOoOoOoO i found this very interesting. thanks for the news, xero
I'll go read the article in a second, but I will say without downloading (weather the legal or "illegal" kind) I would not know of many of my favorite bands. Refused, The Horror Pops, All Bets Off, Tsunami Bomb, Scarling, and manny more--all of these bands were discovered through downloading.
See?- downloading doesn't hurt until you become the record company's puppy. And that's for LP too. They might have become known via Internet, but now i'm sure they'd like P2P-er's to die.
P2P increases my music sales. I use it basically for CD previews, sometimes downloading a CD, then later I will buy it if I like it.
I downloaded the Seether album, never expecting to buy it cause it's PA, but today, I had the opportunity and I bought it. I don't like downloading music as much as I like having the real album. I can shell out $16 once in awhile to hear some good music and support my favorite bands, and I like doing that.
Humor us We like making this point...and making it again...and again... Let's just all join in on a sing-along of "#### THE RIAA!"
P2P is without a doubt increasing the music sales, the big shots at the top fail to realise that though it seems, they clearly know something of it though as they`re doing all these downloadable tracks for a small fee to download, and they`ve sold millions and millions, and most of them would have gone on to purcahse the album, p2p has a hugely unjust bad reputation.