Youtube Loses Lawsuit
05-02-2012, 06:16 PM
It seems this thread has turned from a mere news article to a discussion on how to make money off of music in the modern age. Not that I mind the new topic.
In relation to piracy, I do find it disturbing that people would rather get stuff for free than abide the law. In regards to my music, for instance, several people have downloaded my albums on Bandcamp (Name your price seems to be the way to go), and only one customer who paid for an album was not a family member. :P
There are some cases where I feel the line gets blurred, however. A LOT of '80s songs and soundtracks are no longer distributed by the copyright owners for the reason of the strange mentality among most that the '80s was the worst decade in the history of music. :P It's only thanks to YouTube that I heard Peter Gabriel's "Soft Dog", for instance, which I find especially troubling because, while the song was a B-Side, it was a B-Side by a VERY successful British artist, especially back then. Similarly, it's only thanks to the Myst IV soundtrack that I heard about another of his B-Sides: "Curtains", which was the B-Side to one of the biggest songs in his career: "Big Time". Not exactly relevant to modern music, I know, but I felt I needed to say that.
In relation to piracy, I do find it disturbing that people would rather get stuff for free than abide the law. In regards to my music, for instance, several people have downloaded my albums on Bandcamp (Name your price seems to be the way to go), and only one customer who paid for an album was not a family member. :P
There are some cases where I feel the line gets blurred, however. A LOT of '80s songs and soundtracks are no longer distributed by the copyright owners for the reason of the strange mentality among most that the '80s was the worst decade in the history of music. :P It's only thanks to YouTube that I heard Peter Gabriel's "Soft Dog", for instance, which I find especially troubling because, while the song was a B-Side, it was a B-Side by a VERY successful British artist, especially back then. Similarly, it's only thanks to the Myst IV soundtrack that I heard about another of his B-Sides: "Curtains", which was the B-Side to one of the biggest songs in his career: "Big Time". Not exactly relevant to modern music, I know, but I felt I needed to say that.
