It all depends on your leverage with the recording company.īTW, you can go bust touring. Of course the law could be better, but considering performers who got zero because they weren't listed as writers, they are infinitely better off.Īnd don't pretend the authors don't get paid. Yeah, thank the president that played the saxophone. Getting paid on music is dead, its about touring and merchĪctually depending on when the music was recorded and on the means of distribution, even musicians let alone the writers get paid. I think his point is he has given bands a shot listening to them whom he never would have heard before, as he never would have spent money on their stuff to hear it.īy downloading it for free, and realizing he liked the band, he now has a reason to spend money on them, either at live concerts, CDs or other merch. Any approach predicated on 100% conversion, or even as much as 25% conversion, is guaranteed to fail. But neither would all pirates pay for what they pirate if pirating was not an option for them. I got friends that are just cheap and don't want to buy a song for $1.29 or attend a concert. Isn't that part about buying CDs a contradiction? Not that I disagree about Cary Sherman being a douche bag or that some pirates attend concerts, but don't pretend they all contribute for what they don't spend. "Millions of users accessed songs from Sharebeast each month without one penny of compensation going to countless artists, songwriters, labels, and others who created the music.Įxcept for the millions the filesharers spent when they discovered new music and bought their CDs, DVD`s of live concerts, and paraphernalia at said concerts. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman said in a statement.
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