(OT) An open letter ... regarding file sharing

musick · Post by **musick** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:48 am

I think the only solution for this is to tag the promo's you send out (in the audio) to track down the leaks...

pucklermuskau · Post by **pucklermuskau** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:18 pm

or to adopt a business model that isnt inhibited by leaks...

volum · Post by **volum** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:20 am

SLSK and other p2p's have sincerely crippled the smaller and indy label business.

As a label co-owner myself, We need every sale that we can make in order to release the next record. In the last three years, my sales (producing and releasing) have dropped by %50. We scrimp on every turn that we can, to keep this label afloat.

While 1 download may not represent 1 lost sale, 1,000 downloads probably represents a hell of a lot of lost sales. And when you need every one of em, this is a death sentence for us. If we go into the red, the label folds, noones music gets released.

Is that a good thing?

A lot of us don't play gigs, so we don't view our music as just a promotion for a live set. We think of our music as the finality of our aesthetic endeavors.

People really need to think more of respect for the artist. It is not anyone's right to give away art, aside from the one who produced it. If you have respect for that person or their music, follow their lead and play by their rules.

I'm really sorry to hear about this Robert. We were fortunately able to follow an IP address to someone's dorm room who refused to stop sharing our unreleased tunes. If you have anyone that can track IP's... hehe.

deva · Post by **deva** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:55 am

Chris J wrote:
mercyplease wrote:Aaaah fuck your politically correct bullshit. Thats the problem in todays europe, everyones blooody spineless. It was one of the journalists you can bet on it!!. He/she will get some secret little satisfaction knowing they were the first person on the planet to share someone elses music.
yeah bet on it ! There's no way you'll ever know. The principle of betting is that in the end there's a definitive result.

you go with a couple friends and a tire iron and visit the journalists, then you will learn who it was and after you give that person some 'educatin' they will not do it again.

erdelyi.gergely · Post by **erdelyi.gergely** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:32 am

check and listen to this for an idea:
http://www.nkhstudio.com/#

Can I Get An Amen?, 2004
recording on acetate, turntable, PA system, paper documents
dimensions variable
total run time 17 minutes, 46 seconds

Can I Get An Amen? is an audio installation that unfolds a critical perspective of perhaps the most sampled drum beat in the history of recorded music, the Amen Break. It begins with the pop track Amen Brother by 60's soul band The Winstons, and traces the transformation of their drum solo from its original context as part of a 'B' side vinyl single into its use as a key aural ingredient in contemporary cultural expression. The work attempts to bring into scrutiny the techno-utopian notion that 'information wants to be free'- it questions its effectiveness as a democratizing agent. This as well as other issues are foregrounded through a history of the Amen Break and its peculiar relationship to current copyright law.

http://www.nkhstudio.com/#
LISTEN TO PROJECT / VIEW INSTALLATION DOCUMENTATION

erdelyi.gergely · Post by **erdelyi.gergely** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:41 am

ps. and notice that the audio essay itself it cant be downloaded!...