Killing music? Really?
As a musician's union member, I am quite concerned about the music industry's recent endeavours towards a police state, in the hope that this is a magic pill for all their woes. I really thought it would go nowhere, but it seems that they are actually being fairly successful in wooing government into creating a bigger stick. Something needs to change.. so, the question is what?
Killing Music
For a quick run down on recent idiocy..
Lily Allen who is publicly declaring copyright infringers evil, happened by accident to copy and paste a journalist's work into her rant, without a polite credit or link to his work. The said journalist was not too happy.. Oh.. the irony, of publicly decrying breach of copyright, while actually doing it in the same fucking post..
Lily Allen, Don't Apologize To Me, Apologize To Everyone Else | Techdirt
Heres a telegraph commentary of the whole saga.. She has now abondoned her uninformed war luckily..
Lily Allen drops fight against filesharing after Techdirt spat - Telegraph
That seems insane and maybe a one off, but I came across another muso big wig today, Mark Ronson decrying the same thing on his blog, while having at the same moment on his home page a copy right stolen video! These idiots, don't even know they are copying.. it's totally insane.. They are just spouting what they are told..
[Read more...]As a musician's union member, I am quite concerned about the music industry's recent endeavours towards a police state, in the hope that this is a magic pill for all their woes. I really thought it would go nowhere, but it seems that they are actually being fairly successful in wooing government into creating a bigger stick. Something needs to change.. so, the question is what?
Killing Music
For a quick run down on recent idiocy..
Lily Allen who is publicly declaring copyright infringers evil, happened by accident to copy and paste a journalist's work into her rant, without a polite credit or link to his work. The said journalist was not too happy.. Oh.. the irony, of publicly decrying breach of copyright, while actually doing it in the same fucking post..
Lily Allen, Don't Apologize To Me, Apologize To Everyone Else | Techdirt
Heres a telegraph commentary of the whole saga.. She has now abondoned her uninformed war luckily..
Lily Allen drops fight against filesharing after Techdirt spat - Telegraph
That seems insane and maybe a one off, but I came across another muso big wig today, Mark Ronson decrying the same thing on his blog, while having at the same moment on his home page a copy right stolen video! These idiots, don't even know they are copying.. it's totally insane.. They are just spouting what they are told..
Source: http://www.nlpconnections.com/chill-out-room/14267-new-business-models-creative-industries.html
