Pop piracy should be decriminalised and the music industry
should realise that efforts to stop illegal downloading are doomed, a conference
has been told.
Instead the music industry should embrace file-sharers, said
technology journalist and author Andrew Orlowski in a keynote speech at the
Interactive In The City conference being held in Manchester.
Mr Orlowski said the record labels should look to novel ways to generate cash
to support new artists.
One way could be the addition of a small surcharge to net subscription fees
which could be shared among artists whose music is being downloaded.
Hi-tech pop swap
The body that represents the recording industry worldwide, the IFPI
(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) told BBC News Online the
record industry was pro-technology and against stealing music.
“We think it is clear that the music industry’s strategies on the internet
are working, and there is a great deal more good news about the legitimate
online music business than there was even a year ago,” a spokesperson said.
But, she added: “We believe that what he is proposing is a prescription for
less music not more.”
Mr Orlowski believes that the relentless pace of technological change is
going to make it increasingly difficult to police pop swapping and tackle net
piracy.
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