Comments on: Billy Bragg: Music Industry Wants ISPs to “Do Their Dirty Work” http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:09:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gsaltyg http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/#comment-197198 Gsaltyg Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:22:56 +0000 http://www.zeropaid.com/?p=86261#comment-197198 As a confirmed socialist Bragg seems to siding with the establishment but I guess I dont blame him. He is part of the it. As a musician who has yet to get a record deal It seems ludicrous to be worrying about major established acts who gather substantial revenues from royalties and releases. When one considers the big earners i.e. labels and artists, the issue of file sharing seems insignificant. Record companies-the majors as they are known- have set up cartels to protect the copyright of their stable and their own bottom line. With software sharing you have one type of Intellectual property to consider. I believe that there is a perception that music should be free; that it is hardwired in the psyche. Bragg should look at folk music as the right model. Not a "business model" but a social model. We need to start looking at music as a social artistic "commodity" that should be free in the way it was in the days of folk music. Now that is really frightening. The creative commons model goes some way to recognising this aspect of free music. Being paid for a performance and maintaing legal ownership of the material that the artists creates is vital for a musician survival but sharing music either by taping LPs or buying CD"s and copying them for friends adds to the culture of creativity. Its really been criminalised. The problem is that that now there is now physical commodity. It's like trapping ghosts. I'd love to make a living from my songs but really could not be bothered with the whole industry model. Hell, I'd be happy to have people copy and share my music and bugger the money as long as they were enjoying it and sharing it round. Come clean Bragg do you support the cartels or are you a real socialist? "Monetise their behavior" Sounds like some neo Adamite babble. I've been paid paltry sums for broadcast royalties but I would do it for nothing since it's all about the art and not the cash. As a confirmed socialist Bragg seems to siding with the establishment but I guess I dont blame him. He is part of the it. As a musician who has yet to get a record deal It seems ludicrous to be worrying about major established acts who gather substantial revenues from royalties and releases. When one considers the big earners i.e. labels and artists, the issue of file sharing seems insignificant. Record companies-the majors as they are known- have set up cartels to protect the copyright of their stable and their own bottom line. With software sharing you have one type of Intellectual property to consider. I believe that there is a perception that music should be free; that it is hardwired in the psyche. Bragg should look at folk music as the right model. Not a “business model” but a social model. We need to start looking at music as a social artistic “commodity” that should be free in the way it was in the days of folk music. Now that is really frightening. The creative commons model goes some way to recognising this aspect of free music. Being paid for a performance and maintaing legal ownership of the material that the artists creates is vital for a musician survival but sharing music either by taping LPs or buying CD”s and copying them for friends adds to the culture of creativity. Its really been criminalised. The problem is that that now there is now physical commodity. It’s like trapping ghosts. I’d love to make a living from my songs but really could not be bothered with the whole industry model. Hell, I’d be happy to have people copy and share my music and bugger the money as long as they were enjoying it and sharing it round. Come clean Bragg do you support the cartels or are you a real socialist? “Monetise their behavior” Sounds like some neo Adamite babble. I’ve been paid paltry sums for broadcast royalties but I would do it for nothing since it’s all about the art and not the cash.

]]> By: Nick http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/#comment-190916 Nick Fri, 22 May 2009 06:32:43 +0000 http://www.zeropaid.com/?p=86261#comment-190916 Wow, this seems like a change of heart for Billy Bragg over the last year. Wow, this seems like a change of heart for Billy Bragg over the last year.

]]> By: Brian Fowler http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/#comment-190732 Brian Fowler Tue, 19 May 2009 21:07:07 +0000 http://www.zeropaid.com/?p=86261#comment-190732 Internet hosting provider Gohoster.com has re-launched its web site to allow music artists to distribute music content on their own unique .mp3 URL for FREE Gohoster gives music artists a new venue to promote and monetize their digital music content through an affiliation with Nex2Play Interactive. Getting started with Gohoster is simple as visiting the web site at www.gohoster.com and following a few steps. Once you have created your .mp3 url nex2play.com will tag you with an advertiser from their portfolio and optimize your content for online discovery. "This is a great evolution for gohoster.com" said Brian Fowler President of Gohoster.com Internet hosting provider Gohoster.com has re-launched its web site to allow music artists to distribute music content on their own unique .mp3 URL for FREE

Gohoster gives music artists a new venue to promote and monetize their digital music content through an affiliation with Nex2Play Interactive. Getting started with Gohoster is simple as visiting the web site at http://www.gohoster.com and following a few steps. Once you have created your .mp3 url nex2play.com will tag you with an advertiser from their portfolio and optimize your content for online discovery.

“This is a great evolution for gohoster.com” said Brian Fowler President of Gohoster.com

]]> By: Phoenix http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/#comment-190680 Phoenix Tue, 19 May 2009 16:55:26 +0000 http://www.zeropaid.com/?p=86261#comment-190680 he's the man he’s the man

]]> By: Kubr1ck http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86261/billy-bragg-music-industry-wants-isps-to-do-their-dirty-work/#comment-190676 Kubr1ck Tue, 19 May 2009 15:55:43 +0000 http://www.zeropaid.com/?p=86261#comment-190676 Good to see someone finally acknowledging what the music industry is really frightened of - the fact that they don't have a place in any new business model. Perhaps it's time we considered the BBC funding model for the internet. If you have an internet connection you must pay a licence fee, which then entitles you to download anything you want from whoever. A legal nightmare I know, but is there any other serious alternative that doesn't involve the music industry either trying to take us back to the 80s or them trying to get laws passed that military dictatorships would be proud of? Good to see someone finally acknowledging what the music industry is really frightened of – the fact that they don’t have a place in any new business model.

Perhaps it’s time we considered the BBC funding model for the internet. If you have an internet connection you must pay a licence fee, which then entitles you to download anything you want from whoever.

A legal nightmare I know, but is there any other serious alternative that doesn’t involve the music industry either trying to take us back to the 80s or them trying to get laws passed that military dictatorships would be proud of?

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