I suspect from your unverified user name, that you have an issue with Disney using Public Domain works to inspire their well known movies and make a lot of money. And I also suspect from your unverified name that you have an issue with the length of copyright deals. However, this article has nothing to do with the duration of copyright.
Having said that I am enjoying this discussion because it's nice to hear all points of view. So let me continue by asking you, when you were a kid and were making mix tapes, were you distributing them globally to millions of people at the same time? No you weren't. So to suggest that when you were doing so it was just the same, well, unless you grew up when the internet was available, it totally was not the same.
As for your music hobby: if you personally want to distribute your music freely because as you said, it's a hobby, then be my guest. no one is stopping you from doing so. no one. What we want to stop is people taking someone else's music who has set a price on it because they've decided to change their ethics to fit the availability of music, thanks to technology.
But the type of person, whether he or she works for a music production house, or as a band, is a professional musician. they have a vested interest in making music and making sure it earns their livelihood. repeat. these aren't people with a hobby. there's a big difference. being a musician is their job.
we can discuss the value of bon jovi or britney spears until doomsday but that's a moot point because music is subjective. you might call something soulless but someone else might like it. I was never a fan of "everybody loves raymond," but millions of people were. why should my dislike of culture be counted more than millions of other people who think otherwise?
your point about payment makes no sense. as far as i know, you personally buy an album one time. you don't pay for it over and over multiple times. you buy it once and that's it. so how does your buying an album one time to get enjoyment out of it have any effect on you beyond the 17 bucks you spent on the cd? Why does it bother you so much the artists are making a living selling their music?
As for "if they wanna get paid they have to work for it," that's just it. They ARE working for it. You said so yourself, you're a musician, right? Didn't you have to work to create a song? of course you did.
Now imagine you are a professional musician, as opposed to someone with a hobby. As a professional musician you hire producers to make an album, you have to rent out a studio, rehearsal studio, book recording time. All of this stuff costs money. It's not like every musician is using Garageband and some shitty microphone. So not only are you working to create a song, you are also paying for recording time and producers too-- all before anyone has even heard the song. That's a big gamble isn't it? I suspect if a band invests that much time and money they are doing so with an expectation they can pay the bills after the album is released.
It seems to me if we apply your last argument to another industry it seems a bit strange. Let's use your argument and apply it to car manufacturers.
"Why should Honda make money for selling the same car over and over again? It's a CRV. But they're all the same. So they should only get paid once."
Do you see how this rationale might not make a lot of sense to a lot of people?
None of these interviews is bemoaning the fact that the advertising industry is going to the poor house. We aren't. It has more to do with the prevailing ethics in society that are devaluing the creation of any form of content because the idea somehow is that everything should be free.
You proved my point in your comment: But maybe the advertising industry is dying because of those on-line service with a huge catalog of music you can get a cheap license for?
The online services with huge catalogs of "music" for free or at Wal-Mart prices are having collateral damage in two ways: the first is this practice causes music production houses like Agent Jackson to lose money. And in this case, Agent Jackson is a music production company not an ad agency. This means it is a company that makes its living by through music licensing, and by hiring other musicians to create original content, as opposed to buying generic needle drop music that isn't unique and wasn't created for any other reason except to fill a search category like "cool," or "edgy," or "1980's synth pop." My argument is that one stop shopping method for music, rather than creating original content values convenience over quality.
Perhaps you don't buy that because music is subjective and that generic Dollar Store stuff sounds okay to you. Fair enough. Music is subjective.
But try the second point: the prevailing attitude that artists should find another way to make money, is the very reason clients are using knock off songs, and plagiarizing songs rather than paying artists for their music.
By the way I don't understand why musicians are somehow not allowed to make a living by creating music. Is that such a horrible thought?
Let me put it to you a different way: If I'm a farmer, my job is to spend a lot of time growing food, and sell food. Are you going to tell that farmer "I'm going to take all of your crops for free, as much as I want to, and if you don't like it you'll have to find another way to make money?" Of course not. Do you know why?
Because farmers produce. And artists produce. If I'm an organic farmer, you'll actually pay more for what I produce. But if I produce original music, you want it for free. Why is that?
No, really. Why is that?
Are you really trying to tell me the artists that are constantly being ripped off by torrent sites have voluntarily put their music up there? Are you really trying to tell me they're okay with watching sales of their own music on itunes and amazon drop because someone can get it for free on the Pirate Bay?
Because I don't think so. Not at all.
Also I don't believe it is you who gets to make the decision that musicians or the ad industry for that matter get a second job (or as you call it "adapt") to get paid for what they produce.
I don't believe musicians should give away their music as I see value in that music. I don't believe Music Production houses should lower their standards to make a living.
And most of all I don't believe we should change our ethics to fit a technology that has made the world a candy store with no price tags.
Adland® is a commercial-laden heaven and hell for advertising addicts around the world.
This advertising publication was founded in 1996, built on beer and bravery, Adland® now boasts the largest super bowl commercials collection in the world.
Adland® survives on your donations alone. You can help us out by buying us a Ko-Fi. Adland® works best in Brave browser
