I can see it now. The ADT. Archytas' Decibel Tax. Various Judge Dredd types scattered about Mega City One to curb the populous' percussive passions. Violators will be punished.
dj On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:21 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bands playing at my mate's pub on Fridays give me more pleasure than > the industry generally ever could - and they play for a few beers and > 'bus fare'. I hate to say this, but I am now a prude who hates most > pop musak with its robotic fanny thrusting and hardly ever hear a tune > worth listening too. I'd be inclined to make all electronic music > free other than paying fees for the session costs and wages - bands > could make money from live gigs. I don't believe any of the money > arguments. Frankly, is some dork wants millions for his tune, I don't > want to hear it. I owe more to the guys who played free on rugby > coaches, after cricket matches and in student halls than to any star. > What I want is a levy on all sales to pay for all the environmental > pollution of the 'musak industry'. This would include guards armed > with heavy clubs on public transport and in public areas to mace those > miserable enough to spoil our silence, and payments by the musak > industry to victims of anti-social noise from cars and dwellings. > These creeps are stealing our environment - put the downloads up to > £20 and charge the record people £21 of it to restore our peace. > Music should be for pubs, bandstands in the park, festivals miles from > anyone who hates the crud and headphones tested and approved as not > emitting vile 'scratching' sounds (wearers in public places should > exhibit a licence to cover health an safety costs - compassion got the > better of me the other day and I had to pull one of these > somnambulists out of the way of a truck she hadn't heard coming and > most of them will cost us through the NHS). > > On 23 Sep, 15:07, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hey Jim, >> >> Yes I also agree with you. Record companies are no angels, yet the >> point I make is one of stealing goods without paying for them so I >> find that my moral objection stands. >> >> If you were a potter for example, would you not be a little anoyed if >> people wanted to take your pots without paying for them? Even if your >> distributers charged over the odds, that does not mean that people are >> allowed to steal your goods, the old two wrongs not making a right and >> what not ummm. >> >> I have been lookng through the comments section on that site, and >> mostly what I see is people whinging about ohh it cost too much money >> to buy music. Well fuck me 75p per single for download, or upto >> £9.99 for a real honest to goodness CD is too much money? >> >> Well as my nan would no doubt say, 'I'll go to the foot of our stairs' >> >> On 23 Sep, 14:55, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Lee - your morally correct objective is a bit off. The prime culprit >> > in the music business has been for decades the music companies >> > themselves. They have accountants even more skilled than the movie >> > business at making sure all profits from record sales are consumed by >> > production costs. Recording artists learned long ago that the only way >> > to make any money is to tour. They view records, even platinum >> > records, just as advertising. So please don't berate illegal file >> > sharing without also berating record companies. Jim >> >> > On Sep 22, 6:44 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > This from the BBC today. >> >> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8267142.stm >> >> > > What do we think? >> >> > > I think that it is not moraly correct to take an artists work (in any >> > > field) and not pay for it, that is how they make their livlyhood >> > > afterall. So I do not fileshare myself, nor download illegaly. >> >> > > That said, this is the way things are now and I dare say it is >> > > impossible to stop. Better then I guess that musicians seek to turn >> > > it to their own advantage perhaps by (like NIN did) using the 'net to >> > > give away a certian amount of their art to moisten the the lips of all >> > > of the fans that will pay for their work. No publicity is bad >> > > publicity and all that. >> >> > > Loss of revenue IS going to happen, this kind of piracy I think will >> > > never stop, take the loss, and make the mony on the tours or other >> > > merchandising I figure. Shit at least the 'net has the capacity to >> > > make an unknown into a 'Known' in a matter of seconds.- Hide quoted text >> > > - >> >> > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
