Artists Speak Out on Piracy
https://www.upvenue.com/article/1590-musician-stances-on-music-piracy.html
Course Readings: History of Recorded Music | Fall 2019
Course blog for Dr. Stan Renard's Fall 2019 History of Recorded Music course at UT San Antonio.
If I am being completely honest, I did not expect these music artists to be so okay with music piracy. It was while I read more and more of their comments that I realized the only people making fuss over music piracy is the money hungry musicians and record label companies. As Lady Gaga aptly put it, “You know how much you can earn off touring, right.” In other words, these musicians that are worried about people not paying for their songs and losing money obviously have not considered most of the money in the music world today is in touring. I believe instead of these musicians penny pinching every royalty for their songs they should be making their money from the resulting fame of good music.
Here is an article further highlighting how musicians really make money in the digital age:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/how-musicians-make-money-or-dont-at-all-in-2018-706745/
It’s incredibly interesting to get an artist’s point of view on piracy which could be very controversial in the industry. Most artists seem to enjoy how their music is spreading despite how its being spread. This is refreshing and allows insight as to why they are creating music, not for the money specifically, but for the ability to show and share their content and creations with thei audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEQsP6qKfEw
I like what you’re on to here. Most artists don’t make huge wads of cash from online music streaming anyway, so the pirating of their music is almost like free publicity. For instance, a person who may not have Spotify Premium pirates an artist’s song and finds out they really like the artist, and then later down the line that person could buy a couple tickets to tour performances of that artist. In this way, both the artist’s musical ideas and emotions are spread, and the artist gets more money from the tour tickets and merchandising anyway.
Many of these music artists agree that there should be more protection regarding copyright. Piracy is definitely affecting their sales, but many of these artists do have networths that are in the high millions, therefore the money they’re losing is most likely chump change to them. 50 Cent brought up a great example that if the blockbuster film industry were to be suffering more from people pulling up their new movies on their computer, then there would be more uproar for change. Lady Gaga also brought up the point that these artists can just tour all over and they will make massive profits such as 50 or 100 million dollars which is crazy.
If you’re interested in watching more artists speak out about piracy, here you go… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEQsP6qKfEw
I think it is super interesting (and awesome) that all of these artists do not care about piracy with music. If everyone is being honest with themselves, we have all illegally downloaded songs at least once because in reality, $1 a song can get expensive for the average person who has bills to pay or families to support. I agree that at least people are paying attention to peoples music! It should be taken as a compliment. 9 times out of 10 they are millionaires and making money constantly, so who cares of people WAY less fortunate than them listens/supports their music? I understand that it is hard for them to make as much as they should be making, but they are still making profits nonetheless. The amount of money they make is INSANE. For example, Justin Bieber makes about $100 PER MINUTE. It’s crazy! Check it out!! https://www.celebworth.net/2017/05/how-much-money-does-justin-bieber-make.html
I was very surprised to find out that a majority of the musicians within the article were okay with piracy. The artists believe that music should be shared, and that piracy is one way to get access to high-quality jams. Though piracy is still viewed by the general public to be morally wrong, it was quite interesting to see actual musicians give their honest input and side with people who engage in piracy.
Below is an article mentioning why piracy is making a comeback in the streaming age:
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/piracy-is-back.html
I was very surprised that most of the artists interviewed were not overly outraged by illegally downloading their music. Most of them feel as though music should be shared and that it is not much different than the radio and how they used to record songs on tape recorders. Only a few were genuinely upset that piracy hurts theirs and other artists sales. The attatched article is a list of ohther artist who support pirating music
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/8_famous_artists_who_are_pro_music_piracy-77729
I was surprised by how many musicians are okay with music piracy. They have a much different attitude than the anti-piracy organizations working alongside record companies. Musicians understand that piracy is inevitable and that people do it out of respect for their work. They understand that piracy is how music can spread. Many musicians understand they can’t fight piracy and they recognize it for what it is at the core: a sharing of their music.
I guess piracy isn’t a big deal for artist. To be honest I’m surprised that they are okay with it but I also can see why they would like it. I mean platforms like Spodify, Pandora, and Sound Cloud help promote an artist music in its transition into social media. Piracy has been a largely disputed topic that the majority of society views a negative practice despite it being very common.
If you would like to read on how piracy actually benefits an artist, please click on the link below.
https://junkee.com/how-piracy-can-help-the-artist/23012
After reading the article and all of the amazing artist’s responses, I felt that music piracy is not that bad in the sense of money. These artists are making millions of dollars off of tours and concerts, but when they don’t make that 25 cent royalty some do get angry. Technology is also evolving into bigger and better things which ultimately changes the way music is distributed. Someone can just record a track from their phone and just make it an mp3 file. Therefore, sharing with all their friends or leak it online so everyone online can hear it for themselves. Actually I recently learne that the Music piracy is starting to plunge and not be such a large problem in today’s age, I linked an article explaining if this is a good thing or bad thing.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/09/25/music-piracy-plunging/
I understand how many artist agree with piracy of audio files. There is much merit to the stance of having defiance against big record labels. As Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails said, his record label did not care for marketing the right price to their customers.
Article:
https://www.engadget.com/2015/06/26/mp3-digital-music-piracy/
It does not surprise me that artists don’t have a problem with piracy. I think the main point that all the artists focus on is the fact that the people are doing it for the love of music and ultimately, their music is being played and listened to. The reason why this bill is being introduced is that the music industry is corrupt and they want to get every penny possible. Although music is being pirated, the important aspect, as mentioned before, is that people are listening to the music that the artists produced. Like one artist said, make your money on tours! But the important part is getting your song(s) out, whether it’s downloaded legally or legally. Lastly, piracy will never go away. The artists said it themselves, they did it when they were younger so I personally believe it will continue and there really is no way to stop people from doing it.
Below is my article on the “Effects of Piracy on [the] Music Industry”:
https://www.wikye.com/effects-of-piracy-on-music-industry/
While working on the paper I was surprised to learn that many artists are somewhat okay with piracy. I guess when you work on music you have to know that it is inevitable. many of them said something along the lines that piracy will be a thing until some company gets tired of losing money over it and creates laws around it. I have attached an article below going into piracy a bit more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_piracy
I too was very shocked for artist to be alright with piracy. It is their money that is going down the drain, but you make a good point that the artist have to know at some point in the back of their head that piracy is going to be a factor. I read through your article, and it informed me very well about piracy.
https://musicintervaltheory.academy/the-impact-of-the-cd-on-the-music-business/
It was very surprising to see that for the most part, artists aren’t upset about their music being pirated. I guess I can understand, they aren’t too concerned about the loss of money, because they make music because it’s something they enjoy, not just to make profit, and they know they can still make much more through tours, like Lady Gaga said, or their die-hard fans who will buy albums and merchandise. It was interesting to see that its more the music industry that feels threatened, and the artists know it. But I don’t think pirating is as big of a thing that it used to be, anyway. It was cool to see that the artists were just happy that their music was being spread and heard.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/27/piracy.digitalmusic
Copyright Laws have been important to have in the music industry. When the internet advanced it became easier for people to pirate music online. It caused the music industry to loose tons of money, so they needed another way to regulate music consumption for the common people. When streaming services came about it helped in returning those lost dollars to pirated music. It gave people an alternative that was easier, and legal, allowing them to obtain today’s new music.
https://www.careersinmusic.com/music-copyright-laws/
Music piracy was a hot topic when I was in high school with the explosion in peer to peer technology. I had a huge Napster library and when Napster went down I built a huge music library with Limewire. Before that I would make mix tapes off the radio. Today I don’t download music or “pirate ” it anymore, not because of any moral or ethical reason but because everything I want can be streamed through a service now. Everyone I know is now using a streaming service to get their music. I was surprised to find out that more than 1/3 of the population still pirates music. With the availability of streaming services which are pretty cheap compared to buying CDs or Albums I thought piracy was dead, but I think it is probably on its deathbed.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/09/more-than-one-third-global-music-consumers-pirate-music
It is impressive to see how many big artist are indifferent or simply do not care when their music is being pirated. Some even see it as a new form of radio, and not necessarily encourage it, but they are just simply happy that their fans are listening to their music. As the internet finds ways to share music with others, it seems that for most artist, they are simply happy with the exposure and thought that they are being listened to by their fans.
Below is an article of how the status of music piracy is in 2019:
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/09/25/music-piracy-plunging/
After reading this article, I found it very interesting how some of the artists did not care about their music being acquired illegally. One thing that stood out to me was, that the artist makes most of their sales through touring and selling their merch, rather than their songs actually being bought. Therefore, this made me interested to find out how many artists make on tour. For instance, Drake a well-known artist of this generation, made about 23.7 million dollars off-streaming, while by just touring he made 85 million dollars. With that being said, piracy does not seem to impact an artist, because of how much touring can make an artist.
To read more on how much more beneficial touring is for an artist: https://medium.com/bandbasher/why-touring-will-be-your-biggest-source-of-revenue-2464fd47b655
I found it interesting to hear what artists opinions on piracy were. Before reading that article I assumed many artists were furious over piracy due to the loss of money from their hard work and time invested into making music. Over the years piracy has upgraded from downloading songs through websites like lime-wire to something companies call stream ripping which is piracy over an entire streaming service. Although many artists are not bothered by piracy , streaming services have created entire teams within the company to help stop this from happening to them. If you would like to read more about piracy within streaming services check out the link below .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-piracy-remains-a-problem-in-the-spotify-era-1539118332
Its interesting to see the actual creators of the music and their opinions on piracy. As piracy became bigger it seems the artists adapted to it by making more money off of live shows. it made me wonder how smaller artists are able to make enough money to live if they don’t have to audience that a drake does.
Here is a website on drake tour sales.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ogdenpayne/2018/12/17/drakes-aubrey-and-the-three-amigos-tour-grosses-79m/#30bacab0d884
David Bowie surprised me but then again not really. Piracy can be a huge problem for the artist who is trying to make money from the music they make and create. And yet there are those who really do not see an issue with it. David Bowie stated “Revolution? I don’t see it like that. It has been coming for a long time. I had a Rio last year! They’ve been taking my music and bootlegging my shows for ages. I know all the sites that have my bootlegs and all my MP3s. Actually, I don’t give a flying EXPLETIVE. I like the internet and I like the community. I think, to understand your presence on the net, you have to be a part of it and work within it. I thought it just looked so reactionary, for instance, of someone like Prince to clamp down on everything in terms of the lawsuits. You can’t stop the sea from coming forward.” Honestly, I see no issue with it either since most people just want to listen to new content for free, yes its illegal but police never pay attention to it because its the least of their worries.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/07/stephen-witt-how-music-got-free-music-piracy-filesharing
I was very surprised to know that so many artists are for piracy. I think that if you want to create music you should have the ability to invent something that is completely your own. I understand being influenced by a sound that’s a completely different situation though. If you want to learn more about how piracy effects artists who’s original sound is being used by others checked out the link below:https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2016/02/01/how-online-piracy-hurts-emerging-artists/#3657d2a97774
One of the reasons I understand why piracy is such a new was of streaming. As Lady Gaga said piracy is just a new way for people to listen to your music. The next streaming platforms are basically just the same, says many other big music names, they say it’s people listening and enjoying music. Many artist believe music piracy is the new wave of music downloads.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100524/0032549541.shtml
Every artist seems to have their own opinion on piracy. Crazy yet it makes total sense because not all artists feel the same about the money or business aspect of it. I feel like I agree more with those that are indifferent or that are pro piracy because it seems like it’s just free promotion. Though now days it is not such big deal because the use of cds and other ways to burn music is basically obsolete. In this current moment it’s more attractive to download an app that plays music for a fraction of the cost of one album every month and you have unlimited access to music.
Here is an article on how music apps such as Spotify, Apple Music and many others have affected the music industry https://www.itproportal.com/features/banging-the-drum-how-mobile-apps-drive-the-music-industry/
This article was interesting and brought to light the views from popular artist about piracy. It seems in earlier artist were more against it and later were more supportive. Which if you think about it makes sense, they saw this new technology with software to share and upload pirated music and saw it as a dangerous business threat. In the new age artist strive to be featured services that allow for unlimited streams at a set cost. Myself I use to pirate certain songs because I didn’t like paying 2.99 a song on iTunes, and now I pay 8 dollars a month to stream unlimited songs, it all evolves.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/piracy-is-back.html
It is crazy to see how ok these artists are with piracy. it seems like they all did it, and just want people to have access to music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_piracy
The fact that the majority of artists are okay with music piracy is surprising. I don’t necessarily think music piracy is ok to do but I’d say its more of a transition into a new type of industry. Music piracy isn’t hurting the artist as much anymore but rather the streaming services themselves. Artists nowadays make the majority of their money from concerts and merchandise so that’s why they don’t really care about music piracy disturbing them. Piracy is just another way and form for music to reach more people.
https://www.ifpi.org/music-piracy.php
The music industry completely contradicts what these artists are saying about piracy. With big corporations seeking to make big bucks, piracy is a serious problem. But for artists trying to share their music with the world, piracy is sometime considered a helpful tool, and they assume that money will be made through tours and merchandise sales. It all boils down to money, the artist who believe that music should be free for all think of piracy as a means of distribution, while artist who believe in making money off of music releases alone, and the record labels, think of piracy as a plague facing the music business.
Here’s and article about the music industry’s outlook on piracy: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191003/00100943111/music-piracy-continues-to-drop-dramatically-industry-hates-to-admit-that-because-it-ruins-narrative.shtml
I think that years ago, the idea of giving away your music for free was more detrimental in an age in which artists’ livelihood was solely dependent upon record sales. However, in the modern age in which music is readily available, the idea that you’ll be able to earn income from music sales is almost laughable. That’s why in the now, giving put free music as a means of taking control of how people consume your music can have more benefits than an artist can imagine. The article attached goes into better detail about what the benefits of free music are.
http://d4musicmarketing.com/should-musicians-give-away-music-free/
I am honestly shocked that there are this many big named artist that don’t care if their music is pirated, but at the same time they did it when they were young so they can relate to it now. The issue now is that with new technology in the mix the piracy is happening at a much higher and noticeable rate than it had ever happened before, and that is where the current issue has arose. WIth cassettes and CD burns no one could really tell where these songs were being reused and remade, because it was done after someone had acquired the original tape so there was no big fuss about it. However, with downloads now there is no cost at all and the piracy can happen at much higher rate, and it can be trailed with the digital footprint that is left behind from the consumer making the situation much more of a problem.
Here is a organization that is fighting against piracy in the music industry:
https://www.ifpi.org/music-piracy.php
There’s always a possibility that artists are going to experience piracy for their music. What surprised me was that a lot of artist don’t really care. Some of them even understand why it happens which is crazy to me. I understand how they want people to be able to listen to their music, but what I didn’t expect is how okay they are with not making any money from it because people are streaming it for free.
Here’s an article for more information about piracy:
https://www.upvenue.com/article/1590-musician-stances-on-music-piracy.html
When I first started this article I was expecting all of the artists to say that music piracy is bad and awful, but upon reading it many artists really could care less or even seemed to encourage it. While reading the article the majority of the artists liked the idea of music piracy and some compared it to when in the ’80’s they would make mixed tapes. The artists who complained about music piracy seemed like they cared more about making a lot of money than people being able to listen to the music. This article showed that it just depends on who you ask within the music industry as to whether or not music piracy is bad. I found an article that talks more about how music piracy helps mid range artists and hurts top artists.
https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-can-help-music-sales-of-many-artists-research-shows-180128/
Well, we all know about the controversy surrounding Metallica drummer Lars Ulric and the incident with the streamer platform Napster, but now in the digital era where streaming rules as king, maybe the tides have changed. With the rise of Spotify and Soundcloud, piracy has become commonplace to a fault, as we have seen with the article, many artists have now become more lax at the thought of quote, unquote ‘piracy.’ The digital era has made it even easier to download music, even certain apps are designed to download music from other sites such as youtube music and musi. Piracy has become more of the form of listening, but now labeled as streaming, so in terms of illegally downloading music, it has become virtually commonplace, but artists are now gaining revenue for such streams.
IS streaming actually good for artists?
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/743775196/the-success-of-streaming-has-been-great-for-some-but-is-there-a-better-way
I honestly didn’t expect for these artists to be okay with piracy. Especially when some said that music is meant to be shared and at least people are listening to you. It seems as if the only ones who are actually being bothered about piracy aren’t the artists themselves but the company who is making money off of them.
Here is an article which talks about how the music industry’s profit has recovered from piracy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2018/07/10/the-music-industry-from-piracy-to-profits/#355ee79570f8
I have heard of the word piracy but never really knew what it meant. I had to look it up before reading this article. It seems as though the majority of artists are okay with the concept of piracy. For piracy to be defined as something bad, I was surprised to see artists such as Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, and others, to not really care. They know it is happening but don’t pay much attention to it. Here is an article about the ways the music industry to fight piracy.
https://www.wns.com/insights/articles/articledetail/308/three-strategies-for-the-music-industry-to-fight-piracy
I loved Joss Stone’s statement on music piracy. She basically said it doesn’t both her because she just wants music to be shared and enjoyed and if that means that its shared by one person who buys it then so be it. I agree with her because music is one of the best things in the world and it shouldn’t be limited to just the people who can afford it and the music industry shouldn’t be so much about profit and business as it should be about making great music that people love and enjoy. However piracy is still illegal and this website explains exactly what piracy is and how it has different forms
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/film-and-music-piracy
Piracy is a big issue in the music industry, while some artists do not care about the dilemma, others believe that it ruins their upcoming projects. The cause of doing this illegal act has made some singers loose money online due to the websites that can just burn off their music even if it is not out yet. In the link below, is an interview of various singers speaking their opinion on how they are affected by the way piracy is towards them and the music industry altogether. The RIAA also appears in the video to show how many websites they take down and the finding of how CD’s can give free illegal music and also viruses attached to it.
https://youtu.be/YEQsP6qKfEw
I was honestly really surprised about what the artists were saying about piracy. To me, I have only ever heard negative things about piracy but to hear the artist themselves say that they are glad people like their music so much that they would pirate it was very surprising to me. I noticed that one of the artist was talking about the reason they believe that people pirate is because the radio is so bad and honestly I agree with that a lot. I hate listening to the radio not just because of the constant ads but because they play the same songs every week. The radio never plays anything new or different.
I found this video about piracy and it is another very interesting outlook on it.
https://youtu.be/1CQ6hgZRGCg
All publicity is good publicity! It’s interesting how these artist’s tend to respond to piracy. There’s obviously some animosity there as nobody accepts stealing, however these artists seem to take the bright side. Although people may be pirating their music, it’s getting out there and reaching people who may not have any other way of hearing it. This translates to the “freemium” model that Spotify and Pandora offer today as well, with artists making pennies on the dollar for streams. Artists are adapting to this new environment of freemium and piracy by simply recognizing its existence and using the newfound reach of their music to tour the world and make money off of live performances. Musicians are hustlers and piracy doesn’t seem to phase them as much as we might think.
Here are some stats on how people listen to music today:
https://medium.com/street-voice/how-do-we-listen-to-music-in-2018-49b892f1ee2
This article has an interesting take on piracy since it shares the music artists’ opinions on the matter. This is unique because when the general public pirates any sort of medium, they usually do not think of the artist. Instead they think of themselves since the modern day society has a need for instant gratification. This can be proved by streaming platforms and the concept of “binge watching” multiple series instead of waiting each week for a new episode. Interestingly enough, most artists are in full support of their fans pirating their music since they get such a huge revenue from touring and performances. However, some musicians feel that pirating their material degrades the artistry that was used to create the music. The following link takes you to a Forbes article that reports that music piracy is on the rise with statistics from 2018.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinkelley/2019/05/31/new-report-says-music-piracy-on-the-rise-with-17-million-stream-rippers-in-2018/#45cb27e51ac9
Although it would seem to be a bad thing to get your music pirated in reality artists welcome this. There are benefits to piracy for an artists such as exposure which will get your music out there so that people will become aware of your work. Which as a result may lead the listener to come to your shows or buy your merch so piracy in the music industry is not seen as a completely negative thing.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/how-music-industry-can-use-piracy-strategic-advantage
It is interesting how most artists are okay with piracy and how some even support it. I did not expect the majority of artists to not be bothered by missing out on profits that piracy takes. It seems as if most of the money these musicians are making comes from touring, selling merchandise, and royalties so I can see why they do not care about losing a few cents from people pirating their music. However, I believe laws will still be put in place to try to prevent piracy as the record labels must depend on these sales for business.
Here is an article explaining where artists make most of their money.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-do-musicians-make-money-2018-10#:~:targetText=The%20majority%20of%20an%20artist's,a%20nice%20source%20of%20income.
After reading the article I’m very surprised to learn that artists don’t see music piracy as bad. They see it as people trying to enjoy music and understand that with the new advances of technology that music piracy is the way to get music and that theres really no such thing as a radio anymore. Being able to stream the music takes away the possibility of being able to completely stop music piracy. This is the reality of technology growth and shows that things change, you just have to adapt to it.
Here is a link that shows a better definition of music piracy incase you weren’t sure what it was:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_piracy
Honestly after reading, I was caught off guard but also expected it when I found out that today, a wide range of the presented artists in the article were fine regarding piracy. Turns out the artists, as is thought, think their music needs to be shared, and also, piracy just another way to access good music. Even though in todays society, piracy’s still seen as just being the wrong thing to do. It was a good learning experience about how artists feel regarding piracy. Below is an article on how piracy helps out musicians.
https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-can-help-music-sales-of-many-artists-research-shows-180128/
I found it very interesting to see artists point of view on pirating music. Originally I thought that if I were an artist I would be upset if people were pirating my music but after reading the article I can understand why they don’t see piracy as that bad. I think they just want more people to enjoy their content and get more exposure to the music. This day in age with all the technological advances piracy is one of the biggest ways to listen to music and this gives people with little money the opportunity to enjoy music too. Included is an article about pirating music and what it has done to the music industry.
https://www.riaa.com/reports/the-true-cost-of-sound-recording-piracy-to-the-u-s-economy/
The History of music piracy dates back to the phonograph. Many companies recorded an artist and sold copies of their songs. Just as times have changed so has the methods for pirating music. Nowadays one can find websited to download music for free.
For more info use the link below:
https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-long-history-of-music-piracy/
Before reading this article I didn’t really know nothing about piracy, but I was amazed to see that many artist don’t mind it having their songs pirated actually gives them more exposure and can be helpful in the long run. Definitely there will be times where the artist won’t profit off the piracy but for the most part it helps. Especially with technology now and days songs can get a lot of more attention using online platforms and other artist to sing songs.
https://www.rt.com/news/music-piracy-online-sales-572/
The prevalence of music piracy and the rapid decline in profits from legal listening let musicians have a liberal policy toward the ownership of their music, being recognized and noticed becoming more important on the individual listening front while touring becomes the main source of profit.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/09/more-than-one-third-global-music-consumers-pirate-music
I found this article so interesting. Who knew that artist don’t actually mind piracy. Artists are understanding that their fans are appreciating their creative music and they just want to enjoy it. I personally believe this has its pros and cons to it. The song writer nor producer is not getting the recognition that he or she deserve, but the fans who want to support the artist of their choice but don’t have enough funds to purchase their albums can benefit from piracy. Here is an article which goes more into detail about the pros and cons about music piracy.
https://apecsec.org/pros-and-cons-of-music-piracy/
It is surprising to read that most musicians do not care if their music is being downloaded illegally. One of the reasons why they do not care is because they just want people to listen to their music. If they really enjoy their music, they will eventually buy the song or go see them live, most of their profits come from touring. The artist themselves have admitted to doing similar acts to piracy. The people who tend to have a problem with piracy is the industry and money-hungry artists. They want as much money as they can make even if it is 25 cents. Personally I use streaming services like Spotify and they can be free with ads. Once in a while there is an album that is incredible, which I end up buying. It is suprising to see that piracy still exists.
This article talks more about piracy:
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-music-industry-shouldnt-kid-itself-piracy-was-never-killed-by-streaming-but-it-might-be-more-valuable-than-you-think/
It’s interesting to see that musicians see their music as more of an art form than a way for monetary gain. Most record labels are actually the people against piracy, because to a lot of them music is only a way to make money off of a consumer. The band System of a Down is a great example of this, as they see piracy as almost necessary in places and countries with heavy censorship, with an album titled “Steal this album”. In some cases, it is ok, with record labels often producing singles and songs for more money than they seem to be worth, making it difficult for anyone to all of their favorite music whenever, and to be introduced to new music/genres of music.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DigitalPiracyIsOkay
i love that most of the artist are completely okay with people getting music illegally. Personally i am a person who loves music regardless as to where it comes from so i know that if i wanted to hear a song and didnt know where i could get it FOR FREE then im sure id be a music piracy advocate. I didnt really expect some of the artist to say ” yayy find a way to listen to my music without paying for it like everyone else” But im glad they did. Music isnt all about the money its about the feeling.., the tempo, the message, and if you are craving the song as bad as some artist crave the money youll just buy it.
Below is a video i attached that provides info on how much music piracy has grown and the companies who have been affected.
https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2112017/music-piracy-increasing-globally-ripped-spotify-youtube-says-recording
The era we live in for music is the internet. The ability to find any song with one search is the new norm. This does take money away from music artists, but many artist get most of their money is from touring and merch. Not the physical copy of the song. Unlike in the past, where albums sales played a large part in the revenue made by an artist. This is just the future of music and streaming.
https://www.spotify.com/us/
Ever since I was younger, I’ve known how “bad” piracy is. When I’d put in my 3 little pigs VHS, the black screen with the red and white letters would warn me about the fine and possible jail time for being committed to piracy. With this said, I was very surprised to see how many artists didn’t really care about their music being threatened with piracy. Many of them had a sort of “it is what it is” attitude towards piracy.
https://www.debate.org/opinions/is-internet-piracy-a-bad-thing
I personally believe that piracy in terms of pirating music from huge artists/bands to be actually laughable that it is “enforced” as much as it is. These artists make a DISGUSTING amount of money from performances and tours that the money they lose from piracy is negligible. From the article as well, it even states that most huge artists, simply don’t care its being pirated. However, a certain few artists who aren’t okay with only making millions try to ruin it for everyone else.
Below, you’ll find an article further detailing the history of piracy.
https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-long-history-of-music-piracy/
Through this article one can understand the insight of artist thoughts and opinions of piracy. Many artists surprisingly do not care much about piracy. They believe that if it happens to there music it happens. Many artists like 50 cent understand the predicaments of the advances of technology that affects the increase of piracy. The advances of technology influences the increase of piracy. To understand this the link below explains how technology affects music.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2515/9948f851baaa66873097ba8b62a6e245f9ee.pdf
I love how a majority of artists are moving along with the times. Many of them seem to be understanding with the needs of todays generation, along with how you can make money now as a musician. I never really understood why burning CDs seemed to be so overlooked, but artists do make tons of money touring, along with the merch they’re able to sell.
I appreciate how lenient artists are with the idea of music piracy. They acknowledge for the most part how much they make and how much piracy barely effects them. They also acknowledge how much their audience wants to hear their music and how the times are changing in comparing piracy to the radio and the internet.
This is after the fact, but piracy has been around pretty much as long as music has. White artists stealing POC music and passing it off as their own to unsuspecting audiences and so forth. Understandably some people (whether it be the music labels, managers, or the artist themselves) were upset about not getting their payday. Mainly the bands that seem to speak out about piracy are the already established bands with millions in the bank, it seems pretty greedy to me. Bands that are just starting are the ones most affected both positively and negatively by piracy in actuality. Pros, they get their music out to the masses and gain more listeners that eventually may buy tickets to their shows. Con, obviously they don’t get paid for the initial download of their music and in the event that they are signed to a label they would get even less of a payout given that not so many people would go out and purchase their albums. It’s a vicious cycle with artist being firmly on one side or the other.
https://www.riaa.com/resources-learning/about-piracy/
These artists being okay with music piracy is crazy for someone that put in all of their work for their song to make money you would think they would want to prevent the one thing that keeps them from doing that. I never understood how big music piracy was in older times now with the cheaper use of Spotify or apple music they’ve taken over the stream of everything. In this article you’ll find how to stop music piracy. https://www.ifpi.org/music-piracy.php
It’s interesting to see how artists react to music piracy. Prince made a good comment about how people are pirating music and how he is trying to talk to the White House about it and that he would just quit making music if people didn’t stop doing that. Stream-ripping is the most popular form of copyright infringement. This article talks more about piracy and what is happening.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/09/more-than-one-third-global-music-consumers-pirate-music
I’m not sure of the date that this article was posted but a lot of these quotes seem fairly old and un-adjusted to what the music climate is now in 2019. I think during the time before streaming and digital music consumption it was more of a focus on buying a CD or a Vinyl record to support an artist. Now in 2019, there are multiple places a person can support an artist like streaming, touring, merchandise. This makes up for the piracy and the dependence on streaming as the main income. I do think that the artist that had an open mind about piracy during the time understood the change and where it was headed. Artist like Prince has always talked about wanting the music to be in his control and with the change of how people are listening to music takes that control away from him. It ruins the experience of an album and what the artist has curated for their fans rather than the fan choosing what they want to listen too.
Here’s an interview with prince talking about the current landscape of the social media era and how he has adjusted to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTJGej7YFpg
Music Piracy is one the most illegal things to do, but it seems that many artists are ok with it. Many artists say that if they make music then go on tours, they’ll make a larger profit instead of piracy. Music piracy allows artists not to make money from there music, because peers are downloading music onto there Mp3 players instead of buying the music. Some artists seem not to care at all, and its actually surprises me that don’t care about the situations thats going on.
Here’s a link about artists who speak on music piracy:
https://www.upvenue.com/article/1590-musician-stances-on-music-piracy.html
Some artists, surprisingly, are okay with music piracy. Some of them just want their music to be heard. Others, such as new artists, it is more detrimental to their career. In the music industry, albums can cost thousands of dollars to produce and, like any other form of entertainment, they should not come for free.There is some hope in that this is not just an industry effort. Lawmakers understand that it is essential to address online infringement as the internet continues to grow.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2016/02/01/how-online-piracy-hurts-emerging-artists/#6e4812217774
With tech finally reaching and even surpassing the music industry people wanted more ways to get more music. Piracy was the nail in the coffin for many labels and artist during its debut. Pirating would never be solved and would always become the consumers trump card within the music industry. What’s interesting is the way the industry evolved to combat pirating. Streaming services would offer unlimited streaming for small charges and the convenience of this would be the industries best fight against piracy but not its downfall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U8Iku1Ov2Q
SOPA aims at protecting major music labels over the artists and the sites that advertise them. After reading the artists replies I can conclude that the opinions are mixed. There are two sides to the music piracy argument. One side says that music should be shared freely with fans and listens. The thinking behind this is that music should be share, music should be played. It shouldn’t be up the recording label to charge every person to listen to music. If the artists gets exposure through music being share form peer to peer that can be seen a positive thing. The artist can then grow in popularity and hopefully have concerts and tours to support them finically. The other side of the argument is that music is a form of art. Art should not just be swapped and copied around for everyone to use for free. They see it as a form of the artists being taken advantage of. The artists can create multiple albums that took years to make just for one person to download and share all of it in a matter of minutes. They think that the audience listening to the music should be paying for the art that they are consuming.
The responses in this article actually caught me by surprise. I would have thought most artists would dam the illegal download of their music. In my personal opinion, as long as people are hearing my music then I am a happy man, and it is soothing to see artists who are not hungry for money walk the same path. This article speaks to 10 artists who are actually okay with music piracy.
https://www.goliath.com/music/10-musicians-who-are-pro-music-piracy/
I’m very surprised to see how many artist were understand and some even ok with piracy. I always thought that most artists hated people that pirate music but looking at this article and the quotes it seems like I might have been wrong. I also found it interesting that some artists like Dave Grohl see piracy as something more on the lines of trading music instead of stealing it.
This article talks about how illegal downloading of music affects the industry
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/illegally-downloading-music-impact-music-industry-27748.html
It is amazing to see how good the artist that were being interviewed reacted about piracy. I don’t know if they were saying that just to look like they don’t care but i could see honesty in some of them. People don’t really have the same perception of things. The most important thing for an artist is that his work is being shared and known by a lot of people. When they work hard, they do it because they like it and want to share something. I was surprised because I was thinking that it would really hurt them but apparently not that much even though piracy is really bad and cost billions to the U.S. economy.
https://www.riaa.com/reports/the-true-cost-of-sound-recording-piracy-to-the-u-s-economy/
I am somewhat surprised that a lot of very popular artists are ok with whats happening in the world of piracy. However at the same timeI am not. A lot of people used to pirate music, a lot of those people eventually turned out to be artists now, they understand the struggle of paying fo music and hoe expensive it can be. Also a lot of these artists know there really isnt much anyone can do to stop this from happening. They make a lot of money through touring and merch, so its not like they are . losing all of their money.
https://www.revolt.tv/2019/3/19/20825013/travis-scott-sets-new-record-grossing-1-7-million-during-astroworld-tour-stop
Its kind of ironic that a good majority of these artists don’t mind the use of piracy. Unlike the federal government agencies, artists sometimes encourage it because it gets their music out there. Which is great because its an easier way for people to find their music and attend their shows.
piracy has always been a problem in every industry and in the music industry it is almost impossible to stop and so most people have just grown up with it and accepted it as a thing that happens, I think that’s why most of the artists are ok with it, themselves growing up and doing the exact same thing. piracy is just such a hard problem to deal with in the music industry when one you have a copy of the music it isn’t too made to make more copies of that music and give it to your friends, even my dad did it when he was young, making copies of cassettes he owned and exchanging them for copies of his friends music.
Luckily, piracy isn’t as hard to prevent as it was back then, it’s still around and very problematic for the music industry. But i guess i can understand why artists don’t really care about piracy since they probably did the same when they were younger. After all, they probably get more exposure anyway. More about piracy:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/piracy
Its cool to see how artists view piracy and even more surprising how many dont really care about it. Piracy seems to be a dated concept now in the age of digital streaming services like spotify. I remember the days of napster and limewire where everyone downloaded the latest album for free, as well as several computer viruses. Now the key issue with artists, mainly Taylor Swift, is getting paid for their song/album streams.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20852568/streaming-revenue-growth-spotify-apple-music-industry-ariana-grande-drake-taylor-swift
A large amount of musicians concur that there ought to be more insurance with respect to copyright and copyright cases. Piracy can pretty much be considered as theft, and it is unquestionably influencing the amount of money they make, yet a large number of famous artist do have networths that are up in the millions, thus the cash they’re losing is undoubtedly sucker change to them. I believe there is pros and cons to piracy. At the same time, there is a lot of people out there who simply can’t afford music and piracy is the only way they can jam out to their favorite artist at no cost. Nevertheless, whenever they make money, they will listen to their favorite artist live at a concert thus economically impacting the musicians career with more listening fans.
The following article is a great read on how piracy is still out there despite the increase in popularity of streaming services such as spotify.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/09/more-than-one-third-global-music-consumers-pirate-music