Music piracy: number of tracks illegally downloaded in UK falls by a third
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I thought this might be more of an interest in GD than Music ..
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/12/music-piracy-tracks-illegally-downloaded
I think it'll be interesting to see these figures in a year's time because if the drop continues, then it certainly shows that something is working, which is probably in no small part due to this ..
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/12/music-piracy-tracks-illegally-downloaded
It also showed that a hardcore of pirates – 2% of the total – was responsible for almost three-quarters of all online copyright infringement. Those who breached copyright said they would be encouraged to stop by cheaper legal alternatives and if all the content they wanted was available legally
I think it'll be interesting to see these figures in a year's time because if the drop continues, then it certainly shows that something is working, which is probably in no small part due to this ..
Ofcom said that awareness of legal streaming services – including Netflix, Google Play and Tesco's Blinkbox – "rose significantly" between March and May, compared to the previous quarter, providing further hope for the creative industries
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This.
Hoarders have probably got everything they want by now.
Entirely subjective ..
I think part of the problem is that certain people want content now so will inevitably resort to ripping the audio from YouTube or Soundcloud or somewhere like that.
But then it's a model that labels use to "build buzz". They'll release a song to radio weeks in advance to try and get people interested in it and for fans of the artist in question, they'll invariably not want to wait.
Dying dinosaurs are so predictable.
Sometimes you just want to listen to the beatles or something and Spotify says no, so you have to you tube it or D/L :S
Also, like someone said - Youtube.
I await the inevitable comments about how Spotify pay artists a pittance :rolleyes:
That's so predictable too.
Of course there is.
There's millions of albums, TV shows, Movies and books etc available.
This week alone I've dubiously downloaded new albums from Janelle Monae, VV Brown, Chvrches, Katie Melua and Grouplove (last three not released yet) with four of them in FLAC format, the latest episode of Dexter in HD, Four seasons of Breaking Bad in HD, The Bling Ring and I Spit On Your Grave 2 (both not out yet), the latest issue of The Walking Dead and books from Lynda LaPlante and Luke Delaney.
I do still pay for the occasional MP3 download and CD and also have an extensive Blu Ray collection of TV Shows and Movies. I also purchase hardcover comic collections like DC and Marvel Omnibuses so creators do get a few quid from me down the line but there's plenty around for the casual downloader to grab in this day and age!
Exactly. The money they throw at getting worthless court orders could be better spent in more promotion for legal alternatives and also in securing more content to give people even less of a reason to search out and illegally download hard to find songs.
I agree too.
I agree. To me this shows people have moved o. To streaming sights rather then downloading. I listen to a lot of music but rarely download anything as I use YouTube and spotify
Spotify is an excellent promotional tool and considering it's popularity, artists would be totally stupid to ignore it.
But the earnings are pitiful. 200,000 plays earned one artist $800. Woo! Big money. She made 25 grand from Bandcamp, a website many people haven't even heard of. Spotify might have limited use as a promotional tool, but as a source of earnings it's a joke.
Cloud based services really aren't for me.
Bandcamp is great, I wish more people knew about it. Usually a choice of formats available for a fair price, and the artist gets a decent chunk of the sales.
Singles sales are actually at an all time high (or at least are very close) at this point.
You are assuming that Spotify is the only source of revenue for an artist. It isn't even the only streaming service from which artists earn revenue. In this day and age there are a great many ways for an artist to make money.
Also, Spotify don't actually pay artists directly, they pay over 70% of their revenue to rights holders (most commonly record labels), which for a loss making company is a lot.
Let's hope they are not downloading books. If I challenged you to name a best seller from the past 20 years which cannot be found - for free - for your Kindle within 2 minutes, you would fail the challenge.
When this was discussed before on GD a couple of posters insisted that readers have a bond with authors and that this loyalty will save the Book industry.
I hope they are correct, because, of course, the alternative is that Amazon have delivered a slow death to Authors.
Musicians have dealt with Piracy by switching their main income source to touring.:)
I very much doubt that writers can make a living from speaking to 4 people and a dog in their local Waterstones.....:mad: