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NEED ARTISTS OPINIONS ON INTERNET MUSIC DOWNLOADS
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PSYENTIST
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Oct 17, 2003 17:11
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I would like som artists opinions on internet downloads of music via FTP's and other sites/file shares.
Do you agree in any way with this system of music sharing as opposed to purchasing the music direct from a distributor?
Are you using new techniques to stop piracy of you music? If so what?
Is it illegal for DJ's to play copyrighted music at parties?
What happens if they get caught?
Are record lables making efforts to curb Piracy of musicians music signed to their lables?
Do any of you Artists mind your music being played and traded on the internet and at parties for free?
A sub culture has arisen in the trade and sharing of music on net, clamping down on this would destroy many parties and DJ's. What other approaches can be taken to resolve the loss to the Artists revenues?
Many thanks, all opinions are welcome either on this Post or privatly.
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ApplePie
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Posted : Oct 18, 2003 01:50
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I am not an artist, but a former international DJ. I never downloaded any music, but I swapped with other DJs, artists and even trancers at every event I played at. Many artists think this is a great way to promote their music, but would really appreciate the royalties from the sales at the local record shop. As a DJ, I can present the track to the audience and in turn if they like it hopefully they will head out to pick up a copy. If I ever was asked who the artist was (and this happened often), I did my best to show them the CD, DAT or whatever I had in writing as spoken word is not always understood (especially near a sound system or in another country!). I wanted to be sure if someone liked the track they could hunt down a copy for themselves. Sometimes I was asked by artists not to distribute the tracks they gave me which I always respected, but I would still show the person asking who the artist was.
AS far as playing other artist's copyrighted music it most certainly is illegal if your getting paid to do it and you have not received the track from an authorized distributor - hence the name "promo" short for promotional copy. These were made famous by the all white or black labels seen on 12" albums in the 80's and early 90's. Many record labels will take take tracks submitted by artitist and distribute them to their DJs to see what the response by the crowd is.
As far as I know no DJ has ever been arrested for playing music (in a copyright sense that is).
Hope this helps!
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