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Re: Zoe Keating in NY Times article.@borisfx.com



On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote:
I wont comment on the issues you pointed out on others posts, just mine...
 
 
When people figured out how to (re)distribute it themselves, they decided it wasn't worth as much as the record companies were charging.

Not true, didn't happen like that at all...

Really? Then why did sales enter the shitter?
 
 
When it became easy to get for free, they decided it was free. 

Also not true, they stole when it became easy to steal, decided it was free??? What kind of bollocks is that?

It's exactly what happened. When music became readily available for free, people took it. The morality of downloading music didn't bother them at all; it became free because people didn't pay for it, and could take it (by and large) without consequence. They chose to do so.
 

OK; Heres something interesting.

There IS something good about Spotify actually!
In Norway and Sweden, record sales have been dropping steadily since 2001 by 17% per year... Now they didnt manages to start factoring in the sales of Downloads till 2006, but it turns out that for the last 2 years RECORD SALES... stop.. damn force of habit... MUSIC SALES HAVE INCREASED!!! The number of people prepared to pay for music, HAS INCREASED. Why? Because Spotify makes it SO DAMN EASY!!! Yes, IN Norway, people would rathe pay 10 dollars a month for unlimited access to music, than A) Have Adverts, or B) be bothered to track down torrents and steal it.

Ok, so Spotify gets a bunch of money. Do the artists? If I sell a million records, and get two dollars for it (which is basically what the original article said), then who cares that people are 'paying for music'?
 

So Spotify is getting people USED to paying again, thats a good thing!

It's great! If you work for Spotify, or are an investor in it. If you create what they stream, it doesn't matter. Hell, I think I have something on Spotify. Never seen a nickel. 

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