Do you actually mean that it is possible for an artist on a small label to see absolutely no money from their album sales? While I am aware that labels will take in a majority of the profits earned, I cant believe that a band would receive no compensation for their work. I say that I am buying the music to support the artist, but really what I mean is that I buy music to support the music industry. The artist should get a portion of my contribution, and when I buy new I know that they rightfully are.
I don't know how it works there, but calling/texting and data are two separate entities entirely. One does not need data to text or call.
Just accept gracefully that your point was bad.
@Elric of Melniboné look in your PM and let us know who it was. Im kind oif interested to know who beat me to it .... because i didn't see a single post from anyone indicating they thought you were her or he was you or whatever.
Anyway, why not just give it up and merge your two accounts? What's the big deal?
I have no problem with people that do it, knowing what they're doing is wrong in some way.
I don't try try to justify it as a general practice, but I do think with OOP material is an exception. The dumpster-diving analogy that ID made was a valid one. The fact that Elric rebutted that analogy by implying that taking a TV that someone else threw away still counts as stealing crosses over into Lawful Stupid territory.
Why would anyone buy a smartphone to only text and call, again that defeats the purpose.
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I'm just saying, not every smartphone user has data. This is fact and can't be refuted.Find recent numbers that show only a minority of Americans use data, oh nvm, you can't.
I don't try try to justify it as a general practice, but I do think with OOP material is an exception. The dumpster-diving analogy that ID made was a valid one. The fact that Elric rebutted that analogy by implying that taking a TV that someone else threw away still counts as stealing crosses over into Lawful Stupid territory.
Bravo to VP!
You can go around the whole IP address thing pretty easily if you have a celly.
The label makes money in order to pay for the band's studio time, the money a band makes is usually from merch and shows.
I'm patient in the extreme, no point whining too much about an OOP release until you have everything in your collection. There is so much music out there...
I'm just saying, not every smartphone user has data. This is fact and can't be refuted.
And even if it were not fact, and everyone did have data, 32% is a significant enough of a margin to make your point bad.
Would they not pay for the studio time if they didnt sell any albums? If I were a musician, my first goal would be to break even on the ability to make my own music in a recording studio and get some hard copies.
What is wrong with wanting the OOP release then? Maybe ive heard it before, it's by an artist that I already own more readily available stuff from, or at the very least maybe someone I know has told me that id like it. This has nothing to do with wanting some goddamn obscure piece of music ive never heard before, it's about the desire of obtaining a good listening copy of something that I already know I like. Other good music be damned.
Your point was that there wasn't a difference between using Youtube and listening multiple times, and downloading a song to listen multiple times. I proved that was certifiably false.Just looked it up, 90% of smartphone owners use the Internet on their phone. .68*.9=.61 so 61% of Americans use data. Thus the majority of Americans have access to YouTube on mobile. You don't, heh
If the label makes no money at all on album sales, they'll likely not offer the band a contract. Many underground labels operate at a loss for most of their existence.
There's nothing wrong with wanting it at all. I'm just talking about my logic with OOP releases.