Complement - Re: [A2k] Iceland to become a model for freedom of communication

[Peter Jenner]

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Fede

Both live music and recorded music is increasingly dominated by old 'herita=
ge' acts and TV promoted 'pop idols'.
Fewer new artists are being signed and many medium sized artists are being =
squeezed out.
Recorded music is vital as a marketing and promotional tool to let people k=
now what is happening in music outside of their own immediate environment. =
Consequently it is becoming harder and harder for new artists to come throu=
gh , and for older artists to continue with their chosen career
Let me also say that the revenues derived from digital go overwhelmingly to=
 the record companies, and I suspect that you and I agree that they are the=
 major problem.
If you want to say that musicians don't 'need' to become millionaires I can=
not disagree, but I suspect that some have to become millionaires for many =
more to make a living.
I wish we could meet to discuss this issue, as it applies to music now , bu=
t soon it will apply to many other creative activities. Without the shoe sh=
op there is no market for shoe designers, or shoe makers. Without Sony and =
Microsoft and Dell and Google there would be no broadband all over the plac=
e, and nowhere for free software to go.  Without music there would be a lot=
 fewer people with broadband. If you want it you have to pay for it, or fin=
d someone to pay for it for you.
I could, and do , go on !

Peter


On 18/02/2010 17:46, "Frederico Heinz" <fheinz@vialibre.org.ar> wrote:

On 18/02/2010, Peter Jenner wrote:
> the fact that internet distribution has had a bad effect on creators inco=
mes
> and is a cause for much anxiety.

Peter, you keep exaggerating: Internet distribution has had a bad effect on=
 the
income of *some* artists. At the same time, it has had a good effect on the
income of others, and it would seeem to me that the positively affected
outnumber the negatively affected ones, as you would expect when income get=
s
distributed more evenly.

I'm sure you are familiar with this Times Online article that makes exactly
this point, using data from the music industry itself:

    <http://labs.timesonline.co.uk/blog/2009/11/12/do-music-artists-do-bett=
er-in-a-world-with-illegal-file-sharing/>

        Fede