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- j4nj1m3n3z, on 10/10/2007, -4/+42well, if they say so.....
- Zipp425, on 11/13/2007, -8/+42My respect for Franz Ferdinand has increased once again...
- huskerdude, on 10/10/2007, -5/+29How generous of them, giving away a song they don't own the rights to.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23but if the encourage it I don't get my pirating rush =[
- fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18This article and submission takes more liberties than the US Gov.
"They have admitted to illegally copying music "
From the cd to their iPod, which would fall squarely under "fair use" by any less-than-retarded interpretation. Not the same as what you guys are thinking, where you just pirated it and then copied it to your iPod.
"expressed their support for file-sharing"
They expressed their support for *buying* music online, not sharing it.
As for encouraging users to pirate their music - they said to point your browsers to Limewire "soon", the same Limewire who've announced they'll be selling music online "soon".
Interpret it how you want but there's a lot of assumptions being made. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15I'm going to buy this album to spite Franz Ferdinand.
- npinski, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16It's easy to say so when the song isn't yours, and you wouldn't have been getting most of the royalties to begin with...
//pro-piracy
//knows franz ferdinand is pro-piracy at the best of times
//point still remains - Erik1, on 10/10/2007, -6/+18Sales are that bad, eh?
- Solardog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Am I the only one here that likes Franz Ferdinand?!?
- MaynardJK, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10It's a trick... Get an axe.
- Frezzle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I'm only in it for the booty.
- Erik1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Wow, you pretty much just rephrased what he said. You fail.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Yes you do, you butt pirate.
- toast24, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Technically the music is probably owned by Franz Ferdinand's record label. It would be very unusual for Franz to own their own masters, in which case, technically, the RIAA could take action against them for doing something that hurts exploitation of the masters. However, that is extremely unlikely given that it's a cover song. Kind of clever of them to encourage downloading on a cover, where the revenue stream is already impacted by royalties to the original artist.
- fsumus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Franz Ferdinand would still get paid for the song. They would just have to pay the owners of the Bowie song a mechanical license, a compulsory license to physically put the song onto a CD. The current rate of a mechanical license is 9.1 cents per song per CD.
- bigd063, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6When Kurt Cobain covered "The Man Who Sold the World", it was pure magic. Bowie is awesome. Listen to Ziggy Stardust if you don't believe me.
- davidsmero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6That I will, I have a 200 pack of CD-R's here. I am going to burn it and deliver to mailboxs!
- mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4No it isn't, it's Bowie's.
- Velirno, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Last I listened to Franz Ferdinand, they were actually fairly good. I'm not just talking about just their singles either, they're not a bad band in any circle in my opinion.
- Scyth3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5ass plundering?
- TheUndertoker, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7So popularity is the deciding factor weather a band is good or not?
You fail. - Frezzle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I like to Download the title track, then if i like it I may download the whole album, if i really like it... i'm way to lazy to go buy a cd.
- DrawingTheSun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I like them.
- Swarley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4and i thought he died in 1914
- renegadeafk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You're crazy my comment made no sense.
- ericeman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I actually had You Could Have it Much Better in my bag at the time we were studying Franz Ferdinand in high school and the teacher got a kick out of it. He's this Italian in his mid 50s so he had never heard of the band.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You can't measure talent. You can measure sales. And they market the acts that sell.
That's the point of being a business. - theholycow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You obviously have a decent grasp of the language. You used "You're" properly. Perhaps you should consider submitting some articles.
- Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How the ***** would the RIAA get a UK based band? Jesus, America =/= The World
- gwinerreniwg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Easy for them to say - They're not losing anything - The song is a cover of a Bowie tune, so presumably he's the one losing out. Let's see them say this with one of their "new hit songs". Then they'd prove they had some balls to me.
- vexxefx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Screw it, i'll get the whole album.
Overkill? - smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2bowie allowed people to remix his songs without paying royalties and even provided the raw tracks on his site and held an online contest, so he may not ask for a lot of royalties from franz ferdinand. and even if he does, that's not the point. you guys act like just because it's a cover that franz ferdinand isn't make tons of money off of it. royalties are just a percentage. they're still going to make at least a few hundred grand off of that one song alone.
- d03boy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2anyone have a link to the download?
- alliekins619, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Does this mean they don't care that I've pirated all their songs so far??
- pen25, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2was listening to npr the other day. was talking about bands going back on the road because there they can make more money. they do not need the album to support the concert or the concert to support the album. bowie was one of the artists who was talking about this.. they know that if they go back on the road its almost pure proffit for them. they dont need huge stadium venues any more. and who in thier right mind wouldnt want to book bowie the who the eagles without lable support? i love it. and as far as the lable crap. i stopped buying long ago. ill buy local support local. but wont buy major lables unless i love the band then ill buy used and then ill email the artist to sell thier stuff online on thier own distribution channels and id have bought from them and if they swing around on tour ill check em out but i wont pay the lables so the artist dont get squat.
- davewashere, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oh God, I hope this doesn't start WWIII
- Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You're both ***** idiots.
- MavRevMatt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Point taken.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It is a deciding factor in how many sales they would lose versus exposure they could gain. Which is the real point here.
- nthitz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'm sure this is going to end up being a huge fiasco for the group, some statement they made, taken out of context.
- smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2uh... just cuz it's a cover song doesn't mean that they won't get royalties for their version. it just means they have to pay royalties to bowie if he asks for it.
- Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"they're not a bad band in any circle in my opinion."
They're pretty ***** in the death metal circle. - PixelVision, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hopefully nobody will ever need to buy another one of their albums ever again.
- DalekKiller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria
this is all you need to find out. - monsieurflibble, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They're not in the USA, so I'm guessing the RIAA can do what they like - it won't get them anywhere...
- Hunterville, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1more like 99% and I still prefer the bowie version to the over ***** rated nirvana cover
I smiled the day cobain killed himself - Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's not an album track, rtfa
- Nick519, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i like 'em, too.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Franz Ferdinand Rocks!
- BevansDesign, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Here ya go kids, it's not ours anyway!
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