arstechnica.com— YouTube and MySpace may be next on the music industry's hit list, according to Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris. Labelling them "copyright infringers,
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"Nobody really cares if a corporation gets sued."I do. f**k them. I love youtube, and not for the copyrighted content. The only stuff I ever watch there is user-created. I don't want to see youtube die 'cause of these bastards.
"But the content is ultimately on myspace/youtube servers."1) The same could be said of geocities, etc.2) Frequently, the only part of the 'content' that's on myspaces servers is an 'embed' tag.
There needs to be an organized "no CD purchasing" weekend. Get everyone at your college or highschool to agree to not purchase CD's over a certain weekend. Hell, go as far as assigning the last weekend of every month. Hit them where it hurts - you are after all in control of their profits.
I see this as a good thing. You'll still be able to discover new music. It'll be from independant artists. The record industry, by making it perfectly clear that they're only interested in money and don't give a s**t about art, artists or fans, is making itself culturally irrelevant.There's lots of great music out there being recorded by independent artists. They will fill the gap, artists and fans will be able to interact with each other like never before, and art and entertainment will become more participatory and democratic.
This is absolutely true! Look at the new OK.go video "Here It Goes Again" (the guys on the treadmill). I followed a link from a website to the video on YouTube, thought the video was great and immediately went to iTunes and bought the song. Now look, because of YouTube, the song is in the iTunes top 10 (well as of 15 minutes ago, but could be gone by now! LOL). They performed a live version of the video on the VH1 awards (or was that MTV? Who cares! They never played the song/video either!)Without YouTube I would have NEVER heard about the song. Radio never played it, that is for sure.
merrebornSep 14, 2006
"Nobody really cares if a corporation gets sued."I do. f**k them. I love youtube, and not for the copyrighted content. The only stuff I ever watch there is user-created. I don't want to see youtube die 'cause of these bastards.
merrebornSep 14, 2006
"But the content is ultimately on myspace/youtube servers."1) The same could be said of geocities, etc.2) Frequently, the only part of the 'content' that's on myspaces servers is an 'embed' tag.
macewanSep 14, 2006
There needs to be an organized "no CD purchasing" weekend. Get everyone at your college or highschool to agree to not purchase CD's over a certain weekend. Hell, go as far as assigning the last weekend of every month. Hit them where it hurts - you are after all in control of their profits.
onidrakySep 14, 2006
Exactly, I wouldn't own 90% of the music I do now if it wasn't for somehow hearing it online for free first.
yage2006Sep 14, 2006
f**k buying cd's period.Go see your fav artists at concerts.
vertinoxSep 14, 2006
I wish my lawn was emo...SO IT WOULD CUT ITSELF!
jj555298Sep 15, 2006
Forget the free publicity and potential viral marketing, lets just sue the bastards!
richpavSep 15, 2006
I see this as a good thing. You'll still be able to discover new music. It'll be from independant artists. The record industry, by making it perfectly clear that they're only interested in money and don't give a s**t about art, artists or fans, is making itself culturally irrelevant.There's lots of great music out there being recorded by independent artists. They will fill the gap, artists and fans will be able to interact with each other like never before, and art and entertainment will become more participatory and democratic.
dodger731Sep 15, 2006
This is absolutely true! Look at the new OK.go video "Here It Goes Again" (the guys on the treadmill). I followed a link from a website to the video on YouTube, thought the video was great and immediately went to iTunes and bought the song. Now look, because of YouTube, the song is in the iTunes top 10 (well as of 15 minutes ago, but could be gone by now! LOL). They performed a live version of the video on the VH1 awards (or was that MTV? Who cares! They never played the song/video either!)Without YouTube I would have NEVER heard about the song. Radio never played it, that is for sure.