Music Piracy – An Artist’s Opinion | Sara Tiemogo

Music Piracy – An Artist’s Opinion |  Sara Tiemogo

 

By Trichordist Editor
 

Music piracy is stealing. And it does hurt the musician. Over the past decade, we have gradually shifted from physical distribution to digital distribution with the advancement of mp3 players, specifically the advancements of Apple and it's “iProducts”. Digital distribution now accounts for more than 52% of the music industry in the US.

But there was a time during the shift when people had difficulty placing “value” on a digital product, with tangible products being of more value. This is what led people to believe that they aren't really “stealing”, because a file can be duplicated an infinite number of times and not “cost” the musician anything. But it does cost us.

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Google attacked by MPs over failure to curb music and film piracy | The Guardian UK

Google attacked by MPs over failure to curb music and film piracy | The Guardian UK

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Company accused of ‘derisory' attempts to stop many illegal downloads amid concerns over level of influence in coalition
Google will be criticised by MPs for making “derisory” attempts to curb music and film piracy and using its “perceived power and influence” at the heart of David Cameron's government to shore up its position.

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The Commons culture, media and sport select committee accused the search engine of offering the thinnest of excuses to avoid taking action against widespread piracy, a problem that the committee claimed is costing the creative industries millions of pounds in lost revenue a year.
Tory MP John Whittingdale, the chairman of the committee, said his fellow MPs were “unimpressed by Google's continued failure to stop directing consumers to illegal, copyright infringing material on the flimsy excuse that some of the sites may also host some legal content.
The continuing promotion of illegal content through search engines is simply unacceptable, and efforts to stop it have so far been derisory.”

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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/26/google-mps-music-film-piracy

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