Anyone who creates something has a god given right to profit from their ideas. If you 291 disliking asshats think otherwise I bet you've never created anything yourself. How many of you work for free, hmm?
This is a great enactment of how it feels to have some one steal your ideas. I suspect that a lot of people who try to justify stealing music, movies, games and other content have never had something which they created and truly cared about stolen from them. Every human being has creativity in them and everyone wants respect and acknowledgment for the work that they do. If you believe in human rights and human dignity then help artists to protect their creations.
guess what almost all of the money from record sales go to producers and record executives, the artist barely gets money at all especially if they didn't write their own songs artists get money from merch sales and guess what LIVE PERFORMANCES dont buy your music and fill the pockets of wealthy record executives, download illegally and support your musicians by going to their shows and buying merchandise
@RCarnes2008 Except, not. Only those who have no understanding of what piracy is or what it means feel hurt. In truth, and this is backed up with more and more research (just search google scholar!), piracy increases sales. Every claim by the music, movie and video game industries has been debunked and economically trashed. If you create anything, share it. You'll reach a wider audience than you ever did before, and your profit will skyrocket. Piracy is not theft, it's sharing. It's service.
@Echoen I absolutely agree. Even if every single song was free artists would still have countless ways of making money off of their music. They make most of their money going on tour and getting paid way too much money to put on shows. They can also make money via countless advertising streams. If you have a lot of people's attention then you can make money.
@RCarnes2008 No, it's wrong. The reason that musicians don't make money is because record companies extort them. You think the record companies aren't making enough money to be able to pay their artists? Think again. They simply won't. I personally don't download 'illegal' music because I live right near a second hand CD store, but if I were to, I wouldn't feel bad one bit about it, because the money that I would be paying would never even see the artist.
Do you play music? Are you in a band? I can tell you from personal experience that downloading music DOESN'T hurt your sales or people checking out your music. Majority of people will download a song, and if they like it, they'll pay for the CD, which I fully support.
@RCarnes2008 That's bullcrap. Most of today's artists whine about piracy all the time, but they don't realize that they would never have been so popular without it. Just look at how rich some of them are.
I agree with this video completely, the RIAA needs to stop stealing from the artists!!
aperionx 2 months ago
Anyone who creates something has a god given right to profit from their ideas. If you 291 disliking asshats think otherwise I bet you've never created anything yourself. How many of you work for free, hmm?
BDNeon 2 months ago
Only a few dollars...
singularityism 3 months ago
This is an awesome song by Addie Brownlee, and a super clever video!
NYCALC 3 months ago
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NYCALC 3 months ago
This is a great enactment of how it feels to have some one steal your ideas. I suspect that a lot of people who try to justify stealing music, movies, games and other content have never had something which they created and truly cared about stolen from them. Every human being has creativity in them and everyone wants respect and acknowledgment for the work that they do. If you believe in human rights and human dignity then help artists to protect their creations.
asmethur 3 months ago
guess what almost all of the money from record sales go to producers and record executives, the artist barely gets money at all especially if they didn't write their own songs artists get money from merch sales and guess what LIVE PERFORMANCES dont buy your music and fill the pockets of wealthy record executives, download illegally and support your musicians by going to their shows and buying merchandise
enator296 3 months ago
Really clever video!
NYCALC 3 months ago
industry and artist MUST adapt to new ways of getting profit in a free circulating information society, not the other way around
nachoijp 3 months ago
They got this exactly right. This is just what it feels like to have your songs ripped off by illegal down loaders.
RCarnes2008 3 months ago
@RCarnes2008 Except, not. Only those who have no understanding of what piracy is or what it means feel hurt. In truth, and this is backed up with more and more research (just search google scholar!), piracy increases sales. Every claim by the music, movie and video game industries has been debunked and economically trashed. If you create anything, share it. You'll reach a wider audience than you ever did before, and your profit will skyrocket. Piracy is not theft, it's sharing. It's service.
Echoen 3 months ago
@Echoen I absolutely agree. Even if every single song was free artists would still have countless ways of making money off of their music. They make most of their money going on tour and getting paid way too much money to put on shows. They can also make money via countless advertising streams. If you have a lot of people's attention then you can make money.
TheWanderingAesthete 3 months ago
@RCarnes2008 No, it's wrong. The reason that musicians don't make money is because record companies extort them. You think the record companies aren't making enough money to be able to pay their artists? Think again. They simply won't. I personally don't download 'illegal' music because I live right near a second hand CD store, but if I were to, I wouldn't feel bad one bit about it, because the money that I would be paying would never even see the artist.
stooge389 3 months ago
@RCarnes2008
Do you play music? Are you in a band? I can tell you from personal experience that downloading music DOESN'T hurt your sales or people checking out your music. Majority of people will download a song, and if they like it, they'll pay for the CD, which I fully support.
JayMann620 3 months ago
@RCarnes2008 That's bullcrap. Most of today's artists whine about piracy all the time, but they don't realize that they would never have been so popular without it. Just look at how rich some of them are.
ivar3145 3 months ago