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Originally Posted by dac (Post 590604)

Take Arctic Monkeys for example. They encouraged people to share their demos over the net and such and as a result they had a HUGE debut. Now they're insanely successful.

Exactly. They even encouraged fans to make & sequence their own custom demos to send out to the world via the www. They were visionaries in that they understood the significance and scalability of the web. Within a few months everyone was listening to "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

lol

Visionaries? Not exactly that f*cking hard to figure out that exposure leads to CD sales.

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Originally Posted by ADELE (Post 590456)

I bet many music fans here find illegal ways to get songs downloaded for free.
Should they be prosecuted?

Many? How about all. Anyways you have a better chance of winning the lottery than being prosecuted for downloading.

It probably should be illegal, people have the right to charge money for their intellectual property. But just like a lot of illegal things I don't really find it morally wrong.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 590908)

lol

Visionaries? Not exactly that f*cking hard to figure out that exposure leads to CD sales.

It's not like a lot of bands are out there saying "hey put this shit on limewire!" I am friends with a band currently trying to make it and they HATE HATE HATE it if you give their songs to people cause they want to sell more of their shitty $5 LPs. Arctic Monkeys aren't visionaries, but they are one of the biggest success stories of file sharing. Give them a little credit lol.

I saw an interview with Paul McCartney where he said he didn't mind if people were sharing his music. He was happy people wanted to share it. It's not as sensational since he's already made it, of course, but it's interesting trivia.

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Originally Posted by toretorden (Post 590972)

I wouldn't say he has made it.
okay, he's made a few good albums over the years but whether he has made it is debatable.
of course why should his ex wife have 4 first class flights a month while their kid is only allowed two and the other two in business class.

George Michael doesn't mind if people download his music for free.
So if you want to download the most pretentious crap ever created on the internet feel free to copy and paste my comments!

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Originally Posted by ADELE (Post 590980)

I wouldn't say he has made it.

You're saying ex-beatles, ex-wing, successful solo artist Paul McCartney hasn't made it? What the hell?

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia's article on Paul McCartney

McCartney is today one of Britain's wealthiest men, with an estimated fortune of £824 million ($1.3 billion),[320] although Justice Bennett, in his judgment on McCartney's divorce case found no evidence that McCartney was worth more than £400 million.[321] In addition to his interest in Apple Corps, McCartney's MPL Communications owns a significant music publishing catalogue, with access to over 25,000 copyrights.[322][323] McCartney earned £40 million in 2003, making him Britain's highest media earner.[324] This rose to £48.5 million by 2005.[325] In the same year he joined the top American talent agency Grabow Associates, who arrange private performances for their richest clients.[326] Northern Songs was established in 1963, by **** James, to publish the songs of Lennon/McCartney.[327] The Beatles' partnership was replaced in 1968 by a jointly held company, Apple Corps, which continues to control Apple's commercial interests.

How can you make it if being a tremendous success both musically and financially is not good enough? :p
Sorry man, but that's moronic. Maybe you should listen to and read a bit more about music and it's history.

I'm talking bollox as usual mate.
McCartney is like been a living mozart or jesus and even he says sometimes while gardening he thinks "****, I'm paul mccartney".

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Originally Posted by ADELE (Post 590985)

I'm talking bollox as usual mate.

>.<

Mental note to self : Never take ADELE's posts seriously.