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Subject: Re: Some thoughts on the file-sharing issue

Date: Mon 08/12/03 12:39:48 GMT

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There are always people who want things for free. The freer it is, the more they complain.

I guess some people don't understand the idea of 'commerce'. You have to pay for a product or service. If you don't want to pay for it, do it yourself.

Someone just offered a "FREE, FREE, FREE" site. Of course, he doesn't give a "FREE, FREE, FREE" address to access the supposed site.

In the US we have millions of FREE RIDERS that don't contribute anything but sit around and live off everyone else. I guess it is the same way with the wetlook world.

The more that they don't contribute, the more they complain.

Thank you to all the generous people that supply us with at least SOME free stuff. Some of us don't have the balls or the ability to get the girls to do it for us. If it weren't for you, we would have none.

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Some thoughts on the file-sharing issue

By Vixenwitch - Mon 08/12/03 10:27:07 GMT

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Someone tried to compare one of the larger paysite operators with the RIAA regarding copyright issues, but there is one huge difference between the recording and wam industries - the recording industry is widely regarded as having spent the last 60+ years ripping off both its customers and its artists. I gather from various sources that many bands make very little money from record sales, almost all of it goes to the record companies, and the bands have to get by on what they make from merchandising and touring. So when people swap MP3s back and forth, they're having vry little effect on the actual artists, and in some cases artists who's songs get traded find they gain a larger fan base and hence make more money on tour because some of these extra people come to the gigs and buy stuff, even if they never buy a CD. There are bands who've made their entire catalogues available on-line and become more popular as a result.

Wam is completely different. There are no live shows, no tours, and no auxiliary merchandise, and the producers generally pay their models a decent rate for the job. So when people file-share paysite wam materials they're ripping off the genre's own artists, most of whom have put a great deal of time and effort into what they produce.

No-one produces wam material for the money, because there is very little money in it. Smart producers can arrange things so they cover their own costs and can expand their work, but even the major producers are mostly doing it part-time, and doing something else to pay the rent.

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