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Recieved: 2002/09/14 19:44
Subject: [K-list] Off topic maybe...Music swapping
From: Rich
On 2002/09/14 19:44, Rich posted thus to the K-list:
I was just in pondering mode and trying to explore something which did
not sit with me so well.. K was pushing it up again I guess.. This came
to me as a better solution. It's more of a goddess creation.. Just
wondered what anyone else thought about this... I'm sorry that it is
proably a little bit off topic.
To the list moderators... If you don't agree with this then just tell me
and I'll take it elsewhere... No questions asked.
Rich
Music swapping
15/9/02
I wrote this because it has something that has been on my conscience for
a while. I love music and enjoy downloading music but I feel ailing
because I don´t give anything back in the way of payment to those
artists who I have freely downloaded and listened to the music of. My
problem is that I would be happy to give something back but I don´t have
the means to.
I think it is time we (the music companies and the consumers) looked to
find a new model for which is more ethical and fair to both parties.
It is highly unlikely that the sharing and swapping of music will come
to an end in the close future. It is quite probable that with the advent
of technology this will continue to be and possibly become further as
software and computer networks improve to facilitate this.
Obviously there is loss of revenues to those record companies affected
and more so to the artists and producers that create the music.
It would be sensible if a win-win situation could be achieved for this
new medium of music interchange.
There are people like myself that love music and at the same time would
we willing to pay for the music downloaded. Often the reason I don´t buy
it in the shops is because I´ve been disappointed by some albums (or
singles) in the past and I don´t like the hassle of taking them back.
It´s much easier and more convenient to download music. I don´t like the
high prices charged in some places when I can buy the same music for
less in other countries. The record companies and shops are extortionate
in many cases. Finally, probably about half of the tracks that I like
most are not easily available in most record shops and require special
ordering and sometimes are no longer available because they are not mass
market.
That said there are some favourite artists from whom I will always buy
their music in the shops because I wish to directly support them.
In some ways perhaps the result of years of overpricing is a reflection
back to them of music being freely interchanged. What they put out (in
the way of un-ethicalness or un-moral-ness comes back to them
multiplied)
I would like to suggest a new way of achieving balance between the
consumer and record company.
There are still people that would buy from record shops so it would not
immediately cut them out but at the same time it would give a chance for
those who like to download music and don´t mind paying something to the
artist to fulfil this desire.
I would suggest a central organisation (body) with a web server to allow
payment transactions on a fair basis. The servers would track the
proportion of downloaded files for each artist as best as possible. Of
course there would be discrepancy and inaccuracies in this but it is as
best a way as I can possible conceive. It would be based upon filenames
and tag information relating to each track downloaded.
The calculation for transaction would be done on a monthly, quarterly or
yearly basis. It would be based upon either how much is downloaded or
how much the music is listened to (or both). The payment would be then
be shared across all of the record companies (artists) with
micro-transaction (small amounts) on a proportional basis according to
the spread of downloads. This payment would then be made out to the
record companies on a weekly or monthly basis.
It would be up to the record companies to register themselves with the
service.
The advantage is that it gives a means for those that want to pay for
downloaded music to be able to pay. If the record companies are not
interested then they will continue to loose out as people will still
download music for the foreseeable future. It is a way for them to
receive additional payment which they would otherwise loose as there is
no means to pay them.
It´s a win-win situation.
It´s based upon ethicalness of individuals – nothing else. There are
people that are willing to pay (like myself) but don´t have the means to
and yet still refuse to buy from record shops for most cases.
As a background to myself I used to spend around £1000 a year on music
and be a DJ. I got sick of the amount of music I´d buy which I felt
cheated on and the internet made it so easy to get all those hard to
find tracks that I could not get easily before. I got tired of buying
albums just for one or two tracks on an album which I liked. The expense
was also something of a concern.
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