Comments on: AllofMP3 Outsources Marketing to U.S. Government http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: refize http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-996349 refize Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:01:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-996349 I wonder why IRAA find IOMOIO.COM legal. Their prices even lower comparing to AllOfMp3. CC or MC never banned their accounts. Iomoio.com quotes Berne convention and Labels can't argue with that. My guess Iomoio.com would become first legal, cheap DRM free, music seller in the world. I wonder why IRAA find IOMOIO.COM legal. Their prices even lower comparing to AllOfMp3. CC or MC never banned their accounts. Iomoio.com quotes Berne convention and Labels can’t argue with that. My guess Iomoio.com would become first legal, cheap DRM free, music seller in the world.

]]> By: I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-682141 I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:56:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-682141 [...] AllofMP3 is still in business, but under a triage of attacks. Their own government sold them out in U.S. trade negotiations, promising to shut them down. Visa and MasterCard stopped accepting credit card transactions from the site. And now the record labels are on the case. [...] [...] AllofMP3 is still in business, but under a triage of attacks. Their own government sold them out in U.S. trade negotiations, promising to shut them down. Visa and MasterCard stopped accepting credit card transactions from the site. And now the record labels are on the case. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-569645 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:17:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-569645 [...] AllofMP3 is still in business, but under a triage of attacks. Their own government sold them out in U.S. trade negotiations, promising to shut them down. Visa and MasterCard stopped accepting credit card transactions from the site. And now the record labels are on the case. [...] [...] AllofMP3 is still in business, but under a triage of attacks. Their own government sold them out in U.S. trade negotiations, promising to shut them down. Visa and MasterCard stopped accepting credit card transactions from the site. And now the record labels are on the case. [...]

]]> By: MP3 songs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-290445 MP3 songs Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:44:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-290445 Do these sort of sites matter when you can search for music using google.com or sangeetix.com or sfish? Sure, these sites do not index all music and it is not high quality. Do these sort of sites matter when you can search for music using google.com or sangeetix.com or sfish? Sure, these sites do not index all music and it is not high quality.

]]> By: DRM at TibsBits::NL http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-258324 DRM at TibsBits::NL Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-258324 [...] Mike Arrington: I’d much rather pay for DRM-free music than get copy protected music for free. [...] [...] Mike Arrington: I’d much rather pay for DRM-free music than get copy protected music for free. [...]

]]> By: frg http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-255728 frg Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:48:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-255728 I am a bit of the opinion that "artists" should perform "art". Nowadays, music is Big Business and I would welcome a return to the days when artists made their money by patronage. Specifically, music artists would look to make money from concerts, and free distribution of their music would make their concerts much more popular and hence profitable. I am very much against the idea of buying music because some stuffed-up suit in a Big Label boardroom reckons it could be a money spinner. Let artists make money when their music is appreciated by people - not because a label pushes it with heavy publicity. Sure, new music will spread by means of a popularity contest, but hey, hasn't it always been that way? Can anyone think of a better solution? I don't download much music, but I'd never buy DRM'd stuff. Goes *way* against the grain. And if neither artists nor labels get royalties or license fees, well to be honest, I couldn't care less. If you're not good enough to make money with your music, get a job and make music in your spare time. Maybe one day you'll make the grade. f. I am a bit of the opinion that “artists” should perform “art”. Nowadays, music is Big Business and I would welcome a return to the days when artists made their money by patronage. Specifically, music artists would look to make money from concerts, and free distribution of their music would make their concerts much more popular and hence profitable. I am very much against the idea of buying music because some stuffed-up suit in a Big Label boardroom reckons it could be a money spinner. Let artists make money when their music is appreciated by people - not because a label pushes it with heavy publicity.

Sure, new music will spread by means of a popularity contest, but hey, hasn’t it always been that way? Can anyone think of a better solution?

I don’t download much music, but I’d never buy DRM’d stuff. Goes *way* against the grain. And if neither artists nor labels get royalties or license fees, well to be honest, I couldn’t care less. If you’re not good enough to make money with your music, get a job and make music in your spare time. Maybe one day you’ll make the grade.

f.

]]> By: mark http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-254574 mark Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:04:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-254574 I've been a happy customer for a while. Prior to this, my last music purchase was about 2 years ago when I bought one CD as a gift. I wasn't using P2P networks either, I just stopped getting any new music that wasn't given to me. I even used AllofMP3 to get mp3s of all my old vinyl - financially ruinous if I went to the store and bought overpriced reissues on CD. The CD prices are inflated by the marketing and production models, and online services with their DRM schemes promise to make me pay several times for music I buy because I'm getting a license instead of the product. If the music industry were to follow this model, they - and by translation the musicians: - would all make more money - true pirating would diminish (container loads of CDs coming from eastern Europe and China are the real piracy problem) - new musicians would fare better because labels could get behind more groups for less risk and capital cost If AllofMP3 shuts down, I will probably stop buying music again until it's worth my while. I think there are a lot of other people willing to pay for ease of use and no DRM, and who feel that the studios are run by a bunch of greedy asshats who want to bill us over and over for the same product. I’ve been a happy customer for a while. Prior to this, my last music purchase was about 2 years ago when I bought one CD as a gift. I wasn’t using P2P networks either, I just stopped getting any new music that wasn’t given to me.

I even used AllofMP3 to get mp3s of all my old vinyl - financially ruinous if I went to the store and bought overpriced reissues on CD.

The CD prices are inflated by the marketing and production models, and online services with their DRM schemes promise to make me pay several times for music I buy because I’m getting a license instead of the product.

If the music industry were to follow this model, they - and by translation the musicians:
- would all make more money
- true pirating would diminish (container loads of CDs coming from eastern Europe and China are the real piracy problem)
- new musicians would fare better because labels could get behind more groups for less risk and capital cost

If AllofMP3 shuts down, I will probably stop buying music again until it’s worth my while. I think there are a lot of other people willing to pay for ease of use and no DRM, and who feel that the studios are run by a bunch of greedy asshats who want to bill us over and over for the same product.

]]> By: MacGyver http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-253270 MacGyver Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-253270 Do you really thik the artists get ANY money from the online sale of their music. They have RECORD deals, which I'm sure includes CDs and tapes, but unless they have contracts for downloadable music, you can be sure the record companies have exploited them. Does anyone else remember when they got the "work for hire" bill passed, that took ALL of their rights away overnight. Saying that they were basically factory workers being paid wages, and therefore no longer owned their own music. If todays artists were smart, they would dump their current contracts, and post their work to a DRM-free universal music hostings site, and money money directly. Any 11 year old with a computer can MAKE music today if they have talent, you no longer need the labels. And as far as the artists getting paid, boo hoo, can anyone else here record themselves working once, and hand it in to the boss and expect to get paid everyday, NO. Why does everyone think that artists/actors should be. If they want to get paid, let them get paid the way they have been since the beginning of time, performing live. Do you really thik the artists get ANY money from the online sale of their music. They have RECORD deals, which I’m sure includes CDs and tapes, but unless they have contracts for downloadable music, you can be sure the record companies have exploited them.
Does anyone else remember when they got the “work for hire” bill passed, that took ALL of their rights away overnight. Saying that they were basically factory workers being paid wages, and therefore no longer owned their own music.
If todays artists were smart, they would dump their current contracts, and post their work to a DRM-free universal music hostings site, and money money directly. Any 11 year old with a computer can MAKE music today if they have talent, you no longer need the labels.
And as far as the artists getting paid, boo hoo, can anyone else here record themselves working once, and hand it in to the boss and expect to get paid everyday, NO. Why does everyone think that artists/actors should be.
If they want to get paid, let them get paid the way they have been since the beginning of time, performing live.

]]> By: TQ White II http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252872 TQ White II Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:35:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252872 When the RIAA, in a move that will someday be cited as the most foolish marketing move ever made, dispersed the Napster community, I always felt that they had missed the good move. They should have worked with Napster to provide the official, good, clean, version at the top of the search results and revised the system to take money for that version. I would have paid from day one. The only tracks I would have suffered through the desultory quality of peer-to-peer would be ones that are unavailable otherwise. AllofMP3 has again demonstrated that truth. When the RIAA, in a move that will someday be cited as the most foolish marketing move ever made, dispersed the Napster community, I always felt that they had missed the good move. They should have worked with Napster to provide the official, good, clean, version at the top of the search results and revised the system to take money for that version. I would have paid from day one. The only tracks I would have suffered through the desultory quality of peer-to-peer would be ones that are unavailable otherwise. AllofMP3 has again demonstrated that truth.

]]> By: + mzungu’s weblog + » Notiz: US-Regierung macht Werbung für AllofMP3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252437 + mzungu’s weblog + » Notiz: US-Regierung macht Werbung für AllofMP3 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:56:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252437 [...] Die US-Regierung ersetzt die Marketing-Abteilung bei AllofMP3 schreibt Techcrunch: […] all of the attention from the U.S. government is actually helping to spread the word about their service and increase sales. [...] [...] Die US-Regierung ersetzt die Marketing-Abteilung bei AllofMP3 schreibt Techcrunch: […] all of the attention from the U.S. government is actually helping to spread the word about their service and increase sales. [...]

]]> By: The Muso » Rumblings in the Digital Age http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252419 The Muso » Rumblings in the Digital Age Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:45:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-252419 [...] With everyone speculating on the state of current music distribution it seems that some rather important events are taking shape. Today’s news that Tower Records has gone bust [Cherryflava] and reports that Russia is coming under considerable pressure to close down one of our favourite sites: AllofMP3 [Techcrunch]. It seems that the existence of AllofMP3 appears to be the only barrier preventing Russia from entering the World Trade Organisation, quite incredible considering they only turn $25-35M a year. I know that’s a heap of cash but by WTO standards it’s an afternoon drinks bill. [...] [...] With everyone speculating on the state of current music distribution it seems that some rather important events are taking shape. Today’s news that Tower Records has gone bust [Cherryflava] and reports that Russia is coming under considerable pressure to close down one of our favourite sites: AllofMP3 [Techcrunch]. It seems that the existence of AllofMP3 appears to be the only barrier preventing Russia from entering the World Trade Organisation, quite incredible considering they only turn $25-35M a year. I know that’s a heap of cash but by WTO standards it’s an afternoon drinks bill. [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251211 Mark Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:33:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251211 In the dance music world DRM-free digital music is the norm. Look at http://beatport.com http://traxsource.com to name just a couple of stores (There are tons). Beatport provides music in 320kbs mp3s, 192kbs mp4s and full wav. The music costs more and people are willing to pay it. I've personally bought about 500 tracks from beatport. M In the dance music world DRM-free digital music is the norm. Look at http://beatport.com
http://traxsource.com

to name just a couple of stores (There are tons).

Beatport provides music in 320kbs mp3s, 192kbs mp4s and full wav.
The music costs more and people are willing to pay it. I’ve personally bought about 500 tracks from beatport.

M

]]> By: US Government giving AllOfMP3 free publicity at acidlabs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251106 US Government giving AllOfMP3 free publicity at acidlabs Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:57:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251106 [...] TechCrunch notes today that the issue of AllOfMP3 seems to be the key blocker when it comes to Russia joining the WTO. [...] [...] TechCrunch notes today that the issue of AllOfMP3 seems to be the key blocker when it comes to Russia joining the WTO. [...]

]]> By: RobH http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251054 RobH Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:34:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-251054 - AllofMP3 succeeds because it's cheap, DRM-free and offers a variety of formats. - AllofMP3 will be shut down eventually, count on it. Whether or not they re-emerge elsewhere or as a different service remains to be seen. - The record labels, RIAA, MPAA etc., will NEVER abandon DRM because their whole business model is based on GREED. Have you ever seen a poor record company exec?? - AllofMP3 succeeds because it’s cheap, DRM-free and offers a variety of formats.
- AllofMP3 will be shut down eventually, count on it. Whether or not they re-emerge elsewhere or as a different service remains to be seen.
- The record labels, RIAA, MPAA etc., will NEVER abandon DRM because their whole business model is based on GREED. Have you ever seen a poor record company exec??

]]> By: sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250974 sean Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:06:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250974 "if someone wants to get a song for both the such and such mp3 player that only accepts such and such formats they will buy it at that price i think this reasoning doesn't go far enough. for eg. the ipod plays drm free music. should the business model of AOMP3 becomes more widespread, others will have to compete and adopt the model to survive. the itunes store may start selling drm free music before other online stores associated with major labels, only because apple has been ahead of the curve since it's inception. "if they want more then one format but dont want to do it themselves they can buy more then one format (and depending if the company offers sales for buying seperate formats the company is making money by copying that song for that person) " who's rich & dumb enough to pay for the same thing more than once, lord of the ring fans? i don't buy drm'd music and never will. i bought one song from the ITMS, couldn't burn it as an mp3 and that was that. surely the record labels would LOVE it if people had to buy their crap over again, look what cds did for their industry! but really, the freedom and quality every succeeding technology brings belongs to the consumer not the seller. content control is evil, evil, evil. “if someone wants to get a song for both the such and such mp3 player that only accepts such and such formats
they will buy it at that price

i think this reasoning doesn’t go far enough. for eg. the ipod plays drm free music. should the business model of AOMP3 becomes more widespread, others will have to compete and adopt the model to survive.

the itunes store may start selling drm free music before other online stores associated with major labels, only because apple has been ahead of the curve since it’s inception.

“if they want more then one format but dont want to do it themselves
they can buy more then one format (and depending if the company offers sales for buying seperate formats the company is making money by copying that song for that person) ”

who’s rich & dumb enough to pay for the same thing more than once, lord of the ring fans? i don’t buy drm’d music and never will. i bought one song from the ITMS, couldn’t burn it as an mp3 and that was that.

surely the record labels would LOVE it if people had to buy their crap over again, look what cds did for their industry! but really, the freedom and quality every succeeding technology brings belongs to the consumer not the seller. content control is evil, evil, evil.

]]> By: marie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250670 marie Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:53:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250670 Just use <a href="http://www.mytuneslive.com" rel="nofollow">mytuneslive.com</a> Its legal and awesome! You can't download music though, that would be illegal... Just use mytuneslive.com Its legal and awesome! You can’t download music though, that would be illegal…

]]> By: atomic1fire http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250632 atomic1fire Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:29:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250632 if major labels followed aomp3s model im sure profits would go up think about it this way if someone wants to get a song for both the such and such mp3 player that only accepts such and such formats they will buy it at that price if they want more then one format but dont want to do it themselves they can buy more then one format (and depending if the company offers sales for buying seperate formats the company is making money by copying that song for that person) if major labels followed aomp3s model
im sure profits would go up

think about it this way

if someone wants to get a song for both the such and such mp3 player that only accepts such and such formats
they will buy it at that price

if they want more then one format but dont want to do it themselves
they can buy more then one format (and depending if the company offers sales for buying seperate formats the company is making money by copying that song for that person)

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AllofMP3、アメリカ政府にプロモーションをアウトソーシング中 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250351 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AllofMP3、アメリカ政府にプロモーションをアウトソーシング中 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:14:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250351 [...] [原文へ] AllofMP3 [...] [...] [原文へ] AllofMP3 [...]

]]> By: Julian Bond http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250140 Julian Bond Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:49:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250140 "Free" music is anything but if you count in the time spent searching, downloading, restarting downloads, cleaning tags, cleaning filenames. Cheap and easy can beat free and difficult. j Block and Sergey point out how well the AllOfMp3 model works. What we ought to have is a legal western version of the same thing. As for the price and royalty payments, I think music just isn't worth what it used to be worth. An album is only worth $2-3 these days not $8, $12, $20 as it used to be. Can artists be paid and middlemen take their cut at those prices? Well I rather think they can. Just not the vast sums they've been taking in the past. And as for DRM? DRM Is Killing Music. Just Say No To DRM. “Free” music is anything but if you count in the time spent searching, downloading, restarting downloads, cleaning tags, cleaning filenames. Cheap and easy can beat free and difficult. j Block and Sergey point out how well the AllOfMp3 model works. What we ought to have is a legal western version of the same thing.

As for the price and royalty payments, I think music just isn’t worth what it used to be worth. An album is only worth $2-3 these days not $8, $12, $20 as it used to be. Can artists be paid and middlemen take their cut at those prices? Well I rather think they can. Just not the vast sums they’ve been taking in the past.

And as for DRM? DRM Is Killing Music. Just Say No To DRM.

]]> By: Robin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250134 Robin Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:45:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250134 Vladmir In many ways I think that DRM is a sin and shame: Music and the Arts have a special place in society: they for instance they are one of the few industries that can be promoted on TV, in Magazines, Newspapers etc with out restriction (at least in the UK and Europe): they are not just industries like the Shareholders or Accountants believe. I don't support stealing from Bands or Artists, but I don't like the restrictions placed on me by DRM: I pay for the music and I want (demand) the right to transfer music to my laptop, my PDA, my car and to lend music to a friend (if I do that I'm effectively acting as sales person) without feeling like I am a criminal. CRM is much too restrictive: I have always wondered why I can't exchange damaged CD albums/DVDs , if they get damaged, for the cost of the media after all I have bought the licence already. AofM3 is part of a redressing of the market forces between consumer and the providers: I hope that it will (in its possibly short life) help redress a balance that has swung too far against the consumer Vladmir

In many ways I think that DRM is a sin and shame: Music and the Arts have a special place in society: they for instance they are one of the few industries that can be promoted on TV, in Magazines, Newspapers etc with out restriction (at least in the UK and Europe): they are not just industries like the Shareholders or Accountants believe.

I don’t support stealing from Bands or Artists, but I don’t like the restrictions placed on me by DRM: I pay for the music and I want (demand) the right to transfer music to my laptop, my PDA, my car and to lend music to a friend (if I do that I’m effectively acting as sales person) without feeling like I am a criminal.

CRM is much too restrictive: I have always wondered why I can’t exchange damaged CD albums/DVDs , if they get damaged, for the cost of the media after all I have bought the licence already.

AofM3 is part of a redressing of the market forces between consumer and the providers: I hope that it will (in its possibly short life) help redress a balance that has swung too far against the consumer

]]> By: Vladimir http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250108 Vladimir Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250108 Hello guys! I'm from Russia. I think that AllofMP3 is a sin and a shame! I'm surprised that so many pirate mp3 fans in America :( You should stop support our thiefs (or maybe you are thinking innocent until proven guilty???) p.s. sorry for bad English, I have never been in USA Hello guys! I’m from Russia. I think that AllofMP3 is a sin and a shame! I’m surprised that so many pirate mp3 fans in America :( You should stop support our thiefs (or maybe you are thinking innocent until proven guilty???)

p.s. sorry for bad English, I have never been in USA

]]> By: Beener http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250077 Beener Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:13:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250077 yes yes

]]> By: Shadoobie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250059 Shadoobie Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:54:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250059 Just to clarify, we can't participate in this service if we live in the U.S.? Just to clarify, we can’t participate in this service if we live in the U.S.?

]]> By: Beener http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250053 Beener Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:50:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250053 "Look, lets just drop the pretense that we’re all concerned with IP and artist’s rights, OK? What the success of AllofMP3 shows is that people want music for as close to free as possible and really could care less if the artist gets a dime." People make it sound like if we are buying our music from companies like iTunes and even the CD's themselves that the artists are seeing a ton of money. We need to remember that most of the money is going to the record company and that the artist isn't gaining a crapload of money from the sale of a single disk. “Look, lets just drop the pretense that we’re all concerned with IP and artist’s rights, OK? What the success of AllofMP3 shows is that people want music for as close to free as possible and really could care less if the artist gets a dime.”

People make it sound like if we are buying our music from companies like iTunes and even the CD’s themselves that the artists are seeing a ton of money. We need to remember that most of the money is going to the record company and that the artist isn’t gaining a crapload of money from the sale of a single disk.

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250006 dave Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:19:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/07/allofmp3-outsources-marketing-to-us-government/#comment-250006 I am happy to note that you are willing to pay for DRM-free, high-quality music Michael. That makes it one man less from countless download soldiers who are more than content with getting music without having to pay for it. I agree that DRM is not a good way to restrict music sharing but I do think that it is not possible for musicians to excel (as opposed to get by) without making it hard for copyright violators and stop their "get-it-for-free, click my ads and make me rich" scheme. I am happy to note that you are willing to pay for DRM-free, high-quality music Michael. That makes it one man less from countless download soldiers who are more than content with getting music without having to pay for it.

I agree that DRM is not a good way to restrict music sharing but I do think that it is not possible for musicians to excel (as opposed to get by) without making it hard for copyright violators and stop their “get-it-for-free, click my ads and make me rich” scheme.

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