I run a music download site for underground musicians of whom the world has never heard. I also make music in several bands and sell this on the internet. We don’t make a penny. However myself and all the artists will continue to make music forever regardless of the money because we love it- of that I have no doubt. So genres will never die out because truly creative people don’t do it for the cash, its only ever been the commercial bollocks that has made any money, so file sharing has little impact on underground music anyway.

In my opinion the internet is helping smaller, underground musicals reach their audiences, it is the big record labels, who have had control on what we hear for the entire history of the record industry, who are crapping in their pants as I speak. They have ripped off artists and consumers alike for decades, now they are getting a taste of their own sh*t.

What we need is a system where downloads are defiantly tracked, but you are legally allowed to download any time. Then internet users are taxed, say 0.5%, and the extra income is divided among the artists according to thier number of downloads. If this was implemented then the wealth would be distributed, artists would get more, people could download QUALITY whenever they want and the music industry would create a bigger revenue than ever before. As a consumer you’d never even notice.

I guarantee this is the only solution.

On a final note – We should all bloody wake up and stop using this fu**ing stone-age system called money – it only supports greed and competition and hinders technological advances and cultural enlightenment.

@ shayne
“Why doesn’t the music industry follow in the foot steps of any search engine or website that makes money off of advertisements. Google and yahoo take in huge revenue from advertisements. Why not offer their own songs from the own website for free and collect revenue from advertising.”

WOW thats genius =D that would be a way better solution than a 3 strikes – you’re out law

filesharing wont kill off the big companies but will kill off small music genres eg Hardcore trance etc!

there is sooooooo many more problems in england like all the yobs killing people, phedo’s, robbery ect. but a big group of politicts have got together and thought:

we either spend money on the crimes that are crippling Britian.. OR………..
we make as much money as we can taxin Britian in another atempt to watch every move we make.

i seriously hope the isp’s are doing everything they can to stop this law going through because they will lose SOOOOOOOOOO much money if this goes through because most of the people that buy these 20MB+ Broadband deals are the ones that download all the movies, music and games.

@ Wibbly (post #28) i can only hope that your right mate because i cant think of anything else that id want to use the internet 4.

How much business are the isp willing to loss to force these rules.

Two scenario’s

1st. A business lossing internet access because multiple users download illegal content. Is an ISP going to cancel a big client.

2nd. Home users downloading illegal content. Are the ISP’s willing to lose thousands of clients.

If they actually implement this law. An easy way around it would be to create a simple encryption which changes file name and bit around. Hell sending the data backwards would most likely get the data by the isp with out them know.

Who going to create this software to scan the packets and what would the price tag to this software be.

1. By offering the songs for free you would make the market for illegal copies of the product not worth while creating. Majority of consumer would respect this avenue and would goto the correct site to get the music.

2. You would create an avenue to generate a lot of money to make up for loss in sales.

3. Look at all the money you would save by not having to research piracy formats. No more lawsuits about incompatible mp3 players.

PS. Are they going to hook my tape deck or VCR up to the internet, so they can find out when I’m recording live feeds too. (radio, cable/satilite tv) Thats why the cd came out. There was no way copy them at first.

It certainly works for me…

I have bought hundreds of original DVDs in my life. I am not going to buy any DVD, I am not going to the cinema, I am not buying any CD until they have given up their war against us – their consumers. They have no right to watch my internet connection, they have no right to force the ISPs to do that for them, they have no right to fight innovation and make everyone responsible for their inability to adapt themselves to this new situation… but they don’t understand. So lets let their wallets do the talking.

It would be much easier to live without their stupid movies than without freedom.

Entertainment has been around for jundreds of years in all sorts.. They didn’t have big flashy Ads.

You are aware when you watch a film such their are dozens of placed ads by sponsors which they would of received millions for.

Take for example James bond – Casino Royale. Can you honestly say that the vaio and sony phones were rammed in you’re face in a really obvious way?

If were talking about supporting the industry- then we do. We go to the cinema when they produce something worthwhile, we buy cd’s when its of an artist that you know is a worthwhile purchase.

I download yes, just because

a) I’m impatient and want american shows as they are released in the states. I still pay my tv license..

b) Again, the quality of ‘entertainment’ the past few years has been dire!

The industry is NEVER going to die… believing that in 20 years it is going to vanish is a terrible terrible assumption.

It’s technology, they need to learn to work with it not fight it. And suiing everyone of their “clients” of their work is not moving with it.

Downie.

Also, this is a great way to end open wifi as we know it.

If the UK are proposing these measures.. and feel that it is possible to enforce.. then why do so many other internet crimes go on within the UK?

I hate to do it and use the word… but every now and then a story crops up regarding Paedophiles within the UK managing to get access to sites which hosts this illegal content. Why oh why.. is the government flexing their “Big Brother” muscle on illegal downloading and not focussing this on the greater good? Not just paedophiles, but Internet fraud also!

Now I don’t know my exact stats on this… but i’m pretttty confident Internet Fraud within the UK costs far greater than copyright infringement. As I say I could be completely wrong, but as a British citizen I can say I would far prefer hearing Fraudsters and paedophiles are being “banned”, and not someone sat at their pc watching the latest ‘pirated’ movie while drinking some OJ.

But as most folk have already said- I look forward to when I’m sat on my flying pig and reading the paper of users being caught with this new proposed law.

Downie.

//end rant.

I’m starting a new political party (hidden behind a proxy sever) in the UK called the ‘pirating-party.com’ vote for me in the coming elections…..

I’ll bet my right arm most have never used a PC!!

LOL