[Rumori] re: Songwriters Say Piracy Eats Into Their Pay

[stAllio! the original wanksta]

--- David meme <david at locarecords.com> wrote:
> Arguing about whether or not the man lost money is ridiculous. 

i didn't see anyone arguing about *whether* he lost money...  the
argument was about *how much* he lost, since the article gave a clearly
inflated figure.  he might be losing money, but not $46,000.

> Fundamentally I think it is a no-brainer to accept that if someone 
> downloads an album then they are hardly likely to shell out cash for
> a 
> physical CD (unless the quality is bad).

maybe *you* won't.  maybe the "typical" person won't.  but if i
download something i really like, then have an opportunity to buy it
later, i will often buy it.  don't project your buying habits onto
everyone else.

one of the most significant things about this article (which i was
surprised nobody else had mentioned, though i see now that m. simons
has) is that it's ostensibly about *songwriters*, but strouse is
griping about lost royalties for a song he technically *did not write*.
 he wrote his song 25+ years ago, which jay-z then sampled.

i would say that lost sample royalties and lost songwriter royalties
are entirely different.

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