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Bono Blasts File-Sharers
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www.zeropaid.com/news/10054/Bono+Blasts+File-Sharers
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Says music has been relegated to "tap water," and that the "Internet has emasculated rather than liberated artists."
In an interview with USA Today, U2 frontman Bono criticizes the state of affairs in the music industry these days, and says that only after TV shows and movies are as easily shared as music will govt take forceful action to curb illegal file-sharing.
That indifference will vanish once "file-sharing of TV shows and movies becomes as easy as songs," Bono says. "Somebody is going to call the cops."
"From punk rock to hip-hop, from heavy metal to country, musicians walk along with a smile and jump like lemmings into the abyss," he says. "The music business has been thrown to the dogs legislatively."
Bono wants to stand up for artists against illegal file-sharing, but recognizes that he makes an odd spokesperson for struggling artists being that he's already made millions in the music biz. He's no doubt mindful of being compared to Metallica's and it's pioneering anti-file-sharing stance which led many to see the band as greedy and arrogant.
"People think people like me are overpaid and overnourished, and they're not wrong," says Bono. "What they're missing is, how does a songwriter get paid? There's no space for a Cole Porter in the modern age."
He also says the Internet has "emasculated rather than liberated artists."
But, there is still space for a Cole Porter in the digital music age. The Internet has merely changed HOW he'd get paid. File-sharing will never replace live music venues of course, and was Cole Porter ever able to sell tracks instantaneously to remote places like South Africa or Vietnam?
I think not.
Music itself has not nor ever will change, only the manner in which audiences listen to it will.
"It's not the place for rich rock stars to ask for more money, but somebody should fight for fellow artists, because this is madness. Music has become tap water, a utility, where for me it's a sacred thing, so I'm a little offended."
This is perhaps so, and many have called for blanket licensing schemes whereby Internet subscribers pay a tax for all-you-can-eat music consumption plans. But, music has in many ways become another form of on-demand entertainment like video games, movies, or TV shows, and although it cheapens the heart and soul put into an album, it's the reality of the digital music age we live in.
Hmm... i'll have to ponder this 
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on another note Lars Ulrich illegally downloaded their own album lol
www.zeropaid.com/news/10045/Metallica%27s+Drummer+Illegally+Downloads+%27Death+Magnetic
"The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand."
- Lewis Thomas
The majority of money made by musicians is from live shows. Having their music widely avaliable is the best advertisement for their shows possible.
It's St. Patrick's day. Shouldn't Bono be doing something irish?
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Didn't Bono learn anything from James Hetfeild. Millionaires complaining because the common man is keeping them from becoming billoniares isn't a popular arguement.
I figured if anyone would be happy that us 5 figure a year people could be happy without having to spend our hard earned money on the products of the 7, 8 or 9 figure it would of been Bono.
This sounds similar to the network news agencies critizing the internet news agencies because they do not have the education to properly "tell" a story in an unbias fashion.
God Bono is a douche. And why did he have to drag Cole Porter into this? Cole Porter made music that was lightyears better than Bono can ever make. Yea, I illegally download a whole lot of music, but if I think the album is worth my money after I listen to it, I order it on vinyl (if it's available) or cd. Artists just need to make music worth buying. If I download an album by a band of my liking, and there's 3 good songs, and 9 fillers, I feel the artist has shortchanged me, and they aren't worth my money.
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A lot of the stuff I download is stuff I wouldn't normally buy in the store anyway. So it gives me exposure to their music. And actually, there have been plenty of times I've downloaded something I never would have bought, then got used to it, and went and bought the cd.
I don't have a problem supporting real music artists. I do have a problem with most of the stuff put out as music these days because it sucks. It's only worth about a download, a couple of plays on WM Player, and then sent to the recycle bin.
I do, btw, own almost all of the U2 albums though. I did buy them. I like U2. Whether you like Bono or not, they are a great artists. They actually know how to play the instrument and combine the tones into something pleasurable to the ear.
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Now, first of all, don't get me wrong. file sharing is ilegal, when it's copyrighted material being shared anyway. I certainly don't want people thinking I'm coming onto here to tell people to go share all their copyrighted music.
I do think though that the way people like Bono here are acting is a BIT extreme. File sharing is barely harming sales, if it is at all. Music has been shared through some form or another since the invention of the cassette tape. How many people in the past have recorded radio broadcasts of a song, or copied a cassette tape from a friend or neighbour? I bet there's a lot out there that have. The practice has been around for ages, just the methods changed.
Personally though, I think bands should be trying to take advantage of it. After all, there's going to be more people out there hearing their music, possibly in countries where it wouldn't normally get a release. Their potential audience is growing as a result, so instead of trying to stamp out the sharing of music, why don't they instead take advantage of this increased popularity, and make an effort to make more related products more widespread? Have merchandise like shirts and stuff available in more places, and advertised and promoted more. Have more concert venues, and make some off the beaten track.
In an ideal world, there wouldn't be people breaking the law, but it happens. Sad as it may be, it happens, and it's hard to police it, let alone stop it. So find a way to work around that if it bothers you so much in my view, and maybe over time, another way to stop it will come along, that will work to the public and the artist's advantage.
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