Comments on: Music Piracy, It’s Your Choice. Or Is It?

by: GoldSounds » Australian Child has house raided by Feds for linking to file sharing site

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:21:27 +0000

[…] the article. One has to wonder where all this is leading. And once you’re done, go read more about the big picture of file sharing and the […]

by: Andy Polaine

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:39:03 +0000

Maybe the trackback did work then… sorry!

by: Andy Polaine

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:38:38 +0000

Perhaps it’s not just that the music is crap, but more that those shows reveal just what a sham and marketing scam 75% of the business is and we’ve all got a bit wiser as a result. I can’t imagine many people have been downloading pirate copies of Casey Donovan albums. This is exemplified by the fact that the independent labels doubled their album sales.

If it’s good and people are able to download it easily and legally, then they will. Has the music industry learned nothing from the iTunes Music Store? The kind of attitude ARIA are showing only drives people away from legitimate music because they resent the greed.

BTW, your trackbacks were closed (due to spam I imagine, I can sympathise). So this is an excerpt from my own blog reference to your piece.

by: Playpen

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:31:36 +0000

Piracy and Music sales

Interesting post about music piracy realities from Richard over at the Gadget Lounge (and also cross-posted on the Gadget Show on the Podcast Network). It reveals some misleading ARIA stats regarding the decline in music sales of 5-6% (depending on…

by: Cameron Reilly

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:50:00 +0000

nice post Richard. I’d also add that the whole “Australian Idol / X Factor / Pop Stars” debacle has driven the music industry to a dead end. They have scraped the bottom of the barrel and there is nowhere left to go. Why aren’t people buying new “big label” music? Because they are producing (mostly) crap. And everyone knows it. That’s what happens when the industry is run by lawyers and accountants.