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File Sharing – A Great Tool for Taste-Testing, Says Artist
Pharell Williams disapproves with the perception that file-sharing produces negative effects. The artist has expressed his opinion in a statement for MidemNet, where he suggested that this type of practice could actually have a pronounced positive impact, MusicWeek reports. “You need to embrace technology and see how it can help you,” he said.
Continue reading »‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Radiohead’s Guitarist Says
In an attempt to take a stand against the labels, several well known artists including Radiohead formed the Featured Artists Coalition last year, a lobby group that aims to end the extortion-like practices of record labels and allow artists to gain more control over their own work. Radiohead and others are unhappy with the fact that the labels, represented by lobby groups such as the RIAA and IFPI, are pushing for anti-piracy legislation without consulting the artists they claim to represent. Radiohead, who used BitTorrent to leak one of their songs, went as far as being willing to show up as a witness against the RIAA in court.
Continue reading »Better Throttling than Disconnecting, Says Musician
In the light of the latest events linked to p2p regulations, such as Lord Mandelson’s announcement for implementing disconnection plans and EU’s scheduled amendment for the current legislation which we reported earlier today , file sharers could still benefit from a discarded “three strikes” piracy model. One of the artists opposing such a model has always been Radiohead’s guitarist Ed O'Brien, who while not supporting UK government's decision to enforce the cutting-off plans, believes that something must be done to stop online piracy and he sees bandwidth throttling as a good solution. Here are some good points why “three strikes” legislation is, ultimately an aberration.
Continue reading »Sonic Youth: Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” Made Other Artists Look Bad
Criticizes pay what you want model for making less popular musician brothers and sisters look bad for “not offering their music for whatever.” Alternative rock band Sonic Youth recently sat down with the UK’s Guardian to discuss the state of music and their band’s latest album “The Eternal.” In it they they make some observations and comments that makes one wonder if they’re having a hard time adapting to the realities of a digital music world. It recently left Geffen Records for Indie Rock label Matador Records because “[Geffen] weren’t doing much for us besides putting the records out,” says guitarist Thurston Moore .” The band contemplated going the Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” route where fans could pay as much or as little as they choose for a digital download of an album, but said it would’ve taken too much time and effort and would’ve been insulting to their less popular “musician brothers and sisters.” “I don’t really think they did it by themselves,” continues bassist Kim Gordon . “They did a marketing ploy by themselves and then got someone else to put it out.
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