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Topic History of: For KZ... paying for downloads/my view...
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DJones |
I agree with DJKZ. The way into the future is to make money from all the ways people use music:
Legalise filesharing, and charge some kind of flat rate from the downloaders.
Some details on the King Crimson case:
Robert Fripp / King Crimson own the rights to their songs (after a long fight with EG Records, I think). In 1993 he / they licensed the catalog for 10 years to Virgin. In 2003 Virgin licensed the songs to iTunes and OD2, without permission.
When the contract between Fripp/King Crimson and Virgin was up for renewal, the band demanded 75 per cent of the online money. Virgin refused, the agreement ended. But the songs were still available for download. When Fripp asked Virgin to stop the illegal distribution of KC-Songs he got the following reply:
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For KZ |
my website is
www.mkitcher.com
The e-mail link is on the front page.
looking forward to it mate.
Martin |
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Bemuso |
Robert Fripp's diary is quite illuminating. He had a hell of a time getting his catalogue back under control... I'm not sure he's managed even now. And that was his old label (EMI?) licensing left, right and centre.
This digital distribution lark is a nightmare, and largely incompetence rather than deviousness (or am I being too kind?). My guess is things never really changed... it's just all become more visible.
I think the old freebies then sales approach is a good one... but you might have your work cut out getting your licensing instructions followed. |
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DJKZ |
Exactly this is a big problem which i cant see going away. Hence bands should get in the habit of perhaps using streams on their website, not that it will stop the crims from hijacking your music but at least encourage fans to go to the 'official' source to get the mpfree. Lol
MArtin got a rough mix of the one minute track for you. Where do i send it ?
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KZ |
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Martin K |
This morning, completely by accident, I discovered two of my works available from a download site that I had never heard of.
When I tried to access them, aol denied me access to the site, as I was not signed up.
Two other worrying things here, one is, all the money from one of the tracks, is supposed to be going to charity.
Second, the other track is not even available yet.
Conclusion? They have been taken from my website, and made available on a download site.
I am a tad confused to say the least.
I also have been informed that we are on another, worldwide site as a free download too.
This kind of thing seems to spiral at one heck of a rate currently. I adore being heard, but it`s a bit odd to have people giving your stuff out, independently, with no contact from them whatsoever.
I do agree at JK`s spreading of the word post above, however, the band of which we are working with this week, I am going to do physicals first, purely to recoup recording costs first, and fuel the large gig following. |
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