RIAA is Gay Thread

[Helm]

I used to be quite against filesharing. I argued with Chojin when I first started visiting these boards about it too, if memory serves. I was against mainly because the fact that such bands as Psychotic Waltz or Sieges Even had to disband because they couldn't sustain themselves with their sales, whereas everyone involved at the then prog metal scene would rant and rave about how great those bands are, simply because a friend ripped them a copy. It just burned my ass that people could be so hypocritical. Besides, as a person that might at some point get involved in the 'music buisness' it became twice a problem to be on the recieving end of this situation.

But it turns out PW or said SE didn't get as much as peanuts from royalities anyway. A cd costs very little to manufacture, very little to ship here or there (mass quantities) and not as much as people would think to produce properly. Turns out Psychotic Waltz AND Sieges Even where at some point fucked by the music industry, which contributed to their disbanding. The problem isn't in piracy. The problem is in the industry.

Now I don't give a fuck if people do nothing but download all day, never buying a record. The more the contribute in the downfall of the current music industry, the sooner such will occur. And it will be a happy time. I'm pretty certain than any artist that is really determined to live off his art, can put the money for a production out of his own pocket, and then circulate his music through the internet for quite less money than what a regular CD costs and very soon start generating a profit.