Firstly, thanks for being nice.
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Originally Posted by XHipHop  This ENTIRE argument centers around this...why is the bbc ok with you sharing their information if it's non-commercial but the music industry isn't? |
Well I suppose the BBC makes all it's money from other means.
On the website there is advertising.
A lot of the website is brought together from the television and radio reports (which are paid for by UK television owners via a license fee).
And the BBC website is another quasi loss leader.
It helps to build the BBC brand all over the World and attracts people to listen to BBC radio and track down BBC produced television.
So for the music industry model to match, there would be a license fee for all music consumers, and there would be advertising attached to music.
But anyway, you make a decent point and I'm all for exploring new business models.
My summation is, musicians and print media journalists are looking down the barrel at a huge loss of paid work.
The BBC however pay all their staff the industry standard for the type of jobs they do.
So if someone is going to pay me my usual studio fee for playing on a record, despite that record being shared freely, or paid for with a very small fee, I will be very happy.