tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post1506104922505515652..comments2024-03-18T11:43:53.754+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Cameron offers bribe in return for censorshipSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-86461942277822206372008-08-24T13:54:00.000+00:002008-08-24T13:54:00.000+00:00Downloading does more for British culture than any...Downloading does more for British culture than any other distribution method. It helps people discover new music they would not normally listen to. I myself discovered Radiohead in this way, and have subsequently purchased all of their albums and EPs. It also allows those who are less well off (largely due to the last Tory government) to experience new music despite being unable to afford CDs which are ridiculously expensive. All great musicians have been inspired by earlier musicians, and this increased variety will only create more innovative young musicians. And that can't be bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-29824251553280110122008-08-15T18:41:00.000+00:002008-08-15T18:41:00.000+00:00Sally, one word: Radiohead.Sally, one word: Radiohead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-59092957093990778272008-07-10T09:46:00.000+00:002008-07-10T09:46:00.000+00:00From what i know of it most record deals involve s...From what i know of it most record deals involve signing away the copyright (to some extent) on your music and then the record company gives you what ever it is they feel they should. <BR/><BR/>personnally I think we'd be better off if most of the recording industry died and artists moved to self-distribution online. At this point the recording industry does very little that I can see. Musicians will still need promoters and managers but who says they need someone to record their CDs for them? I would rather be sent a basic recorded CD or just download the track - I barely use CDs any more.LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18416196348356861249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-55202644634090425562007-07-08T19:22:00.000+00:002007-07-08T19:22:00.000+00:00DAVID CAMERON ROCKS!!!! yes! I am a youthful adole...DAVID CAMERON ROCKS!!!! yes! I am a youthful adolescent, and i say he is COOL! more than what can be said for PM Gordon Brown. Vote Conservative...because I can't as I'm not 18! haha.<BR/>Please don't insult Mr Cameron again, it's offensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-22149132514889557112007-07-06T16:44:00.000+00:002007-07-06T16:44:00.000+00:00Actually part of me would rather see artists flipp...Actually part of me <I>would</I> rather see artists flipping burgers! Creativity in music too often gets progressively lacking as the artist gets too used to the "rockstar" lifestyle. <BR/><BR/><B>"Why not make yourself part of the solution instead of part of the problem?"</B><BR/>What on earth does that even mean? Are you honestly suggesting that somehow the country is miserable (which it really isn't) because people who enjoy listening to music download it illegally? <BR/><BR/>And also why should one be automatically be proud of our music industry based simply on sales? What difference does it make if UK sales abroad (btw Sally there's more countries out there than just the US) are one in twelve, one in a million or none. Oh of course, you must be one of those people who don't realise that it's not a commodity. I am proud of our country's music and quite frankly couldn't give a toss whether or not anybody anywhere buys it (including in the UK). I just enjoy listening to someone's art and if nobody else likes it I'm not going to stop being proud of it. <BR/><BR/>Bring out the troubadours!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-61722055626449178972007-07-06T12:23:00.000+00:002007-07-06T12:23:00.000+00:00So Cameron will be ensuring there's a police inves...So Cameron will be ensuring there's a police investigation into the reports that MPs have been defrauding the taxpayer on their expsnses by claiming for items such as iPods.<BR/><BR/>And Sally, learn a thing or two about the subject before you talk such shite.<BR/><BR/>Most musicians are better off flipping burgers because the record companies have been screwing them on the recoupables for years, not because of illegal downloading. People who download have been shown to be the very people who buy most CDs. They're fans, like the people who downloaded movies then bought tickets for the cinema in record numbers, like the people who bought VCRs in the 80s and saved the movie industry from terminal decline.<BR/><BR/>We're proud of the music, but ashamed of the business, because, as any UK band manager will tell you, it doesn't operate like any other business, or like any other country's music business.M.C. Glammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666737142890454949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-46204595097251846922007-07-06T11:39:00.000+00:002007-07-06T11:39:00.000+00:00Sally,People have been pirating music for years! C...Sally,<BR/><BR/>People have been pirating music for years! Cassettes (and later on CDR's) being swapped in my youth were one of the major ways of discovering new music.<BR/>I don't believe the post is saying the British music industry is crap, as it clearly isn’t, it's talking about it's short sightedness<BR/><BR/>I would fucking love to see Pete Doherty flipping burgers though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-44532596650858019002007-07-06T11:35:00.000+00:002007-07-06T11:35:00.000+00:00Mate,Possibly the greatest blog entry ever. Fact."...Mate,<BR/><BR/>Possibly the greatest blog entry ever. Fact.<BR/><BR/>"If Cameron was a brave thinker, he'd have run with 'copyright is currently integral to your profit model, copyright is not secure, so it is time to discover a new business model that can react to that'. But then, if the music industry was as innovative as it was supposed to be, they'd have come up with a new way of working for themselves"<BR/><BR/>So incredibly true. Yet again the inherent pessimism of the music industry continually see's potential opportunities as horrifying threats.<BR/>I can just imagine the BPI members looking at Cameron in a supercilious manner whilst he sprouted this stuff.<BR/><BR/>Cheers for this, the "Hang about, he's going to suggest we get that guy who kicked the useless suicide bomber in the bollocks to police the internet." Made me cry.<BR/><BR/>sPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-58661774416886266202007-07-06T11:30:00.000+00:002007-07-06T11:30:00.000+00:00Oh, get a life!Why the bile? Did you have imagina...Oh, get a life!<BR/><BR/>Why the bile? Did you have imaginary friends when you were little?<BR/><BR/>You are exactly the sort of malcontent that Cameron has correctly identified as being the reason life in Britain is so unnecessarily miserable.<BR/><BR/>Cheer up, FFS.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and check your facts before you put any more of this drivel on your narcissistic little site. Here is a real life fact that you obviously can't stomach:<BR/><BR/>UK acts now account for one in 12 albums sold in the US (not according to Cameron or BPI, but Nielsen)<BR/><BR/>You should be proud of the British music scene, its diversity and its appeal overseas. Maybe you'd be happy if we went back to the dark ages where troubadours played you a tune if you bought them a goblet of mead.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line - musicians don't get paid for their art if people rip their music without permission or payment and distribute it to millions. So all your favourite performers would still be flipping burgers instead of giving you something to write about.<BR/><BR/>Why not make yourself part of the solution instead of part of the problem?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040994571733557330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-87531063791335822272007-07-05T21:30:00.000+00:002007-07-05T21:30:00.000+00:00If i get done for downloading music I want you as ...If i get done for downloading music I want you as my Lawyer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-84621983687799685442007-07-05T16:29:00.000+00:002007-07-05T16:29:00.000+00:00and the worst of it is that people are buying this...and the worst of it is that people are buying this. I honestly don't think that the majority of people in the country realise that a copyright extension won't remotely benefit some low earning sessions musicians. (In fact, as I see it, it surely would be quite harmful to their livelihood) <BR/><BR/>Then again the majority of people in the country probably also believe that rap music brainwashes people into popping' a cap in their proverbial ass. <BR/><BR/>Oh well I feel like nobody's listening to me anyway. I'm off to make somebody a modern day Matty Groves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com