YARRRRRR MATEYYY

As far as i am aware (i have heard this somewhere) it is fine to doownload the songs,just as long as you use them privatly (so you can't re-upload them.

Ban, this blog is meaningless.

They can do what they want, 'cause a pirate is free.

I thought this was about pirates. Lol.

YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE YOU ARE A PIRATE. ;D

Weird Al pirates metallica songs.

I can't even. I get that it's wrong, but you're arguing with satan himself. And satan CAN'T get money, and Satan isn't going without. And in the end, Satan doesn't care.


What do you suggest I do, otherwise? I'm not going without right now when I can get it for free now and buy it later.

Even downloading songs from YouTube converters is illegal even though most people think it's ok.

DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE! YOU ARE A PIRATE!

Funny thing is... the songs I download are 20-30 years old. xD

Arr.

All my music comes from what's on my sister's laptop. If She pirates it, I'm sorry for using it.

I think we would pirate music less if there were a viable software less evil than iTunes.

This reminds me of the Weird Al song several years back called "Don't Download This Song", which he put for free as an MP3 on MySpace.

I took several music business and production classes in college. One important thing I learned from the classes is just how many people are involved in the process of making an album (most of which apply to both physical and digital forms): singer/band, lyricists, composers, managers, agents, studio engineers, studio musicians, producers, distributors, graphic artists, printers, fabricators, marketers.

If you take iTunes pricing as an example: a song generally costs $.99 (USD). Apple takes a $.30 cut for their distribution and marketing fee (which is equivalent to distribution, marketing, and wholesaling, in the physical realm). That leaves $.69 to divide amongst all the parties involved in making the song. The producers usually take about half of that (already paid to the studio employees), cutting the remainder for everyone else to $.35. Now, that amount gets split for the singer/band, lyricists, composers, graphic artists - basically anyone who can claim copyrights, trademarks, or performance rights. Graphic artists get a very small sliver of the proverbial pie, so let's say that $.33 remains for those involved in creating and performing the music. From that, agents and managers probably take 20%-25%. Now, you have $.27 left. Assuming that the production company didn't create some kind of sleazy contract that capped earnings (which they will frequently do), this probably leaves $.09 for each remaining party. If a band has multiple members (which most obviously do), that gets further divided. Some people can take multiple roles (like lyricist and performer), but that's still nearly nothing earned - just pennies.

The point to all of this is that it takes a massive amount of album and song sales to make any meaningful money. Large concerts may bring in $10000 of profit for the group, after all marketing and venue expenses, so they don't get rich here, either, unless there are dozens of concerts per year for albums released every couple years. Most of the money made actually comes from playtime on the radio, in restaurants, in schools, and even in elevators! Cover bands in clubs, bars, and churches, pay royalties, as well. Piracy does happen in this realm, by skipping out on reporting plays, but this is still where most of the money flows in.

Takes from these facts whatever you want. I'm just presenting them to you.

And I am starting to record music, so I understand a lot about pirating. But there's nothing indies can do about it. Most of the music I listen to is pony music which is usually free.

I buy music when I can. But what if I don't have a bandcamp account, and I really want an album. I like to give people money for their songs, so if I really like an album that I pirated, I'll buy the album just 'cause. I've wasted quite a bit of money on albums I thought I'd like, but hate instead.

Do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!
No, rly. It's bad.

What if a pirate writes a song? And what if a pirate wants to download a song about pirates? OR, what if there were pirates inside the music you downloaded? You'd be downloading pirates right to your computer.




What about pictures of pirates?

-1 because I wasn't mentioned in this blog.

Moo

Good blog!