[Fmpro] P2P & Piracy

[JJB]

Here is a model that could work if musicians made it work:

The visual arts model:

Sell the original for what it is really worth. Not $1, not $15, but a 
figure that represents the actual time and energy that went into making 
the music. So, a new song might be worth $20,000 or $5000, or $50,000, 
or more. Selling an authorized copy of the song would be say $100 or 
$500 for a "print" in a lower quality medium.  After a certain number of 
years, the composer or writer might allow the music to be distributed on 
a lower cost model without copy restrictions.

In addition, the original would be, say a 24bit 192khz file with some 
kind of watermark indicating not only the author of the song, but the 
person it was sold to, so that unauthorized copies would have the 
signature of the person who allowed it to be duplicated, and thus the 
purchaser could be sued for breach of contract. The watermarking could 
be some kind of mathematically generated sound that would be part of the 
music, or at least affect the music in a way that does not annoy people 
the way current watermarking technology does.

 - Joel



Pete wrote:
> I agree, it's either that or only release our material
> on vinyl. :-)
>
> --- Christopher Alpiar <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:
>   
>> It requires government to get involved. somehow
>> someway
>>     
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