OFF: One possible digital music future

[Michael Blackman]

All these things are allready being pirated and circulated either on the net
or at "black markets" - cd's, movies, programs etc
and I dont know of anyone who gets a "royalty" payment on second hand sales
for products they created.  They normally get paid the royalty when it is
sold new.


----- Original Message -----
From: "HawkFan" <hawkfan at RATSAUCE.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: One possible digital music future


> I can see a time, in the not too distant future, when anything in digital
> form will be routinely pirated and circulated on the Internet. That means
> any CD, any film or any book can be downloaded provided only you make a
> minimal effort to look for it. A few people will still want to buy the
> originals to get the packaging, but in general the market will collapse.
> Maybe that means people will stop making CDs and films, but I suspect that
> it actually means artists will derive their income from other means like
> live performances.
>
> JR
>
> PS For the record all my Hawkwind CDs are originals, even though many of
> them I had to buy on eBay at a grossly inflated price of which the band
get
> nothing :-(
>