KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,979|6871|949

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Whats your opinion on people recording the radio? That was done long before the internet

What about watching TV shows otherwise unavailable in your country?  Or downloading a TV show when you already have and pay for a cable subscription and its freely available on the show's website?
recording the radio - meh, never really given it a second thought

tv shows otherwise unavailable in your country - buy the dvd
downloading a 'freely available' tv show - derp
Superior Mind
(not macbeth)
+1,755|6932
Some of my close family travel to China on business quite often. They used/probably still come back with bootleg dvds of movies. If only they knew about the internet.
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6978|Toronto | Canada

okay, but its not available until sometimes years after it airs.
and so theres nothing wrong with downloading it if its available on their website? what if you wanted it for offline viewing while travelling?

what about recording tv shows with PVRs?
recording the radio is still technically 'copyright infringement'
FloppY_
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+1,010|6525|Denmark aka Automotive Hell
Piracy is one thing, but paying for pirated stuff... not cool mang
­ Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,979|6871|949

Winston_Churchill wrote:

okay, but its not available until sometimes years after it airs.
and so theres nothing wrong with downloading it if its available on their website? what if you wanted it for offline viewing while travelling?

what about recording tv shows with PVRs?
recording the radio is still technically 'copyright infringement'
are you trying to find some inconsistency?  Recording TV shows with PVRs - that's an agreement the cable provider and content provider are involved in, not me.

Winston_Churchill wrote:

and so theres nothing wrong with downloading it if its available on their website? what if you wanted it for offline viewing while travelling?

K-J wrote:

If developers/artists/content creators want their product/efforts/toils available for free, they will make that decision themselves
I'm just telling you that you do it (pirate) because you are lazy and/or cheap.  Justify it however you want, just don't deny it.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,979|6871|949

FloppY_ wrote:

Piracy is one thing, but paying for pirated stuff... not cool mang
so it's only not ok if you pay for pirated material? wtf is with your logic my friend?
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6978|Toronto | Canada

didnt cable companies and networks get in huge disagreements over PVRs?

im merely curious on other peoples views on the weaker points and grey areas of copyright infringement, youre assuming i pirate in the first place.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,979|6871|949

not assuming, you've made plenty of posts here confirming that and I have a good memory.

cable companies and networks did get in disagreements - and royalties have been paid, and the availability of DVRs (PVR is some maple syrup abbreviation) is something considered when entering new broadcasting agreements.
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:


Piracy is like radio, but bigger.
Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
Don't know about the US, they do here:
APRA administers the public performance and communication right in our members' musical works. We do this by collecting royalties for the performance and communication of music from a number of sources. We enter into licence agreements with radio and television stations, discos, fitness centres, cinemas, live concert promoters, and other businesses that provide music for their customers. For example: either through a music on hold system or via webcast over the internet. In return for the right to perform or communicate music, these clients pay us a licence fee.
http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/About/Roya … lties.aspx

We get a royalty payout every six months from our radio/tv airplay and gigs.
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5597|London, England

Jaekus wrote:

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
Don't know about the US, they do here:
APRA administers the public performance and communication right in our members' musical works. We do this by collecting royalties for the performance and communication of music from a number of sources. We enter into licence agreements with radio and television stations, discos, fitness centres, cinemas, live concert promoters, and other businesses that provide music for their customers. For example: either through a music on hold system or via webcast over the internet. In return for the right to perform or communicate music, these clients pay us a licence fee.
http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/About/Roya … lties.aspx

We get a royalty payout every six months from our radio/tv airplay and gigs.
American radio stations don't pay royalties to the labels or musicians that they play the music of. Some artists are now trying to get a piece of the advertising revenue, but profit margins are slim to none on most stations and the traditional view is that they have a symbiotic relationship. Symbiotic because the radio stations give free advertising to the artist and label by playing their music which, in theory, increases record sales.

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Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney
In Australia the radio/tv/etc. pay a licencing fee to APRA, and submit their playlists. Then APRA, on behalf of the artist/composer/copyright owner, distributes the royalties every six months (used to be twelve, changed a few months ago) after taking 14% for themselves to cover admin costs. They do this worldwide on behalf of Australian artists through their affiliates in other countries.

Doesn't the US have a similar system in place? I genuinely don't know enough to comment about what happens in your neck of the woods.
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5597|London, England

Jaekus wrote:

In Australia the radio/tv/etc. pay a licencing fee to APRA, and submit their playlists. Then APRA, on behalf of the artist/composer/copyright owner, distributes the royalties every six months (used to be twelve, changed a few months ago) after taking 14% for themselves to cover admin costs. They do this worldwide on behalf of Australian artists through their affiliates in other countries.

Doesn't the US have a similar system in place? I genuinely don't know enough to comment about what happens in your neck of the woods.
if they tried something like that here all radio stations would instantly become talk radio profit margins are that slim.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5597|London, England
NYC doesn't even have a modern rock/alternative station anymore because the one station we did have was in the bottom three for ratings and was turned into talk radio. People here have replaced radio with Sirius XM, Pandora or mp3 players.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5597|London, England
A quick google search corrected me. US companies pay a licensing fee to one of two unions: BMI or ASCAP. This fee covers all music played and then the two unions distribute the fees they collect to the artists.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney
So, similar to APRA in Australia then?
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,815|6345|eXtreme to the maX

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:


Piracy is like radio, but bigger.
Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
We've been through this before, yes they are.
Fuck Israel
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney

Dilbert_X wrote:

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:


Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
We've been through this before, yes they are.
Yes, in the posts above yours.
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,815|6345|eXtreme to the maX
Not to worry, Jay'll forget it again in a few months.
Fuck Israel
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6650|'Murka

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:


Piracy is like radio, but bigger.
Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
Yes, they are. Every time a song is played on the radio, the artists get a cut.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney

FEOS wrote:

Jay wrote:

FEOS wrote:


Royalties are paid for radio.
No they aren't.
Yes, they are. Every time a song is played on the radio, the artists get a cut.
Again, it's been covered already a few posts just above yours - http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 9#p3684199
Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6972|St. Andrews / Oslo

AussieReaper wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

People who torrent stuff are receiving a product without paying for it against the wishes of the owner. That is pretty much stealing.


What exactly am I stealing here?
The reason we have copyrights (and patents) is to secure profits for the creator, and thus secure the incentive to create.

If I had a machine that could duplicate any car, absolutely free of charge, and I bought a Porsche, duplicated it an infinite amount of times and distributed it freely to everyone in the world, would:

A) Porsche reap the rewards of all the man-hours they've put in to design this car? No.
B) Porsche expect future innovative projects to be profitable? No.
C) Porsche continue to work on creating new cars? No.

Yes, oversimplified as music is an art-form which means it's not completely driven by profits, but still. They are the creators, they have the right to earn from their creation, piracy is hindering that. If piracy was at its extreme, any album would only ever sell a single CD. Is that fair to the amount of work they put into it?

With your example, you're only looking at production costs of the CD and completely ignoring the production cost of the music (man-hours put in to writing, creating, etc.)

Last edited by Jenspm (2011-11-03 03:39:43)

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Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney
An artist under a label generally only gets around 12.5% of total royalties, at least in the US. So if a million downloads are made, that's a huge cut into what they're already missing 87.5% of.
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6678|King Of The Islands

Jaekus wrote:

AussieReaper wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

Try looking up "copyright infringement" sometime and come back to this when you have a better understanding.
For which country?

Or are you going to argue that US law should apply to me but Sweedish copyright law doesn't?
You live in Australia. Why would Swedish law apply
Why would American law? That's what he's asking.

Jaekus wrote:

when international copyright here applies regardless of where the copyrighted material was produced?
Why do you think Sweden can disregard this 'international law'? Maybe because it's not international?
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5418|Sydney
Because we don't live in Sweden nor the US, obviously.

Does Japanese law apply to you when you live in Australia? No, so why bring it up?
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6563|New Haven, CT

AussieReaper wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

People who torrent stuff are receiving a product without paying for it against the wishes of the owner. That is pretty much stealing.


What exactly am I stealing here?
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