The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)

Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by djsumdog on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:43PM (#16361390)

I love bandcamp. It only takes 10% to 15%, unlike Apple/Google/Amazon which take >= 30% from artists.

Really I prefer buying CDs at shows. Artists usually get to buy CDs from their own labels for $1 each, where if you buy it on Amazon/iTunes, they have to pay their label back for the recording costs, so they get like $0 until they hit some number (usually a few thousand). So if I buy a CD for $12, they're probably getting at least $10 of that.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by Semaphor on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:53PM (#16361470)

To be fair, most bands I but from don't have the "problem" of having a label to worry about ;)

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by thirdsun on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @02:27AM (#16365353)

I'm so tired of this evil label narrative. It's unfair to reduce them to those 5 major labels.

Particularly on Bandcamp there are countless small, honest labels that act as a curator and really help to develop their artists while taking a fair cut. Being featured on one of them is a huge opportunity for most artists.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by Semaphor on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:01AM (#16366212)

I make it easy for myself. Any label that's a member of RIAA of IFPI is evil, the others I throw money at.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by thirdsun on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:58AM (#16366765)

A very simplified view.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by Semaphor on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:32AM (#16374378)

As I said, I'm making it easy for myself.

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