This is the graph the record industry doesn’t want you to see.
What is the impact of illegal file sharing on the revenue received by musicians? In terms of recording revenue, very little. In terms of live performance proceeds, there has been a significant increase. The record companies – while their cut is down – [...]
How exactly does illegal file sharing effect recording artists?
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 to the music subset
ISPs must prevent music piracy: U2’s Paul McGuiness
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 to the comment subset
Very long, but very absorbing, transcript of U2 manager Paul McGuiness’ keynote speech at the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong last week, during which he made it crystal clear that ISPs are responsible for curbing illegal music downloads.
And it’s been argued that the ISPs don’t have the means to help. I don’t believe that [...]
