Serpentine Cougar Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 During my web-browsing today, I came across a recent article about some interesting comments 50 Cent made regarding file-sharing. What is important for the music industry to understand is that this really doesn`t hurt the artists! What do you think? Read the full article here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Sadly, I have to take him off my ****list now. His "rap" still sucks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDoe 2.0 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Nice Rock FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 lol 50cent... he probly file shares himself. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Zionosis Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 lol 50cent... he probly file shares himself. xD That's probably why he said it, lol. But still, it won't change anything, file sharing ain't about to become legal lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Probly, but not everyone does everything they agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 That's funny, the Canadian government said the same thing a few years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 That's funny, the Canadian government said the same thing a few years ago! Cool. Canada FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiganjo Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I want to hear him say that again, after he sees how much more he could have sold without filesharing. It propably only doesn"t bother him, because he already makes a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I want to hear him say that again, after he sees how much more he could have sold without filesharing. It propably only doesn"t bother him, because he already makes a lot of money. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Funny, as I was talking about it just yesterday with friends (who thought 50 Cent had some great songs when he wasn't as famous yet), and we came to that same conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Well if Fiddy's okay with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Doesn't matter how many albums you sell, your money comes from tours. Labels get the album money, that's why they don't like file sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Rider Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Doesn't matter how many albums you sell, your money comes from tours. Labels get the album money, that's why they don't like file sharing. QFT The average CD sale doesn't go to the artist, and what they do get of it is relativly small(compared to the price of the CD). This is why the people getting up in arms over file-sharing are the guys who, without the artists, are nothing. The artists can always find people to set up tours. It's the industry brass who lose since they have no talent to sell, all they "sell" are connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 He's still ass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Most artists get about .05-.5% of a CD sale. Sometimes more if they realize they have **** these guys want. He's still ass... Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Rider Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Most artists get about .05-.5% of a CD sale. Sometimes more if they realize they have **** these guys want. Indeed. unforunately modern artists trying to get popular have been brainwashed that without the corporation they would be nothing, when it's the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Well if Fiddy's okay with it......then it must be ok right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 well I was a touring musician. I agree that filesharing is ok. In fact I think the real problem is that people are not buying the alums because there's 1 or 2 good songs with 10-15 fillers. Some of the crud that has been placed on albums wouldn't have made the b-sides. So people download the 2 good songs and never buy the full album. This is the same stink that was made with the "blank tape" argument. Funny thing is that bands like Metallica got their start from people sharing their tape(No Life Til Leather) with eachother. Copying it, giving it away, throwing it through windows(I was there haha). El Slitherino is sorta correct about the percentage, unless an artist is smart enough to become his own publiser, retain the copyrights, retain the controlling interest, At most an artist could get 33% unless they own their own label. CD sales are the lowest on their pay scale. Merch gets them the highest percentage. Generally in the 80-90% range. Ticket sales net 60-65%, unless they are given an guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Yes! I have Fiddy's go-ahead!!!! *File sharing rampage* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Maybe it was some music execs that shot him in the face... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Sadly, I have to take him off my ****list now. His "rap" still sucks though. QFT! (Apart from the ****list bit, he's still at the top of mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanius Anglesmith Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Since when does 50 Cent do music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I bet it's his money that hosts the Pirate Bay servers lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balderdash Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Most artists get about .05-.5% of a CD sale. Sometimes more if they realize they have **** these guys want. And not to mention, in most cases, most of this goes toward recouping their advance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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