Comments on: Paul McCartney on music piracy: “I don’t mind.” http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/11/26/paul-mccartney-on-music-piracy-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-mind%e2%80%9d/ The only tech you need Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: anonymous http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/11/26/paul-mccartney-on-music-piracy-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-mind%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:56:33 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=9873#comment-2859 McCartney says “I don’t mind.” on music piracy. SO EVERYONE PIR8 his crap. McCartney says “I don’t mind.” on music piracy. SO EVERYONE PIR8 his crap.

]]> By: We7Steve http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/11/26/paul-mccartney-on-music-piracy-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-mind%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2508 We7Steve Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:37:04 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=9873#comment-2508 It is great that massive artists like McCartney accept the free-download era, but advocating artists not being paid is something different. The truth is that The Beatles continue to sell singnificant volumes of their physical albums, whether or not people fileshare, so the impact of music piracy for them and their rights owners is not massive. For up and coming bands, not getting paid for their music simply isn't an option - therefore piracy threatens the continuation of the UK's extremely talented music industry. While you can't force those who have never paid for music to have a conscience over filesharing, you can offer them a legal, safe and easier to use alternative like the ad-funded services which are emerging eg. We7. Steve Purdham CEO - We7 http://www.we7.com It is great that massive artists like McCartney accept the free-download era, but advocating artists not being paid is something different.

The truth is that The Beatles continue to sell singnificant volumes of their physical albums, whether or not people fileshare, so the impact of music piracy for them and their rights owners is not massive.

For up and coming bands, not getting paid for their music simply isn’t an option – therefore piracy threatens the continuation of the UK’s extremely talented music industry.

While you can’t force those who have never paid for music to have a conscience over filesharing, you can offer them a legal, safe and easier to use alternative like the ad-funded services which are emerging eg. We7.

Steve Purdham
CEO – We7
http://www.we7.com

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