I see some musicians going all "Metallica vs. Napster" about the Anna's Archive thing, and I feel the need to remind folks that corporations and the music industry have done more to ruin things for us than piracy ever could.
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@fstateaudio The core idea endlessly pushed by the industry was simple:
1 pirated file = 1 lost sale
But empirical research does not support this equation.
A large share of illegal downloads concern works that would not have been purchased anyway (price, availability, simple curiosity).
Piracy often acts as sampling: people discover, test, and later buy (concert tickets, merchandise, physical editions, future releases).
In short: piracy mostly competes with marketing, not with creation itself.
Spotify: hoisted upon their own petard, not self-aware enough to have shame.
@fstateaudio Wait are some artists/etc just now discovering the joy that is Anna's Archive? Fuck.
Hope it can stick around, it's been invaluable to me
@fstateaudio I keep the DRM turned off on my Amazon ebook listings (for all my pen names) because I know the people who were going to pay were going to pay even if they could download it for free, and those that do download it... Well, they might buy a story later.
Billionaires are stolen money.
Billionaires are stolen money.
Billionaires are stolen money.
Billionaires are stolen money.
Musicians are victims of billionaires.
How does Anna's Archive's Spotify swipe help the victims?
Anything that weakens the billionaires' bargaining position can only help the exploited.
I'm making clear who are players on stage not the script, nor epilogue.
@jonhendry @kevinrns the users (listeners), especially the ones paying Spotify (not that they're the only culprits) to have their data collected and sold, are victims too. Considering that some of those profits are then being used to invest in AI weapons research, that could become even more the case in the future.
So take the place of Spotify as the organization screwing the musicians?
@fstateaudio @brian_gettler I hope someday to be cool enough that my kid (currently 9yo) would wear this shirt I saved from 20 years ago!
@auxonic nice, that would surely be a sign that you did something right. :)
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