Section: Web, Online Music/Video
Q: You wouldn’t steal a car would you?
A: I would if I could.
This type of reasoning seems to be common amongst the teen and twenty-something crowd these days and for obvious reasons. The mere fact that we’re downloading your music or movie should be payment enough, right? Most artists make their money from touring, merchandise and DVD sales anyway so we don’t even want to hear that side of the argument.
Head of Digital at Universal, Francis Keeling, seems to be acknowledging this very ideal with his recent statements confessing the undeniable power that is piracy. Here’s what he Keeling had to say during the Great Escape music convention in Brighton:
“Are you going to stop piracy? No you’re not. To try and set that as an objective is just not going to succeed. Can we make piracy socially unacceptable? Absolutely, and that has to be our ambition around the world.”
Bold words from a bold man. Hate to break it to ya guy, but piracy is already socially unacceptable; the fact is that no one cares. Remember prohibition and how that worked out so well?
Keeling is responsible for signing successful artists such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Eminem onto digital services outside of the US.
It still boggles my mind as to how there’s a greater penalty for illegally burning a DVD as opposed to assaulting a police officer.
Via [BBC News]
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