I'll happily admit I might be wrong about this...

2013-01-17T13:00:40.497+00:00

I'll happily admit I might be wrong about this. What I will say is go read the post the Future of the Left's singer made when their album before last was leaked online 8 weeks before release. As I said, piracy and the current changes won't kill music in any shape or form, but eventually it will damage if not completely destroy certain things we loved.

"Having everything instantly available via a ...

2013-01-17T12:14:44.557+00:00

"Having everything instantly available via a search on Google won't kill the music industry as a whole, or any other industry for the matter. What it will eventually do is kill some of the things you love, whether it be the Guardian or Independent, the indie band that made a great debut album that simply didn't sell and so won't get a chance to record another on the same scale, the DJ/producer who gives up on pressing vinyl or even releasing tracks as he can't make money out of it, or any number of other things. "

I'm surprised you're repeating this argument which to my mind, has as much merit as the "Home taping is killing music" argument. It didn't.

Sure, the internet has been very disruptive, but wasn't the new technology that effectively created the recording industry also disruptive? The sheet music industry, among others, certainly thought so and were vocal in claiming that this was 'The End'. And what about everything in between, radio, TV, VCR's etc. Every new technology brings howls of outrage along the lines of the 'Work of the Devil' that we first heard from the gatekeepers of the written word when the printing press came along.

So yeah, things are disruptive and even painful for some right now but, even just a cursory glance at our history shows one constant, the human desire to express themselves creatively.

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I'll happily admit I might be wrong about this...

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