From the NYT.
Same Old Song: Private Equity is Destroying our Music Ecosystem.
Same Old Song: Private Equity is Destroying our Music Ecosystem.
+1 on that @Midnight Toker.If you really want to support artists, only buy physical media! (While you still can!)
Technically, yes. You had a license to listen to it, but not copy it, and I guess the record company might have had a right to revoke that and repossess it, but good luck with that.So on vinyl and cassettes pre-1980, did we own those or was that stuff just licensed to us and we just didn't know it?
There has been legal precedent when it comes to books. (On the grounds that physical books were traditionally shared or passed down, ebooks are now, by law, allowed to be shared 5 times per purchase. There are numerous online ebook legal sharing sites. The same can be argued for the untold millions of blank cassettes once used to copy records to share w/ others. Same w/ blank cd's. People weren't buying high end open reel and cassette recorders to listen to crappy store bought tapes, that's for sure!Technically, yes. You had a license to listen to it, but not copy it, and I guess the record company might have had a right to revoke that and repossess it, but good luck with that.
As for digital media, like CDs, I was always told that you should always have off-site backup copies of all your data. I was volunteering to do that for my local public library for a while.
I'm going to speculate that it will be like a "Blue Man Group" sort of thing where they can put anyone with musical chops in blue makeup and have Blue Man concerts happening all over the world simultaneously. I'm guessing this company will start auditioning musicians with KISS chops and put them in the makeup and have a Las Vegas show and shows in Europe etc., simultaneously.I would imagine only a handful of tunes have any buying power, and that astronomical figure is based more on merch and having hired gun musicians continue to tour in Kiss makeup/costumes under the name Kiss. They were always more of a brand than a band imo. They never got a single penny of mine.
I happen to like KISS and am not ashamed to say so. KISS is a very underated band, and I'm guesing most people that dislike them see the makeup and think gimmick, can't have talent.
You don't last 50 years in the business if you're not talented, just saying.
Well put it this way...one of the founders of the group that just bought all things Kiss is also one of the members of ABBA, who already was the one who spearheaded their hologram tour not long ago. You can see where this is going.I'm going to speculate that it will be like a "Blue Man Group" sort of thing where they can put anyone with musical chops in blue makeup and have Blue Man concerts happening all over the world simultaneously. I'm guessing this company will start auditioning musicians with KISS chops and put them in the makeup and have a Las Vegas show and shows in Europe etc., simultaneously.