Piracy is the solution not the problem says KasiMP3

So an artist must send an invoice for songs downloaded with a minimum of R1000 and is only getting paid R3-R5 per 20 song downloads. So a song would have to be downloaded 4000 - 6000 times to get paid R1000

I can’t see one item getting that many hits....

I might not understand the system properly though :p
 
alt21 said:
So an artist must send an invoice for songs downloaded with a minimum of R1000 and is only getting paid R3-R5 per 20 song downloads. So a song would have to be downloaded 4000 - 6000 times to get paid R1000

I can’t see one item getting that many hits....

I might not understand the system properly though :p
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Here's a much-easier-to-understand system, brought to you by the RIAA.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml

And that explains why huge megastars like Lyle Lovett have pointed out that he sold 4.6 million records and never made a dime from album sales. It's why the band 30 Seconds to Mars went platinum and sold 2 million records and never made a dime from album sales. You hear these stories quite often.
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Also check out http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-500000.shtml
 
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alt21 said:
Thanks, now I will definitely never pay a cent for any music :)

If the bands going to make nothing either way why should I pay and make the labels and all the other people getting a cut rich.
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This is my biggest issue with the whole piracy outcry. They all centre around the "starving artists being stolen from", without explaining exactly how much money the artists makes normally.

I am glad that new services like this are starting, perhaps they can, in time, supplant the traditional way music is sold and marketed. And in the process make it more accessible and more affordable.
 
No reputable artist is gonna go for this.

The music available for "Free Download", one person downloads it, shares it with 20 friends,
and uploads it to a Torrent Tracker or File-Sharing site which gets about 300 download hits.
All this and the artist earns a couple of bucks. Not worth it.

This website won't last. :( It wasn't very well thought out.

It's probably a useful way for "Noob Artists" to make themselves known, but that's what Youtube
is for.

EDIT: What happens if someone bypasses advertising by posting direct links?
 
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Unfortunately, advertising systems like AD Dynamo and Google AdSense don’t pay enough per ad impression to cover the R3-R5 artists and labels expect to receive in royalties for online music downloads, Mapaya said.

To overcome this hurdle, KasiMP3 requires a minimum of 5,000 downloads before a payout is made to an artist or label.
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I still dont understand how 5000 minumum gives the record labels their R3-R5

Totempole said:
No reputable artist is gonna go for this.

The music available for "Free Download", one person downloads it, shares it with 20 friends,
and uploads it to a Torrent Tracker or File-Sharing site which gets about 300 download hits.
All this and the artist earns a couple of bucks. Not worth it.

This website won't last. :( It wasn't very well thought out.

It's probably a useful way for "Noob Artists" to make themselves known, but that's what Youtube
is for.
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Whats stopping people from buying a song off itunes and doing exactly the same?
 
What a poo looking site. Not to mention the so called "remixes" I listened to...Just someone making a noise over the original song playing in the background. Really?
 
Totempole said:
No reputable artist is gonna go for this.

The music available for "Free Download", one person downloads it, shares it with 20 friends,
and uploads it to a Torrent Tracker or File-Sharing site which gets about 300 download hits.
All this and the artist earns a couple of bucks. Not worth it.
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/turns the clock back 30 years

Its so easy to record songs onto tape when they are played on the radio. And then you can copy it and give it to all your friends. No reputable artist is gonna go for this

Anyway, fact is, piracy will be here to stay. Business can either fight it, or change their business models to take advantage of the new environment.
 
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