He'd Rather Be "Raped By Pirate Bay" Than Played On Spotify

http://torrentfreak.com/id-rather-be-raped-by-pirate-bay-than-go-with-spotify-090813/

by jasonlbaptiste • 17 years ago

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thras• 17 years ago

An ad-supported version of your product that doesn't make you any money is worse than the Pirate Bay. Advertisements shit on your brand.

dareiff• 17 years ago

I assumed it was Sony being 'uncool.'

patio11• 17 years ago

Advertisements shit on your brand.

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I will say that the absolute best performing advertisements are for competitors. Thankfully, my free competitors have mostly not figured this out yet, and think that their yearly AdSense check is webmaster welfare instead of an indication that charging money is working for somebody.

jimfl• 17 years ago

Okay, advertisements fart in the general direction of your brand.

aw3c2• 17 years ago

spam, the actual article is at http://torrentfreak.com/id-rather-be-raped-by-pirate-bay-tha... (as much as I despise Torrentfreak for often inflating things into many words though)

chrischen2• 17 years ago

Why don't artists just distribute their music themselves? I've never understood why artists always signed with labels. Is it the prestige? Is it the credibility that comes with being signed, or is it somewhat like venture capital? Surely the internet has made this somewhat easier...

sho• 17 years ago

Same reason startup founders take VC. They might be able to do it themselves, especially these days. But they want to be BIG.

astine• 17 years ago

It's more than that. A label takes care marketing, sales, and other things in order to free the artist up for art. Selling music and film, esp. through the normal channels, is a complicated process, and it's a lot easier with a label to do it for you.

kragen• 17 years ago

Advances? The fact that some fraction of major-label artists get promoted into superstars?

skylineb• 17 years ago

The story was broken by Torrent Freak anbd they link to it but this puts in in better context

He'd Rather Be "Raped By Pirate Bay" Than Played On Spotify

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