tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post7349111614825220207..comments2024-02-16T00:48:56.686-08:00Comments on The Man Who Painted Agnieszka's Shoes: Pirates Ahoy! Why the media just DOESN'T GET the ebook piracy issueAgnieszkas Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831763071877082489noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post-60324124685387391212009-10-04T14:10:35.327-07:002009-10-04T14:10:35.327-07:00Absolutely. Middle children who needs 'em? The...Absolutely. Middle children who needs 'em? The first born is always the apple of the parents' eye, the baby is well the baby of the family. Oh no wait...Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post-55079654483088108612009-10-04T09:59:08.429-07:002009-10-04T09:59:08.429-07:00Yeah, I've heard some horror stories about how...Yeah, I've heard some horror stories about how tours were financed. I know you think the parallels are limited, but I think this much is true: the people with most to worry about are the guys in the middle. And that's got to be a good thingAgnieszkas Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831763071877082489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post-68828282028017686292009-10-04T06:23:27.002-07:002009-10-04T06:23:27.002-07:00Not really on message, but having worked in music ...Not really on message, but having worked in music industry, the record companies had it coming to them. For years they hammered new bands through the method of recharging all the development costs and tour costs against sales, so that bands perceived tour support was coming from the labels, when actually it was coming from their profits. Now the bands are taking control for themselves and the labels cannot cope and have seen their profits slashed. <br /><br />I never think about piracy cos let's face it, you'd have to be a pirate with patches over both eyes to want to pillage mine.Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post-68628550791892236862009-10-04T05:11:56.301-07:002009-10-04T05:11:56.301-07:00"Maybe this is actually the beginning of a po..."Maybe this is actually the beginning of a power-shift, in which those who produce the content actually feel the financial benefits of their work."<br /><br />Wouldn't that be wonderful. I must say, I know a lot of up and coming bands, and NONE of them has ever had a bad word to say about piracy. For tehm it's just not an issue. What they do talk about is how great it is to have access to listeners, and how they feel in control of what they're doing.<br /><br />I think that's how I feel now - we have more control over our work than ever before. And when the money side of the equation settles down, I think there is a genuine chance THAT too will be part of the direct conversation between readers and writers. Readers will pay less for the product; and writers will take home a larger proportion of the ticket price.<br /><br />It's a discussion we so need to have. But we need to think outside the box (jargon alert!) the publishers have convinced us we're in. Which isn't in any way to say there's no place for publishers - rather I'd like to see them admitting their fate is tied up with ours, rather than repeating to us that our fate is tied up with theirs. A subtle difference. But a big oneAgnieszkas Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831763071877082489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020036606005757534.post-19111461523937478412009-10-04T04:59:16.728-07:002009-10-04T04:59:16.728-07:00Books have always been different to music anyway -...Books have always been different to music anyway - they're issued in standardised print, which means that they bear no distinguishing mark of the author. They are, therefore, intrinsically rip-offable, because you can just retype the same words, and they will be of exactly the same quality as those words typed by the original author. Compare this to a song: if I re-performed a song I particularly admired, it wouldn't sound half as good. <br /><br />The piracy argument is not about protecting authors. Except for a very tiny elite, most authors don't make a living wage from their work, and so piracy would make little difference to them. It's about protecting publishers' profits. Maybe this is actually the beginning of a power-shift, in which those who produce the content actually feel the financial benefits of their work.www.katherinemay.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170172901664017524noreply@blogger.com