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[…] in this industry. First, professionally shot wedding videos started going viral. As I alluded to in this blog post, this has inevitably lead to some wedding videographers were sued. The wedding videography boards […]

By: Al

Al — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:23:44 +0000

In reply to Ron Dawson.

Ron,
Yes it is starting to happen a bit. But the powers that be aren’t taking I lying down. And LiveNation pretty much has a monopoly on all the live venues. The last concert that I tried to buy tickets for had nosebleed tickets that started at $120.00! Needless to say it didn’t sell out.

I’m on the side if the bands. Too much great music has been made without the bands making the lion’s share. Hopefully that changes going forward.

By: Ron Dawson

Ron Dawson — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:02:23 +0000

In reply to Al. Actually for a number of years both small indie bands and more popular bands have sold albums directly to the public via the internet. Filmmakers are starting to do it now too. Now, more than ever, artists have the power to by-pass large corporations to make an living off their art.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:08:24 +0000

Hey, I was redesigning our website 2 years ago. We decided that there were two commercial music tracks we really wanted to use. So I contacted BMI and ASCAP and was told that there was no way to license the music for what I was going to be doing. Also, one of the tracks was either Disney or Sony, and they didn’t even have an agreement with them at the time, so there was no way I could use the track without negotiating directly with the company.

Truth be told, the music companies should allow the music to be used for a very small fee, or for free with an iTunes link either embedded or next to the video player. If the song went viral they would not doubt make a lot of money on the iTunes orders. But then, the studios and music companies are too busy suing soccer moms and teenagers to be bothering to adapt to the 21st century. I can’t wait for that first act that decides to do it all on their own and goes viral with a track that they sell directly through their own website. No agents, no managers, no record company BILLIONAIRES. Just fans paying the money directly to the musicians who worked hard to make a song that they enjoy.

Just a hope, man.

By: D

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:24:55 +0000

Interesting… And Apple would be about the only one who could force that kind of licensing change too… If they went to the publishers and said this is what we’re doing, period… what could the Publishers do, realistically?

By: Ron Dawson

Ron Dawson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:25:21 +0000

In reply to Steve Weiss. I love that idea Steve. It would be great if it could be that easy. :)

By: Steve Weiss

Steve Weiss — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:19:27 +0000

I have talking about this for years. Simply putting music by Elton John does not give you the right to use that music. What I don’t understand is how stupid iTunes is about this. When you go to buy songs, it should simply say $1.29 consumer use, $50 commercial web use only, $4000 local broadcast. They could generate so much more income. Who wouldn’t pay the $50 to have a true licensed copy of that music.

By: Steve Moses

Steve Moses — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:44:39 +0000

In reply to Andy Moody. Well said Andy.