Seen that? - Doh! Survey says P2P doesn't hurt most artists

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Doh! Survey says P2P doesn't hurt most artists P2P File Sharing

Or, thanks to GMSV: RIAA considers "educational lawsuits" against naive musicians Pew survey on artists, file sharing, and the Internet: Reuters Reuters article - Survey results graphic Nothing new there. What is significant is that people still take and report such surveys. It reflects the perception, and myth, that artists are involved in the P2P debate, and by extension that RIAA represents artists. While I disagree with RIAA's position and tactics, as [...] Read More


Artists for common sense, not conglomerates P2P File Sharing

The Canadian Music Creators Coaltion formed to provide a voice for artists separate from that controlled by the major recording labels. The group includes major Candadian artists like Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, and Sarah McLachlan. It appears to be an expansion of the initiative undertaken by the Nettwerk Music Group, which recently paid for a U.S. consumer to fight a copyright infringement lawsuit. The Coalition's policies strive for common sense [...] Read More


Canadian artists call for legal P2P P2P File Sharing

The Songwriters Association of Canada has come up with a pretty cool new idea to do with filesharing (no duh, what else is going to be posted on this blog?). They are calling for the legalization of peer to peer filesharing of all musical material over the net, but with a $5 tax to compensate the artists. I think that is actually a pretty fair idea; the artists get a fair [...] Read More


Art Can Be Affordable- Particularly If You Find Artists on the Web and Doing Blogs!! Cool Picking

Art is a very personal thing. One person likes landscapes, others like portraits, others have different styles- Impressionism, Realism, Pointillism and they are all meaningful in their own ways to different people - or even the same person depending upon where they are in the timeline of their life. It's always interesting- no matter the artist- how and what they create. How they "pull it out " of themselves- what [...] Read More


Artists Get Together The Social Networking Weblog

If you like to take pictures, film videos, write stories, create music or make games for people to play then you need to try out this social networking site. Artistic Pursuit is a social networking site for artists of all kinds where they can get together with other artists and even find different types of art. The free site gives you a lot including greeting cards, personal ads, an Advice column, [...] Read More