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You forgot the “Because I prefer to get my music legally” area.
That’s like taking a pie chart about what to feed cats and saying,
“You forgot the ‘I have a dog’ area”.
In other words, downloading legally doesn’t apply to a graph about downloading illegally. Think about it.
Someone just got told!
Oh snap!
no its like normally you buy your music so when you download illegally sometimes you dont feel as bad about it since its not a regular occurance
except that this isn’t a real pie chart, thus the humor
ouch!
OH theres a zinger!
PEW-PEW
nope that’s a laser.
pew-pew
actually, it does. What he is probably referring to is the fact that many people who download music today justify it by always buying a cd if they like it. Therefore, they wouldn’t feel bad if they download illegally, because they are going to end up buying the cd anyway.
PEW PEW , take that laser people who didnt get it !!
i never buy cds. i like my illegal music on my ipod. <3
then whats the point of downloading it? you can just burn the CD!
If that’s what hes trying to say then he did a horrible job saying it, need a goddamn decoder ring in order to figure it out… im gonna stick with the idea that he didn’t know what he was talking about because in this case ignorance would make him look smarter than someone who doesn’t know how to speak… either way though he just sounds dumb.
lol… i din’t pay much attention to the content but the wording is amazing!!! lol
A was saying to add a 0% area.
Who is “A”?
The first person to comment, Eric.
its a joke you jackass
I TOTALLY AGREE 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LUV IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats irrelevant to the graph. If that were included then another d-bag would request that a slice o’ pie would represent “all other extraneous reasons one could think of that don’t matter or relate directly to the feeling of guilt when downloading music”… catergory..
FAIL
wanker.
how many of your favorite musicians have been on ribs? What about the one’s that aren’t? I wonder if that has to do with illegal filesharing.
I’m pretty sure Eve has been on ribs and illegal applesharing
If you download music from artists that are shown in MTV Cribs then you are definitely listening to the wrong stuff!
pretty much this
Amen
I’d add MPAA in there…
I think you mean RIAA…..?
Same difference
Damn, beat me to it. I wouldn’t download illegally if it weren’t for them. They just piss me off.
it wouldn’t be illegal if it weren’t for them.
Excellent point, actually.
Actually, yes it would. Copyright and intellectual property laws are created by the government, not the RIAA.
<..> A DEMON DUCK!
*poofs out*
how is ilegally downloaded music relevant to mtv cribs at all? horribly made graph… maybe something bout the recently raised prices of itunes??? or just anything but cribs… really?
Maybe cribs is relevant because it reveals that the artists are filthy rich already? Makes perfect sense to me….
And then Rap about how hard their life is.
It’s RIDICULOUS!
(google spell checked)
Yeah, I’m always uncertain how to spell rap (wrap) too.
I always want to add an ‘e’ to the end.
It’s R.A.P, it stands for Rhythmic American Poetry.
” Pazma says:
January 31, 2010 at 3:50 pm
It’s R.A.P, it stands for Rhythmic American Poetry.”
Your wrong — it stands for:
Retarded Ape Poetry
we already knew how filthy rich they are… i dont have a standpoint here cuz i download illegally but as a musician would h8 if people stole my shizz… i still think the graph could be way better, but thnks for clearin it up for me
the graphs arent supposed to be accurate theyre supposed to be funny.
Really? You wouldn’t be pleased that more people are listening to your music? Is money the sole motivation for creating music? Tbh I’d much prefer copyrights were reduced to 10 years, after which the works became public domain.
Also, downloading music without paying for it is not theft. You’ve not taken anything from them, because although you haven’t paid for the music, chances are if you weren’t able to get it free you wouldn’t have bought it anyway. Net result: artist wins because more people are listening to their music than they would otherwise.
Well said!
Also, recording artists make more money from live shows than they ever would on an album. I know I have gone to see someone live after discovering them on the internet and downloading their music.
Me, too. In fact (excluding concerts I went to as a kid and concerts I went to without ever having heard of the band) I have never seen a band live whose music I hadn’t downloaded illegally. (I don’t pay for music.)
exactly, i rarely pay for music but go to every concert that i can, and every now and then even buy some overpriced merch if i really want to support them. buying a cd from best buy helps best buy, buy a song on itunes is better but for most major recording artists it’s still mostly going to the studio.
Yeah, not only that but most artists also are getting ripped off by their record labels. Fans that show up to concerts are much more valuable to a musician than fans who just buy the CDs. Fans that buy CD’s are mostly just giving their money to the record label, and hardly any of that goes to the artist. So that’s why I never buy CD’s. There are a few exceptions though, like Nine Inch Nails and Tool, since they own their own record labels. I still don’t buy NIN though since Trent Reznor said its totally cool if people download his music illegally.
It used to be that artist did concerts tours to promote the sales of record cuz that’s where they made there money. Touring with a band and all was so expensive, relatively, that they didn’t make much muoney , in fact could loose money on the tour
You are correct. As a musician, I would love it if lots of people illegally downloaded my music… or legally downloaded it… or were willing to listen to it at all…. someday………..
And we would happily pay to go to your concert.
eff yes we would!!!
Well, I would actually break in.
What? It’s fun.
That’s the point. the RIAA makes mad money off selling *other peoples* music. They’re the people in charge who burn the discs and print the cd sleeves/slips/etc and they take in 95% of the profit.
The RIAA live in mansions while the artists themselves actually make virtually no money, except ticket sales from live concerts.
I am a musician and I’m totally cool with people illegally downloading ALL music BECAUSE of filthy rich rock starz. I would love it if no-one ever made another dime in entertainment ever again – it would separate those with talent from the used-car salesmen. Entertainment would be good again.
Keep thinking about it. You’ll get there eventually.
Wow dude, you are retarded and should no longer speak to anyone or post anything online to avoid revealing your true retarded thoughts…
I think you meant “truly.”
“…revealing your truly retarded thoughts.”
You’ve incorrectly used the adjective “true” when you should have used the adverb “truly,” since it is being used to modify the adjective “retarded.”
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
-Richard Chenevix Trench
Burned by a grammar nazi. Ow!
pish i dont even watch MTV haven’t since 6th grade
pish i dont even watch MTV haven’t since ever
Yeah, I would have labeled the graph “Reasons I don’t listen to their music”
The you would have considerably more slices in the pie. Better just make a new graph, one that deserves to be on the front page.
so win!
Reasons I punch people in the face and reasons I hate country music don’t fit together on one graph either, AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE NOT ON THE SAME GRAPH.
i lol’d.
i came
I went.
I stayed
i haz cheezeburger.
I sharted.
i saw
i hit em right dead in the jaw
wtf is this!?
I conquered.
I think most of us download illegally because we don’t feel like paying money for something that CAN be attained for free. Not for stupid reasons like MTV Cribs.
^ this
Hey, you can read, can’t you? The chart is named “The reasons why i dont feel bad for downloading music illigally” and NOT “reasons why i download illigally”….
Reading comprehension fail
Reasons why you don’t feel bad for downloading music illegally. Because everyone does it, AND YOU’RE AVOIDING PAYING MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ATTAINED FOR FREE. Once again, not because of the completely irrelevant MTV Cribs.
Can you read?
I still don’t think you understand why MTV Cribs was listed… It’s because the artists are rolling in the dough as some may say and thus giving a reason that we shouldn’t feel bad for downloading music illegally. The moment I saw the graph I completely understood what the user was trying to get at.
Bob, you are trying to tell other people why a graph you didn’t make was created. Are you retarded, or just really full of yourself?
maybe he’s a little bit of both.
You missed the point…. MTV cribs shows us regular people how rich music artists are, thats why we dont feel bad downloading music illegally.
it would be REALLY funny if, while taping for MTV Cribs, the repo man came and served the papers on camera.
Actually when you download movies and music illegally the less important people, like the camera man, sound tech etc. get crappier pay. Some of the recording artists and actorsdo make less money than they used to from cd sales, but they still get a lot of money from other sources like concerts, endorsements, ringtones and all that other crap. but yeah, what are ya gonna do?
Those ‘less important’ people don’t get paid less every time you download music illegally, idiot. The bottom line of the record companies go down. This can in turn result in cutting some of those aforementioned jobs in the interest of cutting costs and improving the bottom line, but it’s not like they have their pay structures tied to how many Rihanna songs your twelve year old sister downloads illegally.
Actually you’re an idiot.
When you steal music, anyone and everyone involved gets less money, and guess who gets the axe first… it ain’t the CEO.
Don’t be the soundman, be the CEO. Problem: solved.
Please don’t tell me you wrote that and thought it was a good argument or even slightly accurate.
When you steal it, maybe.
But if you pirate it, the technicians and camera people still get paid by the hour.
You could rip off my expensive brandname clothing sold in my fictional store, I wouldn’t care. My boss would, but I get paid by the hour and as long as we turn a profit, I’m good.
Your use of the term “idiot” strengthens your argument tremendously.
Haha, you just elaborated on what I said and said I have a twelve yr. old sister (which i don’t have) like it was an insult. My point is recording artists still get paid a crap load of money, while others are getting less pay (and yes, laid off). Learn to read analytically, ignorant ass.
If people don’t get paid for their work, then they will stop working because it won’t be worth it. Just remember that in the end.
Yeah, that’ll happen.
Was that sarcasm? I Lol’d
Bands get very little money from recording contracts, but they do get record industry promo dollars. Bands get the most money from merchandise sales and concert tickets. So go to concerts and buy merch for bands you love!
Finally someone who gets it! I thought this graph was hilarious btw.
true, but it depends on the details of the contract. they are all different of course and most bands are getting screwed but they just have to deal with it. Just like everybody else who isn’t at the top of the chain is getting screwed.
This is probably the funniest graph I’ve seen in a long time. Good job.
There just arn’t that many “albums” that I’d actualy care to own every song. I pirate because I only get the songs I want, not all the other filler crap they stuffed onto a cd to make it have 10tracks.
On iTunes, you don’t have to buy the whole album. I’m just sayin…
yeah but the buying part is the problem for some
agreed
It used to be that artist wanted to produce albums of material as a whole project and many wouldn’t evan sell singles. Now, so many “artists” just want to have one half decent hook that isreally only intended to sell as ring tones
please explayin this to me i dont buy music because in my country only idiots pay money for what can be legaly downloaded
In Soviet Russia, song buys you?
This made me LOL
I Lulz’d
You’re stealing – plain and simple. And the worst thing about it is that you are stealing intellectual property – i.e. the product of someone else’s brain and soul. Just because you are only stealing $1 at a time, doesn’t make it any better. Let’s just hope you are not planning a career in art, science, engineering, law, architecture, advertising, etc. where your output is information, because somewhere (perhaps China), somebody is going to convince themselves that stealing a little bit of your work never hurt anybody. Or maybe they will convince themselves that your big bad company CEO will get hurt, but it somehow won’t affect your job or compensation.
Cool story, bro.
What have science, engineering, law or architecture got to do with it? We’re talking about art here; it’s a shame so many people think the only motivation for doing something is money.
Agreed. And not only that, but how many “artists” do you think actually come up with their songs? I’d say 1 in 10, IF that.
I also agree with the comment above that if more people are listening to an artists music in the end, what’s the deal? They gain popularity and fans that way.
It REALLY is sad when artists are only in it for the money.
besides if you read the above comments you’ll notice that we seem to be stealing from the people who are stealing the artist’s intellectual property.They hardly get payed anyway.
PS. The comments seem to be digressing to the point of this post.
The difference between music and, say, art, is that when an artist makes a painting there exists only one copy of that exact painting. The artist can make several paintings of the same subject, but there is one and only one painting. Prints can be made of that painting and then later sold, but it’s the original that makes the big money. If someone steals that painting, the artist is out a LOT of money.
A song, on the other hand, is not material, it’s noise. It’s recreated in the same way all the damn time. Someone downloading a song is no different than people using cassettes and making mix tapes – the only difference is now those artists are demanding that modern-day mix tapes are ’stealing food off their tables’ when, actually, it’s not. Not even close.
It isn’t like stealing the painting, it’s like stealing the print. If everyone steals the prints and nobody pays, do you think the artist will care about how popular his painting is when nobody respects him enough to reward him for it? Secondly, architecture, engineering and science are very similar in this aspect. If you come up with some stunning piece of architecture, or a fantastic scientific breakthrough, or an innovative new engineering solution, and someone else rips you off by copying it without paying you, are you going to be happy? As for Casa’s above crock about not wanting every song on the album, please, please tell me you were joking!
Quite! Try going to your local supermarket and pinching a tin of beans on the premise that the company has far too much money.
If you take something that is not yours, without paying for it then you are stealing. It’s black and white.
If an artist meets a company that then makes and sells prints of their painting, and offers them a cut, and then the company sells prints to retailers, and people start stealing copies of the prints from the retailers, do you think the artist will care? I don’t.
“If you take something that is not yours, without paying for it then you are stealing.”
If you take something that’s not yours FROM SOMEONE ELSE without paying for it, it’s stealing. When you illegally download music, no one is losing anything — the only thing lost is a POTENTIAL sale. You COULD have bought it, but you didn’t. Thing is, if I couldn’t download music for free, I STILL wouldn’t be buying the CDs. I download stuff I’ve never heard because the band has a cool name. I would not buy a CD by a band I never heard because they had a cool name. One band that I downloaded because they had a cool name became my favorite band, and I bought posters, DVDs, T-shirts, and go to their concerts whenever they’re near me. If I hadn’t downloaded them illegally, I would never have heard of the band. I’ve never heard them on the radio or heard them mentioned – ever – when I wasn’t looking for information about them.
Also, you’re an idiot
Uhm, science is a horrible comparison, because it doesn’t work like that at all. In fact, music ought to work like science.
When I come up with a breakthrough, I publish the paper, rake in the grants from people who encourage me to do more work, or who pledged money for a certain paper. As soon as I publish it, it becomes publicly available; anyone can use it for whatever they want, as long as they cite me as the source.
Music should be the same. An artist makes a piece available, and people who would like to hear more pay him or the pledge to reward him for making the next piece. The music meanwhile becomes publicly available, for everyone to do with as they please, as long as they mention the artist as the maker.
Of course, this eliminates record industries, intellectual property watchdogs and whole reams of non-artists profiting off the artists. I consider this a Good Thing ™, but they won’t. Leeches don’t like getting burned off.
This.
Seriously people, stop using nonsense comparisons because you can’t figure out another way to prove your point.
Science and music are nothing alike. If you steal a scientific theory, for example, you are taking someone else’s ideas and making them your own. Plagiarism. If you steal music, you are making a copy of an existing product and using it for your personal enjoyment. Do they sound the same? No.
this has nothing to do with science, engineering or architecture. stealing ideas in hose fields are usually done for personal gain, wealth and glory, meaning the person who did make the breakthrough doesn’t get what s/he deserves, and the thief will claim that s/he is the one who came up with it, in other words, it’s more of plagiarism. when music is stolen, on the other hand, it’s rarely used for, wealth because who would buy a pirated CD when you could download it? and furthermore the theives, us, don’t claim to have come up with the music, we only want to listen to it without having to bother to pay, but this doesn’t mean what we are doing is moral.
I had a typo LOL… Hose
If you really are that concerned about stealing intellectual property, support the people that you agree to pay by going and seeing them in concert or buying bad merch. That’s how they really make money- and they still make it big off those alone…
Also, do you honestly think that MP3 player companies really expect you to purchase all your music in this day and age? I can tell you right now that if you expected to fill a 1TB MP3 player with only music, you’d spend more money than a car on it- which is absolutely retarded. Does that mean downloading without paying is morally incorrect? Depends on your morals- I download the music because 9/10 I don’t want to blow 12.00 on a band I haven’t heard of more than 1 song to find out I absolutely dislike every other song on! (If I do enjoy them, I usually’ll get a shirt or something which goes more to them anyway!)
prove someone has a soul. then prove someone’s soul made their music better. the genre of soul music can’t be your argument.
GO!
Stealing eh?
That’s funny, because I can legally download as much as I want under my laws. You might not like it, but it’s completely legal for me to do so.
Legally, they have to pay royalties if they sell the music they make. It all depends on who owns it. For example, michael jackson used to own a lot of original beatles songs, so he could sell the rights to it, if anybody wants to use it in a movie they have to pay him, or he can let someone use it for free. A lot of recording artists get screwed out of owning their own music by their record company. Your referring to what, in hip hop, is called “sampling”. They all have to pay, unless they can get it for free or get away with it. I like all types of music, I mean all types. But I definitely agree with you on how unoriginal a lot of rap songs are with the sampling, unoriginal beats and lyrics. I mean just check out MIA’s song paper planes, the guitar is clearly ripped from The Clash note for note and the chorus is basically from Wreckx N Fx, filled with gibberish in between and people love it because it is catchy. I used to listen to a lot of rap when i was in high school and younger, but now I don’t listen to the newer crap because I realized how very little talent some rappers have.
be supportive
buy not steal .. lol
if you buy anything shown on Cribs, then you’re the one being robbed
wtf
I second your opinion i.e. I agree
If your the Pompous commercial artist that relies on commercial methodology and that’s all you know…yeah, do all you can to keep your art away from me and the rest of the real world! If your the artist who has integrity, wants visibility, doesn’t care how, I will inevitably support you (emily wells!) Eventually I’ll see you live or buy a shirt…for sure Exposure is priceless! Free advertising. So, be forgainst it! Hey, buy my music! If not take it, it’s an honor! Eventually, It’ll lead to me achieving both goals. Notoriety AND money…If you sneak into my bedroom and take my original recordings, then yeah, we got a problem.
Yup! You got that right! Lolz.
BLOWING OUT OF PROPORTION, YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT.
this is a stupid arguement. you cant take ownership of words and tones. thats stupid. did u create a new frequency of sound that hasnt been registered before? no. did u create a new musical note? no. just because u put words and sounds in a particular order, doesnt mean im obligated to pay you to listen to them. the riaa can go take the first train boarding for f*ck off town.
Really? You can’t take ownership of words and tones? What about books? Movies? All of those things are the property of the people who made them. If you get rid of the rights to intellectual property, then you have to throw the entire patenting and trademarking system out.
I’m old enough to have bought music from bands like Metallica on vinyl, then of course I had to buy the same music on cassette for the car and boom box, oh then I paid for that same music on CD..so those type artists can kiss my butt. Otherwise, I pay for them. And the chart..it’s supposed to be fun, life’s short, lighten up.Happy Thanksgiving!
lol looks like some people totally didnt see the joke. i think its hilarious.
btw there are some decent artists on cribs
Agreed^. If you’re on this site, and you steal music, you have no obligation to defend your actions. I illegally download music. Have been for a long time too, and have NO remorse about it whatsoever. MY choice. I feel like so much money is given to the big record companies, and not nearly enough given to the small independent ones, whose artists may actually NEED THE EFFING MONEY.
IT’S OK! Faux ‘News’ shows how to fit 193% into a pie chart:
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Palin: 70%
Huckabee: 63%
Romney: 60%
I’ll side with the record companies when they set up a database to track who bought what so I don’t have to buy my 5th copies of GNR Illusion 1&2.
CCCCCCCC COMBO BREAKER
1) Anyone remember the old school “South Park” about stealing music? If so then: LOL at Lars Ulrich and when the FBI busted thru Kyle’s window and regulated on them.
2) Why you steal music? WWJD yo. What Would Jesus Download?
3) And this is the most important one, and I cannot stress this point enough…. LASER CATS.
CartoonPiranha, are you serious? You think listening to someone else’s music for free is the same as copying an architectural design? Really? So if I don’t pay to get into a fourth of July fireworks show but instead watch the same show from the roof of my house, am I then stealing from the people who put on the show? That’s ridiculous. Your comparison is apples and oranges. Think hard. Copying someone’s architecture is COPYING THEM. Downloading someone’s music for free IS NOT COPYING THEM. In your comparison the equivalent of copying architecture would be actually singing/recording the musician’s song and not giving credit. I don’t think you understand analogies.
It’s the same in that the creator of whatever piece of architecture, engineering, music and so on isn’t getting rewarded for their creation as they should. Perhaps I didn’t make that clear enough in my last post, but that is my point. The artists deserve to be paid for making good music. None of which is on MTV Cribs, but that’s beside the point. As to the guys complaining about already owning a vinyl copy or something similar, fair enough. As long as you buy an actual copy at some point. And to those saying that they don’t want to pay for something that they might not like, that’s what streaming services like Last.FM are for. By the way, calm down. Capslock doesn’t make things MORE TRUE.
Like it’s been said, most artist money, unless they’re a multiplatinum selling mega-band like AC/DC or Metallica, comes from merchandise. Therefore, if I want to really help out a good band that needs cash, I’ll buy a T-shirt, which doesn’t only make me into a walking advertisement for the band but also makes most of that T-shirt money go to the band. I almost bought Mantic Ritual’s only album, then I realized most of it would just go to Nuclear Blast and not the band. Now, if they come through and do an all-ages show near me… that would be epic.
I copy and burn to disc HD music videos so that I can watch them on my home surround sound system. I have quite a library of them and when a friend visits and wants a copy, I burn one for him, I will not sell them. Somehow that seems like crossing the line.
20 years ago, my mechanical royalties from all the songs I wrote were pretty good. They come from sales. All sales. Cd’s, downloads (now) merch, TV royalties and mostly from other people recording the songs and making them popular. I don’t give a flying phuck what type of argument you convince yourself with, or try to rationalize to other people with, downloading music for free, illegally, has a huge impact on everyone’s income within the so called industry. My income from mechanical royalties is GOING DOWN despite my workload GOING UP. You guys just don’t realize that your mum doesn’t pay for my expenses like she has for you. Suck it up. You are ripping us off.
Real musicians don’t appear on MTV Cribs.
Real musicians don’t appear on MTV, period. :/
It’s funny how people post comments on the internet to other people, things they would never say face to face because they’d get their ass kicked.
After getting about a third of the way down the comments page I realized something: you’re all a bunch of complete imbeciles with absolutely nothing relevant to say. If this is the intelligence of the average person today we have a lot more to worry about than MTV Cribs or illegal downloads. I pray none of you ever make it into a position of authority.
AMEN. stumbleupon FAIL
Bottom line: If people want to d/l illegally (and they do) then they will and thats that.
Also…
If you are an artist like ‘Reality sandwich’ who thinks it’s a good idea to whine about their earnings going down because people are d/l’ing illegally, please do us all a favor and shut up.
In case you hadn’t noticed, capitalism does not provide a basis for fairness. The only reason labels don’t want people d/l’ing is because they lose out on profit. Ethics has absolutely no relevance.
Look at Immortal Technique. He dovotes huge amounts of time to his music and then tells people to illegally d/l it because he realises the true nature of these people (who have tried to sign him, incidentally)
I’m glad that people are ripping off these companies and their so-called artists like britney ‘i’m a slave’ spears.
People like Britney represent about 1% or less of the musicians, techs, producers etc making a living from sell-able music.
Immortal Technique represents about 1% or less of people making music *for a living* Look at Pop Idol, all the crap you see on TV, and all the other mainstream crap you hate, that is all you will get from now on on the main channels. As the majors lose profit, they no longer support indies. They become interested only in selling ring tones. THEREFORE it makes sense to pay the little guys and the songwriters, like me, for the work they are devoting their lives too. I’m not saying you shouldn’t share music, what I am saying, is please buy if you like it, because if you don’t, as people get older, they will move on to something that has profit for their effort. If that happens, then you will start to see a shallow skill pool in the music and songwriting world. Some would say that has happened in other industries already, as China has taken the lions share of Intellectual Property and made it it’s own. Look around.
pricks
All these artists are ridiculously rich anyway who freakin cares.. no one needs that much money..
I agree completely with a post made earlier that the thing most artists take for granted on this issue is that they are getting more limelight, more people are being introduced to their sound in the hope that they will someday get to go to a concert or buy merchandise. If an artist is in the business solely for the money then they are living a sad, pathetic, however well paid life. I know that I can get more out of life than anyone that works for the money.
90% of the time those homes and cars are rented just for the show.
I agree with you on that one mate
The RIAA fails to realize that its own worst enemy is its greed. People would be a lot more willing to buy CDs if they weren’t so ridiculously marked up.
VHS pirating was rampant in the 80s, but this was largely because tapes were so expensive; movies that ran $50 or more were not at all uncommon.
Studios learned their lesson by the time DVDs came along. I *could* pirate DVDs, but why bother when, within a couple of months of its release, a DVD will only cost me $5 or $10 at WalMart? I’ll impulse-buy a $5 DVD at the drop of a hat, but I damn sure won’t do that for a $15-$20 CD – and I’m getting a hell of a lot more bang for the buck with the DVD to boot.
Why in god’s name are DVDs often so much cheaper than CDs? god daammmmnnn.
true.. even bluray dvd’s are gettin cheaper.
All this excitment over a silly graf that anybody cud see iz photoshopped
Cole,
I don’t why you wrote what you did. You are a bitter man though. As for the argument that making your money comes from performance and merch, what then? what of legacy?It is sad that people like you think music and art is a commodity like a sport franchise. It is also sad that people no longer seem to value the minds and arts of others. Sure, I’ll do what I do because I love it, and then I’ll go back to picking grapes so you can have the joy of music for free. Have I got that right? You think people make make music so they can receive treats like a dog? What an absolute ignorant ass you are.
BTW, I share music *illegally* too. But I almost always buy the download and support my friends if I like the music. Cole, I really hope you get something worthwhile to do with yourself, I think you need too.
Your paying them everytime you Download it legally, basically buying the nce houses on cribs.. I wouldnt feel bad either, Id rather get music ilegally than buy them their houses
So funny story guys, you’re taking this WAAAAY too seriously. If it were meant to be serious, I doubt it would be 100% of a PIE CHART. And as for you people arguing about illegal downloading, GET OVER IT. Those who want to will never change the minds of the RIAA, and those of you who side with the RIAA will never change the minds of those who are pro Illegal Downloading. Your arguing does nothing but anger each other. Just enjoy a funny picture and lol.
You all have to be kidding me. This many replys to this ?? YOu all have no life do you ??? Fact of the matter is, if somone can dl music without getting caught … or steal a pack of gum or whatever… they will do it. Add them all up… every one who stole and look how much money has been stolen from the artist. Sad but true.
Crap.. i just jumped on the bandwagon…
NEXT!!
Real musicians don’t appear on MTV
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comment fail
people it’s just a joke
N00B’s
Genius! Thanks…
All Susan Boyle has through a fluke of nature
is her voice and you telling me you don’t want
to help her?
COMMENTS FOR TEH EPIC LULZ!
Dianne,
You DO realize that you commented too, right? Your own statement would lead me to believe that, much like the rest of us, you also have no life.
I can say that for architecture that although each design is original, should someone copy our design, we have no problem with that, so long as we get credit and we are paid for the copyright. But really even if we weren’t because they modified some small aspects of the building to make it different, we would still be happy knowing our design was popular enough to be copied. If no designs were like this and nobody “stole” an another architects ideas, then there would not be a such thing as Roman Architecture, Gothic Architecture, or Art Deco.
There are tons of artists who will never have much wealth…
And not every movie star makes a lot of money.
LOL, this is funny. However I like a lot of indie bands that do struggle. They need the support. Funny though…and true for the most part.
just download the dang music ppl! you either get the music illegally, get the music legally, or get the music illegally and get arrested. thats life 4 ya.
Steve Jobs (Apple CEO and inventor of the personal computer) says on avarage people with ipods download 19-30 songs? on a player that can store thousands….. where does the rest come from i wonder….
the next time i hear music in the grocery store, i’ll make sure to stick my fingers in my ears until i find the designated rep of the artist, who must be lurking around the deli or produce section, ready to bust illegal listeners, and pay him or her the fee to take my fingers out of my ears so i’ll be able to legally hear the music and finish my shopping.
I want pie.
I once went to a concert of a band that I already owned the cd. I bought it at the store. Well, I tried to get an autograph, but they were only giving them to people who bought the cd AT THE SHOW. Such BS, I’m downloading illegally from now on and buying the cd when I finally get to see them live.
Innovation requires adaptation, you can’t stop us.
I like my music illegal and toasty. Hell, I make music (badly granted) but I you’ll never hear me complain if somebody steals it.
Well, coming from a person who was in a band on a large record label, when you steal music from smaller bands, it pretty much kills them. We sold something like 8,000 copies in stores like Best Buy and the like, and the label stopped supporting us entirely. They might have wanted to look at the 200,000 copies (or more) that had been downloaded, but no, since it made them no money. We were no longer any kind of money maker, thus dropped, and broke up shortly thereafter from being sick of living for years on gas station food and sleeping in the tour van. I guess there is no moral to this story, since I used to (and still do occasionally) download music illegally as well, but now I’m vigilant about buying music from bands I love (at their shows, since that’s the only way they see ANY money).
you forgot the Lars of Metallica section
Music is culture. I think that it’s the only thing we can all connect to forever. It’s life changing so we want it all, and we will listen to the music we like until the day we die. There’s too much good music out there. It’s saturated. Everyone has a wide array of songs stolen from bands like AC/DC, Caged Elephants, Kings of Leon, 2 Pac, Owl City, Garth Brooks, Beatles, Fratellis, Beastie Boys, Oasis, Cake. Look at how random your iTunes is. Great… Good For You. It’s not about money… It’s about the music.. That’s backwards… It’s about finding the new culture of music and giving them a career. Too many people are music fans and not music lovers. Don’t steal something that will give your afternoon drive meaning. Buy a new artist or someone you really like. And MTV’s ratings were down from music videos. Screw MTV…Way to make our culture so boring… oh wait… we did that.
What if we could just download everything in an instant the week they come out?… I wonder what that will do to movies… and video games…
Did you know that alot of the houses on MTV Cribs are alleged to be completely fake, and not the famous person’s actual house at all?
LOL I THINK THIS GRAPH IS FUNNY
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE PEOPLE ON MTV CRIBS ALWAYS HAVE REALLY NICE HOUSES AND SEEM LIKE MEAN PEOPLE SO YOU SHOULDN’T FEEL BAD ABOUT STEALING FROM THEM LOL.
ALSO SARAH PALIN 2012
ALSO RON PAUL ‘08
ALSO THIS GRAPH IS LOL.
its a simple statement, he’s making the point that people who download music illegally don’t feel bad because of how much money music artists make (for all those pricks that don’t get it)
its simple and its funny, do you really have nothing better to do with your life than analyse it and point out that its not mathematically correct?!
and all those people who actually buy music.. wise up, unless u want a signed cd or need to mix records, they’re gona make fk loads of money anyway. only people i buy music from are people that are just starting out cause they actually need it!
I giggled at the graph – but loled at the comments.
I mean srsly.
me too. i mean i’ve never seen anyone make so many comments on one freakin pie chart.
enjoy the humour, laugh and move on people come on.
Just to clarify a few things. First off the little guy (tech, mic operators etc.) do not suffer from illegal downloads. Those people work for sound hall hiring unions and have a set rate for everything they do. They also make their money off the concerts more than the albums and the wages are all clearly marked according to their level in the union. They are paid on a per job basis and may not work for several weeks then work constantly for several weeks. So I would not worry about them.
As far as what the artist meant, you are an idiot if you think that your interpretation is the only correct interpretation there is. All artists will tell you what they were thinking when they created their works, but they will also ask you what you got from it cause it is a matter of perception. What I got from it may not be what you understood it to be….but we can both be correct.
Personally I believe that we should be able to download what we want. All these greedy bands these days want to bitch about rights?!? WTF? I make it a point to never even listen to bands that I hear complain about their rights to my money. I am there to get the music out for you and if you think I should have to pay to do that then you are not a musician, your a greedy bitch that is no better than a dirty politician that steals our contributions to buy a new benz. We used to be able to just record tapes off the radio for free and that is how the music got out to the masses. I have had to give up on bands I thought were great because of there ethics and I hate it but I refuse to promote or even listen to them anymore because of it. (even for illegally free) All this downloading crap has just limited the minds of great thinkers to be stuck in the torment of commercialized crap we are forced to listen to repeatedly on every station. Illegal downloads are the only way the good music they hide from us will get out. I say all bands should fire the record labels and blast everything on youtube… FOR FREE. Ok I think I am done.
this is why i like cake…
Omg! everyone plz can u all Shut up! thankz