Comments on: Lady Gaga ‘Poker Face’ rip off

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:02:42 +0000

If even the labels won’t pay artists, I think that means it’s a job that calls for SUPERFAN!

FAC, still led by old fogey’s with almost as little clue as the labels, seems to think they just need to get their copyrights back and then they can send the boys round to collect from any commercial use. That’s what FAC thinks disintermediation means.

Nope, the artist, even as a collective, is too weedy to wield copyright. And the business model of extortion as a means of collecting revenue is dying out, not waiting for renewed vigour from a younger generation and the leadership of an enthusiastic pirate finder general.

The artist’s only hope is their fans, and the artist’s superfan will set the standard for others to follow.

Disintermediation is not only about bypassing the label and collection societies, it’s about bypassing copyright, it’s about dealing with your fans directly. No laws against sharing. No threats or fear. Just a direct relationship and a handshake on a good deal between friends.

By: MALI MALI MALI

MALI MALI MALI — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:45:20 +0000

BAI D
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By: RadialSkid

RadialSkid — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:56:06 +0000

They chose to sign major label contracts. These are the consequences to that mistake.

By: Mike Shmoo Steely "independentmusician"

Mike Shmoo Steely "independentmusician" — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:24:49 +0000

Of course spotify rips off artists. Spotify is an RIAA entity. Folks need to know that!

By: Crosbie Fitch

Crosbie Fitch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:03:58 +0000

If even the labels won’t pay artists, I think that means it’s a job that calls for SUPERFAN!

The artist’s only hope is their fans, and the artist’s superfan will set the standard for others to follow.

By: Rabbit80

Rabbit80 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:23:15 +0000

Still – I wouldn’t mind a $167 bonus… after all, she would not have got this at all without Spotify!

By: theMusicSkeptic

theMusicSkeptic — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:24 +0000

This is just disgusting. Music has no value anymore and it is only a matter of time before they completely devalue it all together. If you are not a super big artists you’ll be better off performing at the bus stop for change than going into the music biz as an artists.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:38 +0000

so lady gaga would have made more if she flipped burgers for Mc Donalds….
interesting

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:17:11 +0000

@ Jason.

You’re right. I’ve changed the headline from Spotify rips off Lady Gaga.

But the poster above is correct too.

Cheers!

By: Murgatroyd

Murgatroyd — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:12:48 +0000

Any way you want to look at it it is a rip off

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:42:39 +0000

That’s just a payment to STIM, like when you listen to a song on the radio. They also have to pay the label for the track so unless you know what that payment was maybe best not to jump and call it a ripoff? Universal, her label, said they get more money from Spotify in Sweden then they do from iTunes.