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  • On the post: Dan Bull Shares His Thoughts On The Pirate Bay Being Blocked Right After Helping His Music Get On The Charts

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 05 May, 2012 @ 11:13am

    Re: Re: Re: Entitled?

    funny so why support blocking a site outright and taking the money out of the pockets of every artist that wants to use the distribution model.

    If the you can't pay for it don't use it model applies

    should the if you can't block your crap only leave the site alone model also apply.

  • On the post: Paulo Coelho Ebook Sales Jump Way Up Thanks To $0.99 Sale

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 02:29pm

    Re:

    so your point is what that you should wait until everyone drops their price so you gain no benefit whatsoever

    if anything that statement means you should make the price change as soon as possible to make sure your one of the lucky few who will cash in.

    BTW it totally false, people are simple going to buy more books, rather then buying 1 book, and pirating 12 they will buy 13.

  • On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 08:20am

    Re: Re: Re: ??

    your left hand and concussion

    but the competing distribution model is the competition to the theater distribution

    which is "piracy" sites like the pirate bay.

  • On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 07:24am

    Re:

    so if i spend 90% of the budget on hookers and blow

    somehow that waste of money justifies destroy the competing distribution model.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 10:56am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: honesty

    well considering i was one of those people who downloaded the album for free.
    I wasn't a fan of radio head when i downloaded that album.

    I saw the news story about them on ET Canada thought it was a no risk option to just download the album.

    Which i did.

    I didn't like it so i deleted it.

    they did however mail me later on which introduced me a band that i did like (thru an affiliate link btw)

    I wasn't a fan before i downloaded

    and i wasn't a fan after i downloaded it.

    How many other people were exactly like me.

    BTW

    dan bull is the reverse i downloaded all his stuff from the pirate bay

    I happened to like the google+ version of sharing is caring

    so i bought that one.

    I am now a fan of his work, and a fan of his approach.

    If he does the multiple versions of the song thing again odds are good one of them will appeal to me.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 08:51am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    how about Paulo Cohelo the best selling author of all time.

    And he did it without being approved for the pirate bay promo

    he just pirated his own books on the pirate bay and shared it openly with his fans.

    Want to name ONE artist who has gotten access to the record companies promo capacity without signing over their copyright to the privilege.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 07:20am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hate?

    1. kickstarter for the project before you release
    2. liciencing (including the money megaupload paid per download)
    3. advertising
    4. sponsorship (after you build your brand)
    5. custom gigs (ala dan bull write a song for you)
    6. shout out (as in buy my song and i will put your name in my next thank you song-- again ala dan bull)

    reverse the transaction
    use the current piracy as a promo for your next KICKSTARTER campaign

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 07:13am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question

    list your song and i will buy one.

    if your good i will buy more.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 07:09am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    as apposed to having to sign over your copyright in exchange for getting the promotion by the labels.

    you can stop the pirate bay from pirating your stuff by going after the original seeders

    no original seeder no one pirating your stuff period.

    Why do you want to take away the CHOICE from all the people who want to use that model.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 07:01am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    which is why i said

    Drop the record companies from the equation and spotify pays way more then the record labels for the same licensed rights.

    amazing that he can't read

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 01:38pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: honesty

    you might want to look up the definition of the word fan

    because you obviously don't know what the word means.

    62% of the people who were offered the choice to pay nothing

    took that choice. You still haven't proven that every single person who downloaded the album was a fan.

    Just like everyone who listens to the radio is not a fan of every single band played on that radio.

    There is a difference between down loaders and fans.

    Just like there is a difference between radio listeners and fans.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 12:01pm

    Re: Re: honesty

    an how many of those people had not heard radio head and simple gave them a try because the content is free.

    you might want to read the statement you are responding too

    I truly believe most fans will support the artists they like.


    people who haven't decided if they like the band yet are not fans.

    They won't be fans until the next album.

    Oh and btw radio head now has all those people on their mailing list.

    And they made more money selling those new fans tickets/merchandise/old albums/ pushing them to their youtube videos and collecting ad payments/ then they would have made selling them the album at full price given the standard record deals.

  • On the post: Asking Fans For Support Isn't Begging, It's Solidifying Our Relationship

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 11:52am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Of course spotify pays less then the record labels

    the record label take a cut of the revenue spotify pays. Hijacking most of the money that should go to the artist.

    Drop the record companies from the equation and spotify pays way more then the record labels for the same licensed rights.

  • On the post: Law Professor: Megaupload Prosecution A 'Depressing Display Of Abuse Of Government Authority'

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 01 May, 2012 @ 10:34am

    Re: Re: Re:

    He's arguing for MegaUpload, a bunch of pirates, hence he's a pirate apologist--by definition.

    no he is not, america still has the principle of INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty.

    So mega upload is not a bunch of pirates until they get convicted.

  • On the post: Calm Down Internet: Google Drive's Terms Are The Standard For Countless Websites, Including Gmail

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2012 @ 11:53am

    Re: Double Standards?

    the answer is no

    fair use allows you to use copyright material WITHOUT the permission of the copyright holder. It the trade off every copyright holder agrees to when they were granted the monopoly rights to CONTROL how their content is distributed in every OTHER case.

    Your own argument about not using copyright material EXPLICITLY take away that right away from the public.

  • On the post: Dan Bull Talks About Trying To Reach The Charts While Giving Away His Music

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2012 @ 03:27am

    Re:

    are people fans of his music or his message

    weather a person buys his stuff because they like the content
    or they buy his stuff because they like his attitude

    they are buying his stuff.

    That the point.

  • On the post: Dan Bull Talks About Trying To Reach The Charts While Giving Away His Music

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2012 @ 12:28pm

    Re:

    so your defending your free speech rights by attacking someone else's free speech rights

    you might want to look up the word ironic.

  • On the post: Calm Down Internet: Google Drive's Terms Are The Standard For Countless Websites, Including Gmail

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2012 @ 01:11pm

    Re: Re:

    and that why i said

    "contextual wrapping the "licence" within the scope of providing the service advertised would also allow them do what they need to do to provide the service, without taking more rights than they actually need."

    Google over stepped the bounds with their blanket auto licencing

    drop box didn't

    You argued they "need" to have that "blanket" licence

    which is of course patently false

    they only need to have a licence for the scope of the service ("again, only to provide the Services")

    they put a clause that give them much much more.

  • On the post: Calm Down Internet: Google Drive's Terms Are The Standard For Countless Websites, Including Gmail

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2012 @ 08:37am

    really then why doesn't competing cloud drive services don't have the exact same wording.

    drop box
    "Your Stuff & Your Privacy: By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, "your stuff"). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don't claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below."

    SkyDrive:

    Your Content: Except for material that we license to you, we don't claim ownership of the content you provide on the service. Your content remains your content. We also don't control, verify, or endorse the content that you and others make available on the service."

    contextual wrapping the "licence" within the scope of providing the service advertised would also allow them do what they need to do to provide the service, without taking more rights than they actually need.

  • On the post: Bonus Sunday Post: Help Dan Bull Get His New Freely Distributed Song On The Charts

    fairusefriendly ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2012 @ 08:34pm

    Re:

    oh the horror

    showing a fully authorized use of the pirate bay

    We didn't stop walmart from selling vcr just because some people used it to make bootleg movies

    we went after those SPECIFIC people who were breaking the law.

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