nsane.forums Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hip hop megastar 50 Cent appeared on the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) recently to promote his new book “The 50th Law,” and during the interview he made some interesting points about P2P and what it means for music artists like himself.When asked how performers are to make money in the music business these days he points out that even though things have changed considerably it is still possible.“The technology is absolutely shifting things, and uh the marketing dollars that the major companies were providing for artists in the past is gone with the actual record labels.”So when it comes to illegal file-sharing 50 Cent believes that it’s simply a “part of the marketing” necessary to make up for what the record labels are no longer able to afford.His comments echo those of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) who recently referred to P2P as an “important form of promotion.".For new and emerging artists trying to get people to show up at their concerts and spread the word about their music P2P is absolutely essential. The world is literally at your fingertips and it won’t cost you a dime in marketing dollars.With studies concluding that P2P actually increases music consumption file-sharing may be an even far better form of marketing for the music industry as a whole than even 50 Cent realizesEven pirates “end up at the concerts,” he continues, “because they can’t help but fall in love with the material at that point whether they consumed it from downloading it on the actual Internet or they went and purchased the material.”Exactly. You obviously can’t pirate a concert so it will always be a stable source of income for music artists. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donizme Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 He's pretty correct. Even if I couldn't get his music online, I wouldn't buy it! His last album was absolute crap IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 D*mn right about the marketing strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 24, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2009 +1.Even he likes piracy. :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbotdbot Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Still, many people won't believe this. Just great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Still, many people won't believe this. Just great.They know it's true but would never admit it. If RIAA admits that piracy is helpful then it means their jobs are useless and it's hard to admit when you and your company is utterly useless to humanity. They would lose the abilities they have to abuse their power and bully the small guys out of their lunch money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 They know it's true but would never admit it. If RIAA admits that piracy is helpful then it means their jobs are useless and it's hard to admit when you and your company is utterly useless to humanity. They would lose the abilities they have to abuse their power and bully the small guys out of their lunch money.+1 I couldn't agree more :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 24, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2009 More +1. Nsane staff has great views towards some points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleman Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 hahahaha... great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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