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# Arf!
Illegal printing is destroying the music industry.
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 10:50, archived)
# vinyl killed the stage star
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Scunner She’s a he, technically, but she’s scalding hot, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 10:53, archived)
# radio killed the stage star
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 11:22, archived)
# video killed the radio star
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 11:23, archived)
# Piratebay killed the music industry
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 11:24, archived)
# Piracy was made legitimate with spotify
So now everybody is happy except for the artists
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 11:24, archived)
# they get paid through the advertisers
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 11:38, archived)
# The label does,
but they don't pay artists much at all. 1000 click on a song gives something like 1p. The large labels running spotify refuse to declare how much they make.
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 20:12, archived)
# Somewhat geekily, copying of musical notation was the origin of copyright law.
(I helped save b3ta! slight yoinks!, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 12:58, archived)