Much has been written about the current state of the music industry and how it continues to struggle with the pirating plague, which without a doubt is costing both music companies and artists huge amounts of money.
However, as we have seen from the recent Sony root kit debacle many music companies overstep the mark when they try and tell ‘us’ how and when we can listen to the music that we buy. Why should I have to purchase more than one version of the same song just so I can listen to it on my home stereo, my PC or my mobile phone (why buy a separate mp3 player!) and if I don’t be turned into a ‘criminal’ by the music industry.
Well, finally someone has seen some sense and had the courage to disagree with the ‘mega-music’ companies by stating that you should be legally allowed to copy your own music for your own use on different formats. Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has said the legal focus should fully fall on the professional pirating operations, not the individual music buyer who just wants to listen to their own purchased music as and when they want to. That said, I would also fully support a serious crack down on ‘social’ copying, where I think many of the music tracks on the Internet sharing sites have come from.
Over the years, I have built up a pretty good music collection, including 600+ vinyl records (many of which I have converted to CD to save the record surfaces), 300+ cassettes, again many converted to CD and over 750 original (and legally purchased) music CD’s. With that amount of money invested in ‘music’ I think I do have the right to listen to any track, any where, any time without being ‘branded’ a criminal by the music industry.
So well done the BPI for at last standing up for the ordinary music consumer.
Tags: Sony, Music Pirating, BPI, LP to CD
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