More Pirate debatin’
Over on Mashable there is a great essay responding to a story posted on TorrentFreak regarding the demise of Dependent Records and their decision to release their back catalog for free via The Pirate Bay
Ironically, Dependent claims that they were largely put of business by pirating. However, as those folks at Mashable argue, perhaps their demise wasn’t just that the pirates spread their music but that they simply weren’t doing their job as a label in this new age.
“Piracy works very, very well. The albums and videos and movies come quickly; they’re thoroughly checked by the community, they’re well organized, they have standards of quality, and they’re free. To beat that, you need to offer content that’s just as fast, just as good, just as organized, and then give something extra to compensate for the “free” part: higher quality bitrates, extra digital content, extra physical content (shirts, concert tickets, coupons). You can’t miss out any of these elements because your content will ultimately be worse than the stuff on Mininova or The Pirate Bay. “
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February 11, 2008 10:10 pm
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