Protecting your rights and earnings
1. Why do you think music artists and other people working in the media are concerned about the digital reproduction of their work?
They are concerned about the digital reproduction of their work because people are sharing music, people are downloading music of the internet and sending it to their friends. If this happens then the artists will lose money. PRS helps this for artists and also people working in the media. One of the biggest things people do is download movies of the internet for free or watches them on other websites. e.g. Megashare. But the good thing is now that PRS or other people have banned websites like Megashare. This now helps people working in the media so they can make more money.
2. Why is a website such as this helps to organisations like the PRS?
This helps the PRS to their organisations because it is a website where songwriters, artists and people working in the music industry and posting their views about issues related to rights, earnings and copyright.This is a good website for professional songwriters, to post screenshots of their songs. This is also good for people working in the music industry, so they can post their music that they have created.
3. What might happen if sites like YouTube are forced to pay too much money to show digital media content on their website?
The people who made YouTube would have to include adverts on every video that every account has. This will get YouTube payed and then they can pay the Digital Media Content. But they would only do that if the price rises on the Media Content. However if there are actual YouTubers who post videos everyday, then there will be a chance that they would have to pay to YouTube, because the prices on the Digital Media Content are rising, because the people who make music advertisers will keep asking for too much money for each track and then YouTube will not be able to make a profit.
The people who made YouTube would have to include adverts on every video that every account has. This will get YouTube payed and then they can pay the Digital Media Content. But they would only do that if the price rises on the Media Content. However if there are actual YouTubers who post videos everyday, then there will be a chance that they would have to pay to YouTube, because the prices on the Digital Media Content are rising, because the people who make music advertisers will keep asking for too much money for each track and then YouTube will not be able to make a profit.
1 comment:
Some useful notes are made about the problems the digital reproduction of work causes music artists and other people working in the media. Fair Play For Creators is not explicitly referred to in the post but a useful observation is made about the importance of a site which provides songwriters, artists and people working in the music industry a platform for expressing their views about issues related to rights, earnings and copyright. What are the three overriding aims of Fair Play For Creators? What is the “business benefit” that Google derives from the music streamed through YouTube? Do you think this business generates enough profit for Google to provide satisfactory remuneration to artists from its benefits alone? How could the shortfall be made up? What are the pros and cons of subscription? Important note: try not to leave a question unanswered. Attempt an answer to question three even if you are not sure about its effectiveness. It is always better to commit something than nothing at all; some of the most important learning of all happens through the making of mistakes.
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