Not much you can do really. If you are a bigger-named artist, you could try to see what countries are showing high piracy for your music and do more tours there to tap into the market. If you are a small artist? That's a tough question.
If I throw a concert, I would give people who bought my album a discount. Just show the receipt at the door and get %30 off of the ticket sale. Just an example
With very few exceptions, artists typically don't make that much from album sales anyway. If I were an artist, I'd give my music away for free and rely on selling branded goods (online and at concert venues) and concerts. After all, the more people who listen to your music everyday, the more people will likely buy your goods and show up for concerts.
Another option is selling behind-the-scenes passes that would allow the viewer to watch practice sessions, studio sessions, live concert events and private performances (a la Radioheads From the Basement).
Put it on pirating sites for DL, however include a virus in it which will report the location of said PC which DL the albums I put out, then send them a bill in the mail... f they don't pay then I sue for several billions since that seems to be the normal thing to do. :P
Probably nothing tbh. Heck I would probably encourage it since you can't really stop it. I'd be psyched so many people love my work. Beyond that I'd sell merchandise at my concerts and try to get rich off the ticket sales.
You can't "stop" piracy but you can give people an incentive to buy your album over downloading. Some video game companies like Atlus give bonuses like extra content, artbooks, soundtracks, etc. for retail versions to entice people to buying their game. If artists find a way to do that they can make a decent amount of change they would not otherwise get. Another good way is to make a pay what you want model. People like Radiohead and even Louis CK used this and made some money. Getting $1 is still better than getting done.
I am in the entertainment industry. Here are the facts: An mp3 file of a song is absolutely worthless. It's worth somewhere between 0-.69 cents. The business has changed. Mostly because the law is behind the technology, as usual. It's hard to make money off recorded music because its so easily attainable through very basic means. Almost everyone can download 5 megabtyes from almost anywhere. All the money in music is in music publishing and live performance.
If I were an artist struggling with piracy, I would take a mic at every live concert, ask everyone to pull out their cell phones and set them to record, say "This is in dedication to all the pirates at hard work behind their desks everyday." Then I would pull my pants down, aim it at the crowd, then let out a huge fart... Maybe even shart a little and flip the cameras off before starting the concert. Maybe I'd change it up a bit and pull out my weiner and do a helicopter for 2 minutes instead of farting. If Rage Against The Machine can get away with standing on a stage for 2 hours completely naked without playing any music, then I'm sure that what I would do is small time in comparison.
I would do nothing. Piracy spreads music and encourages more people to listen to it.. More people hear my music, and then come to my concerts, and spend money on my merchandise and personally pressed CDs. Artists make little profits from CD sales compared to merchandise and touring.
Anybody going through a big label gets less than a dollar per album. I doubt the artists themselves care. They make all their money on tours, merchandise, and endorsements.
Absolutely nothing. Doing anything at all would just be wasted effort on a lost cause that doesn't actually matter in the first place. And that's effort that should be put toward whatever new music you're working on.
The artists themselves aren't being hurt by piracy. Record labels are being hurt by piracy. And they deserve it.
Nothing because if I were a successful artist I would have millions of dollars already, and by letting people pirate my music I would ensure that more people could enjoy the art that I had created.
The smart thing is to no try anything. Make a quality product and people will buy. Put on great concerts and make neat merchandise...you make more doing that than selling songs/albums.
Anybody going through a big label gets less than a dollar per album. I doubt the artists themselves care. They make all their money on tours, merchandise, and endorsements.
What about the ones who aren't going through the big labels?
@MrGeezer: For them, piracy's a pisser... But what it boils down to -- for a band like Radiohead who's already rich as hell, piracy's not going to affect them. For bands that aren't that big, there's not enough people downloading their music to really affect their profits. Overall, it sucks, but if people stopped pirating music, I doubt bands would really start making more money. There's bands whose CD I've downloaded, knowing full well that I would never purchase it if it wasn't an option. I think that's really the key to figuring out how much piracy affects the entertainment industry as a whole --
Not how many people are pirating, but how many people who are pirating would actually buy the product if pirating wasn't an option.
Metalicca are now ok with internet piracy ..... it creates wider fanbase especially in a country where their songs are not availiable or ban on shelves
Release my music for free. It's not like artists get much money from albums anyways, all the money's in merchandise and touring. Of course I hate merchandising, so I wouldn't make any money off that either. And I don't think I'd like playing big venues all that much, so I wouldn't make much money off that. And I think I'd probably be pretty prone to impromptu jam sessions, so maybe people would rather just hang around the areas they know I frequent than pay for a ticket in that scenario. I don't think I'd be a very successful artist, but I'd be happy.
You can't "stop" piracy but you can give people an incentive to buy your album over downloading. Some video game companies like Atlus give bonuses like extra content, artbooks, soundtracks, etc. for retail versions to entice people to buying their game. If artists find a way to do that they can make a decent amount of change they would not otherwise get. Another good way is to make a pay what you want model. People like Radiohead and even Louis CK used this and made some money. Getting $1 is still better than getting done.
That's the problem. ATLUS is better at giving bonuses and quality products.
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