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the same thing will happen to film (it is already, but it hasnвЂ™t come as far). Filesharers AND majors are equally greedy. In this whole debate nobody really supports the musicians. I want them to focus on what they can do best: music. I donвЂ™t want music to be provided by the state or some big corporation, I also donвЂ™t want musicians to sell me something else. That is bad and will bring down everything at the end. I personally donвЂ™t care because I come from a different decade (white labels selling up to 20.000 via indie distribution channels.), but I see many young bands who started enthusiastic stopping music because there is no way forward for them. We need to make the indies more powerful again, and we can only do that, if everybody every once in a while pays for music they like.

Sony music and Universal donвЂ™t even bother about losing millions. That is what the argument should be about. We live in times where the rich steal from the poor. And what most вЂpopвЂ™ musicians do these days was done (in my opinion better) by innovative underground musicians decades earlier. this is not a competetive sport, this is music. they are manipulated and corrupt (especially in the digital world). It is so important to divide between indies and majors (which hardly nobody does! Can Louder than War get onto this? )ДЄlso letвЂ™s get rid of the charts systems. The means are here, AND people even listen to the music!) I think the music scene should be about the music itself and not about who can afford to do it or who has a sponsor. (if you like Amy Whinehouse, Mark Ronson, Lilly Allen, then you might not have a problem with that. thatвЂ™s wrong in my opinion because we donвЂ™t get the best possible music this way. Reality is that young musicians can only survive if they come from a upper middle class or rich background these days. (вЂњbands should sell merchвЂќ, вЂњyou can reach millions of potential fansвЂќ, вЂњmyspace is greatвЂќ)Д¬ensorship or control by governments or corporations is NOT the solution. I wrote an article about this issue two years ago: httpss://this is a very complex issue and I hate when people give these easy answers. Lucy obviously doesnвЂ™t know the reality of indie musicians and labels these days. ItвЂ™s actually a very exciting time to be alive if you can get your head around the fact that the old order is redundant. The Pirate Party stand for freedom of information and sharing art digitally is part of that theyвЂ™re part of the same wave as Wikileaks, where new technology is changing the way we have to think about morality and freedom and art and money and politics.

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No-one is saying that musicians should have to work for free or deserve to be fleeced, but there do need to be new strategies to take account of new circumstances. But this is a transitional time, a time to reassess how things work and how music can be funded. All attempts to stop copying and sharing are doomed to failure, itвЂ™s just big business trying to claw back some power.

People who want to make music will still do so if they love it, but now getting it out there is much easier that should be celebrated. You canвЂ™t turn the clock back: the fact exists that once something is digitised it can be shared.

Look at the way Jane Siberry or Kristin Hersh or Amanda Palmer fund their lives and their music: itвЂ™s brilliant and it works. Steve AlbiniвЂ™s rant on the music industry isnвЂ™t obsolete yet: httpss://Projects like Bandcamp are fantastic: there are so many ways in which fans can get their money directly to musicians without going through middlemen. ThatвЂ™s where the disrespect for musicians lies, not with the people who listen and share and discuss and generate enthusiasm. Livelihoods are draining away same as they ever were, because of the greed of the big record companies.

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