Post by Sofie on Dec 22, 2004 22:18:13 GMT 1
Stolen from the Cinerama message boards:
have recently been made aware that the new Wedding Present album has somehow been made available for free download on the internet. I know a lot of big fans would be tempted to listen to it before it comes out, and a lot of you would also decline to download it as they know it's wrong. I just wanted to write and say that we're disappointed that it's happened and to ask that people think about it before they make it available on their computers.
Apart from the fact that this is illegal, I think it's actually quite ignorant and ill-mannered. Although I know lots of people buy albums they download, a much larger amount of people do not. So please don't fool yourselves.
You could probably argue that downloads don't harm massive corporations and huge pop groups and for unknown bands they can be useful in promotion. But for a small label like Scopitones every single sale of an album counts. I can't stress how difficult it is for a medium sized band to survive at this point in time. You only have to look at the number of record shops that are closing down to appreciate how the music industry is suffering because of this activity.
If David Gedge is no longer involved in making music in the future you can bet it's partly because people who download music illegally are depriving musicians like him of the funds to continue.
Thank you for being such a nice group of people. Your support of The Wedding Present and Cinerama is greatly appreciated.
Best Wishes to everyone for the festive period and the new year,
Jessica
Scopitones
have recently been made aware that the new Wedding Present album has somehow been made available for free download on the internet. I know a lot of big fans would be tempted to listen to it before it comes out, and a lot of you would also decline to download it as they know it's wrong. I just wanted to write and say that we're disappointed that it's happened and to ask that people think about it before they make it available on their computers.
Apart from the fact that this is illegal, I think it's actually quite ignorant and ill-mannered. Although I know lots of people buy albums they download, a much larger amount of people do not. So please don't fool yourselves.
You could probably argue that downloads don't harm massive corporations and huge pop groups and for unknown bands they can be useful in promotion. But for a small label like Scopitones every single sale of an album counts. I can't stress how difficult it is for a medium sized band to survive at this point in time. You only have to look at the number of record shops that are closing down to appreciate how the music industry is suffering because of this activity.
If David Gedge is no longer involved in making music in the future you can bet it's partly because people who download music illegally are depriving musicians like him of the funds to continue.
Thank you for being such a nice group of people. Your support of The Wedding Present and Cinerama is greatly appreciated.
Best Wishes to everyone for the festive period and the new year,
Jessica
Scopitones
