Comments on: Live revenue shows no signs of slowing http://a2f2a.com/2009/11/13/live-revenue-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/ The net's first, and only, artists-to-fans-to-artists blog! Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crosbie Fitch http://a2f2a.com/2009/11/13/live-revenue-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Crosbie Fitch Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:55:56 +0000 http://a2f2a.com/?p=869#comment-795 Live music performances also have an online analogue. See: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sabrina/the-lp-project-help-sabrina-make-an-album You can use Kickstarter as a contingent funding mechanism for a non-live performance, i.e. a studio performance where the studio recording is then delivered as a FLAC copy to each participant, but COPYLEFT (e.g. CC-ShareAlike). 1) The artist is paid, and delivers their work to those fans who paid for it 2) The fans have paid, and receive what they want in exchange 3) If there aren't enough fans or the performance doesn't happen no-one pays anything, no-one gets anything. 4) The fans still have their liberty to share the recording they've paid for with their friends (or on BitTorrent), or even to sell it or play it on the radio (without royalty). Now that's what I call an ETHICAL ALTERNATIVE to copyright. If no artist finds it offensive I suggest it is listed as an online business model approved by both artists and fans in the Consensus area (along with the traditional ticketed live venue performance). Live music performances also have an online analogue.
See: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sabrina/the-lp-project-help-sabrina-make-an-album

You can use Kickstarter as a contingent funding mechanism for a non-live performance, i.e. a studio performance where the studio recording is then delivered as a FLAC copy to each participant, but COPYLEFT (e.g. CC-ShareAlike).

1) The artist is paid, and delivers their work to those fans who paid for it
2) The fans have paid, and receive what they want in exchange
3) If there aren’t enough fans or the performance doesn’t happen no-one pays anything, no-one gets anything.
4) The fans still have their liberty to share the recording they’ve paid for with their friends (or on BitTorrent), or even to sell it or play it on the radio (without royalty).

Now that’s what I call an ETHICAL ALTERNATIVE to copyright.

If no artist finds it offensive I suggest it is listed as an online business model approved by both artists and fans in the Consensus area (along with the traditional ticketed live venue performance).

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