What a mess, it'll take a long time to get all that sorted out.
I was aware of youtube issues, but itunes?
It looks like it isn't only third world companies that facilitate and profit from piracy.

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Yes, I think that is the issue here. The are programs that can scrub the website for audio files, download or capture those files and then offer them for download for free, or for a fee. And of course, you can do this manually as well. I have heard of some people doing this and treating the downloaded songs as their own and putting them for sale.Len911 wrote:I guess I'm behind the times, there are programs that download mp3 from soundcloud, youtube music to itunes, and all sorts of stuff.
What a mess, it'll take a long time to get all that sorted out.
I was aware of youtube issues, but itunes?
It looks like it isn't only third world companies that facilitate and profit from piracy.
Hi Kayle - (enjoyed your podcast wit Kyle Z btw) I've just started getting interest from libraries and it's kind of concerning because my SC link is where I've directed them to sample my cues. From a business perspective, I suppose, I should continue to get up to speed on Wordpress and direct listeners to my own site and drop Soundcloud. Not that doing so would prevent piracy. I guess a watermark could either A) be annoying to a listener or B) make you seem more professional/desirable if your music is good enough to warrant being pirated (?)kclements wrote:
I don't know how rampant it is or if it is something to get all worried about. But it is happening. I have thus far taken the stance that I don't put everything up on my SC page, and if someone steals it and sells it, at least at this point, it isn't worth my time to worry about. But I am starting to rethink that. I may start watermarking my tracks on SC.
But you can't do this for Taxi, cause that's what they send on to the listing party. So what's to stop these sites from scrubbing Taxi for audio? Again, I don't know that this is something that can be controlled completely, and I'm not sure how much sleep to loose over it.
But it is something to be aware of and on the look out for.
kc
sabalsounds wrote:
Hi Kayle - (enjoyed your podcast wit Kyle Z btw) I've just started getting interest from libraries and it's kind of concerning because my SC link is where I've directed them to sample my cues. From a business perspective, I suppose, I should continue to get up to speed on Wordpress and direct listeners to my own site and drop Soundcloud. Not that doing so would prevent piracy. I guess a watermark could either A) be annoying to a listener or B) make you seem more professional/desirable if your music is good enough to warrant being pirated (?)
BTW...have any of you used Mixcloud (owned by Soundcloud)? It's intended for higher quality files and (I think) requires an 8MB minimum to post. Other users have told me they can hear a difference in sound quality when streaming music there.
Off topic alert!kclements wrote:Also, I just heard James Taylor's latest single released via Soundcloud.
If it is good enough for JT, it's definitely good enough for me!
kc
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