Therefore, it can benefit the artist both directly and indirectly. I don’t care to imagine seeing any visitor electronically tagged, however, in order to quantify his or her purchasing habits.

The question was worded:
“I use filesharing sites and programs knowing that the artist will not receive any money”

I don’t use filesharing programs like Limewire or the old Napster – although I have done in the past – and for this reason and those others I mentioned I checked the box marked “disagree”.

There is always an inherent drawback in multiple choice answer questionnaires in that they are drawn up to elicit a predetermined response. There is the short answer, and the longer reply where elucidation is required to make sense of it.

I don’t think this survey goes far enough – as I mentioned earlier, I have reservations regarding it – but it does raise as many questions as those posed, and goes a step further towards creating dialogue with those who would wish to simply “close the fuckers down”.

Blogs are not “filesharing” in the same fashion as Limewire or Napster. Have you seen the links on my site and on “The Rising Storm” ?

Are you awake yet ?

Isn’t it pretty much undisputed that the artists aren’t getting any money as a direct result of downloads from mp3 blogs (even the ones the follow the mp3 bloggers code of conduct)? If so, then anybody who downloads from any mp3 blog would have to answer “agree” to the question at issue. Unless the downloader mistakenly believes that the artists are getting paid by the bloggers.

Isn’t an mp3 blog a “filesharing site”?

My view is that responsible blogging is good for the industry. This view is backed up by the facts that (1) the industry allows blogs to exist, openly, and (2) promotes its artists to mp3 bloggers. But any profit to the artists is indirect. So I don’t think the question is unfair. Maybe just a little vague.

If you read the wording if really wasn’t asking you to confirm that you admit to file-sharing, and that question WAS optional anyway. had concerns too, boyhowdy, but I entered disagree on that particular question since it led with “I don’t care about artists not receiving any money…” Bullshit!

If you read the wording if really wasn’t asking you to confirm that you admit to file-sharing, and that question WAS optional anyway. There was a hint of McCarthyism about that one though, I’ll grant you.

LIVE AT THE WITCH TRIALS!

I did the survey, but I’ll withhold judgement on the results until I see how that question is help up — if the querents make any claims at all about that part of the issue, I’m crying foul pretty quick, in fact.