Selling Your Music Without Fear Of Pirates

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Modern content creators have to adapt to the ever-changing marketplace. One thing that has changed is how consumers interact with producers.

History Of Theft

A long time ago, before the rise of the internet. People went to stores and bought CDs of their favorite band. The store bought the CDs from the producers who made the CDs. Robbery did exist back then, but not in the way it’s embodied today. The robbers physically took the CD’s, and they were punished for stealing physical goods. So, the piracy of CD’s was universally frowned upon, because it affected more than just the producer.

Changes Due To Internet

With the widespread use of the internet and with upcoming artists moving there; piracy followed. As artists migrated to the internet because of the ease of access the market followed. The previous marketing strategies before the internet didn’t work as well, although profits were more. People increased from the decreased cost of production; this was hampered by piracy.
Now let’s take a look at people to be more precise why people pirate or steal. Your average person won’t steal a car or something else that is physical but might steal a digital media. One reason could be that when someone steals a physical good their conscience gets weighed down. Another reason could be that he doesn’t see how it affects the artist who is making the media. Or he thinks everything on the internet is free.

What Can Happen Now?

Since the average person probably won’t stop pirating if he is already doing so, the artist needs to find alternate ways of monetizing his digital media without blocking everyone with a paywall. Some options to do this are put the music on a free platform and have ads ran on it to make money.
If people have made it this far, they should be able to change for the needs of the viewers while still eating. The only two ways to get rid of piracy are making it harder than doing the right thing and controlling everyone’s lives.

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