88.3 The Wind Blogs

Got your attention, didn’t it?

Good!

How else would you describe the fact that Christians (specifically teens according to a Barna research study ) are just as likely as non-Christians to pirate music.

I had known this for some time, but what shocked me was hearing of people asking artists to autograph burned copies of their CDs. What a HORRIBLE position to be in - to have to sit there and sign a pirated copy of your own work and say nothing to offend the fan.

Who has created this problem in our society where such a significant number of us believe we are entitled to free music created by others - whatever the form is?

Do they not know that the vast majority of artists barely eek out a living? Do they not know that the support staffs at record companies and music stores are losing their jobs left and right?

So desperate is the situation, that record companies making a significant effort to place the burden of making up for the shortfall in revenue on the single biggest source of FREE advertising for their artists - radio stations.

Have you ever considered what your favorite radio station would sound like if it only played music that was offered royalty-free?

There are going to be sides taken in the issue of who is at fault for bigger problems the music business faces, but the main point remains - who do we as Christians think we are engaging in a clearly illegal activity and/or not making it a priority to teach our children to not engage in it?

 

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