[LINK] So this is Christmas and Imagine all thosepeople.....Re: Australia, Second Class Citizens, according to EMI

[Tom Koltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Kim Holburn
> Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2011 10:55 PM
> To: Link list
> Subject: Re: [LINK] So this is Christmas and Imagine all 
> thosepeople.....Re: Australia, Second Class Citizens, according to EMI
> 
> 
> 
> On 2011/Dec/14, at 11:27 AM, Tom Koltai wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Marghanita da Cruz [mailto:marghanita at ramin.com.au]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2011 9:43 AM
> >> To: Tom Koltai
> >> Cc: link at anu.edu.au
> >> Subject: So this is Christmas and Imagine all those 
> >> people.....Re: [LINK] Australia, Second Class Citizens, 
> >> according to EMI
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Tom Koltai wrote:
> >>> I was cruising youtube as you do... And came across this
> >> little ditty,
> >>> by the Beatles:
> >>> 
> >>> John Lennon's: So this is Christmas.
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> This along with Imagine is in the John Lennon collection on
> >> Vinyl that I 
> >> dig out, of my very limited CD and Vinyl collection, each 
> >> year and play on 
> >> my "Retro" turntable. The vinyl has
> >> 
> >> "Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Recrds Ltd: except
> >> Original sound recordings made by The David Grafton Company 
> >> This compilation (p) 1982 by EMI Records Ltd."...EMI Logo and 
> >> Fine print and LENONO Music
> >> 
> >> Noting Google isn't a disinterested party in this, Googling
> >> LENONO Music reveals
> >> 
> >> "This video is no longer available due to a coyright claim 
> by Lenono
> >> Music...Sorry about that.... 
> >> <http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/apr/06/yoko-onos-publish
> >> ing-company-blocks-stephen-harpers-imagine-video-on-youtube>
> >> 
> >> NOTE: May accuses Harper of breaking law over Kyoto..
> >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/12/13/pol-ma
> >> y-kyoto.html>
> >> <SNIP>
> > 
> > Thanks Marghanita.
> > Got all those. I was actually across the bunfight between 
> Yoko and the 
> > balance of the rights holders. In fact not so long ago I was on the 
> > peripherals of a group that was considering buying EMI from Citi.
> > 
> > I am now, actively campaigning for one global standard for 
> copyright 
> > to encourage the development of new content.
> 
> Personally I can't think of a worse idea.  This is exactly 
> what the US wants and is pushing, making "free trade" 
> agreements for:  
> 
> One copyright to rule them all.  
> 
> AFAIC the more diverse the better, the more ridiculous, the 
> whole thing is.  
> 
> Why should there be one price for something in every country? 
>  Poor people in poor countries have to pay the same price as 
> rich people in rich countries?  
> 

Interestingly, we agree that in the emerging nations, the average
citizen is unable to pay $0.99 per song.

Which is why current commercial initiatives in China to digitally
distribute songs at $0.03 cents per song make sense. (Considering three
cents is about the earn for the average song for the original musician,
there would appear to an awful lot of fat going to non-recording artist
interests.)

The calculations I have done as to earning capacity, leisure time value,
cost of bandwidth, cost of bargain bin DVDS sales, value of advertising
supporting audio and video streaming services, all seem to indicate that
a price of between 1 cent and two cents per minute is the pricing that
should be settled on globally.
A market of 100 million at 24 songs purchased per year at $0.99 equals
2.3 billion vs a market of 6 billion at 24 songs at $0.03 equals 4.3
billion.
Simple calculation really. 

For example, in Nigeria, the cost of a DVD (with a movie on it) is
around $1.00. Piracy is non-existent. However, Nollywood (Nigerian
Hollywood) is churning out approximately 1500 movies every year. (26
million homes, x 2 DVD's per night (no Broadcast television or cable
companies) equals an 18,980,000,000 per annum industry. WITH NO
PIRACY!!!

So the difference between our points of view is not that dramatic, we
are just haggling over the price.

TomK