Thursday 3 May 2012

Piracy vs Creating a Brand

Piracy isn't going anywhere

Guys we all know somebody who's commited piracy. We've walked by somebody who was selling pirated meterial, as if it was normal, because deep down inside we believe it's ok. None of us have the guts to go up to a guy selling pirated DVD's and tell them, "Hey dude  that's wrong put those away or I'll call the cops"  first of all we are too scared to, what if he's a hardend criminal or he can kick your but, second of all we make it right in our minds "the musician will make up the money through concerts or the movie star is already famous, this guy selling this merchandise is probably undeducated, poor and this is his only choice aside from robbing people..." and come on lets face it would you rather be robbed at knife piont or be offered a bootleg video or album?

Now my suggestion is that the govournment do the right thing and turn these bootleggers into official salespersons of the album just like in a concert you get normal tickets and then you get golden tickets you also get the normal CD's that will be sold at Black market prices( R5-R20) and the golden album that will be sold at the store prices(R100-R200) this way we rebrand piracy and everybody wins.

campaigns can never stop piracy saying "buy original stuff" and getting a celebrity to support that message won't make the problem go away.
1. Watch the Throne-Kanye West and Jay-Z
2. The Carter 4-lil wayne
3. 21-Adele
4. Where Them Girls At-David Guetta
5. Party Rockers- LMFAO


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16 comments:

  1. Thee Workplace4 May 2012 at 02:12

    I suggest CD's to have an anti-virus so that they won't be copied. 'Stop piracy' campaigns are there to emphasise and remind us , if they are able to apppeal to one person, then a diffrence is definately being made out there.

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:30

      But one person doesn't make a album go platinum you need lots atleast a million

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  2. Michell4 May 2012 at 06:04

    piracy is a big problem and a crime but are there not any positives to piracy?

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:32

      I beleieve there are, piracy is a good way for up and coming musicians to get exposure and also it provides a livlihood for those that sell the CD's

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  3. Unknown5 May 2012 at 05:09

    piracy is a problem in our country and it's wrong but also, distributors should stop charging us large amounts of money for CDs.

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  4. Unknown7 May 2012 at 00:27

    As far as some the SAPS officials still buy fake CDs piracy wont be rooted out.You can go to Noord Taxi rank towards Wanderers Taxi rank and spend 1 hour, am certainly sure that you will spot few SAPS and Metro Police Officialls buying Fake DVDs

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:34

      Amandla piracy amandla! ok maybe that's a little tastless i believe we must be realistic about piracy should the police arrest a man who is poor and is trying to make a living i would much rather he sell pirated CD's than have him ribbing me at gun point.

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  5. Sizzle7 May 2012 at 02:17

    The sad thing is that criminals are smart and they are always coming up with new ways to commit a certain crime. Even if pirators are locked up, some of the people left behind will continue the act, so it will never end.

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:36

      locking people up doesn't stop crime.Prisons are ineffective we as a people are afraid to face the facts we have real problems and we need real salutions. piracy is another sytom of povery do we cure the disease or treat the symptoms.

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  6. Nic Mmako7 May 2012 at 06:37

    Indeed music piracy is here to stay! A lot still has to be done at government level! Otherwise the musicians will continue earning peanuts!

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:38

      we need to do govournment has little do do with change govournment is sent here to keep things the way they are.

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  7. Unknown8 May 2012 at 04:39

    I personally think all of us have supported piracy without us knowing, and yes it is wrong

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    1. Phemelo Dibodu8 May 2012 at 11:39

      I'll tell the truth i Knowingly support piracy.Piracy i believe is an oppotuniy as a future musician I'm learning how to overcome this challenge that can become an oppotunity

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  8. Unknown6 August 2012 at 06:52

    ONE WHO CAN COME UP WITH THE STRATEGY TO KILL PIRATES SHE/HE WILL MAKE LOT OF MONEY, SUCH A SOFTWARE WHERE BY YOU USE SOME SORT OF A CODE WHEN YOU WANT TO COPE BUT THE CODE MUST ONLY HELD BY THE ARTIST AND THE INVENTER

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  9. Unknown6 August 2012 at 06:54

    ONE WHO CAN COME UP WITH THE STRATEGY TO KILL PIRATES SHE/HE WILL MAKE LOT OF MONEY, SUCH A SOFTWARE WHERE BY YOU USE SOME SORT OF A CODE WHEN YOU WANT TO BUT THE CODE MUST ONLY HELD BY THE ARTIST AND THE INVENTER

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  10. Unknown6 August 2012 at 06:55

    ONE WHO CAN COME UP WITH THE STRATEGY TO KILL PIRATES SHE/HE WILL MAKE LOT OF MONEY, SUCH A SOFTWARE WHERE BY YOU USE SOME SORT OF A CODE WHEN YOU WANT TO BUT THE CODE MUST ONLY HELD BY THE ARTIST AND THE INVENTER

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