It really has become a case of “if you can’t beat them then meh, whatever.” For so long artists and bands were fighting and complaining about their work being available for free online via illegal downloading. Well, a quick search on YouTube would seem to indicate that many musicians have just given up on the fight. This is because since the 2010 lifting of the 15-minute clip limit full concert footage has started popping up on the site.
Entire concerts lasting for hours have started to become accessible and most of the musicians seem to have just decided not to do anything about it. Now, technically under YouTube’s terms of use these videos would be copyright infringement and illegal. The thing is that it requires someone complaining about it such as the owner of the copyright. Increasingly, however, even though their work is being shared for free musicians are just giving up and letting it slide.
This may be an indication of a return to music being produced for the love of it rather than the money. You know, that may not be a bad thing after all.
It sure would be nice if this meant a return to the true passion of an art, as opposed to the capitalism of an industry.
Oh who cares about the whiney-ness of some of these singers anymore. 1. they already made money off of the concert. 2. i would be thrilled if anyone felt the need to broadcast my work across the internet, purely because they loved it so much. true artists should be thankful for their talents!