So, I came across this quote from Joss Stone:

Here’s a refreshing attitude from a musician. TorrentFreak dug up a video where Joss Stone was asked by a reporter about her opinion on piracy. She simply replied “I think it’s great,” adding “Yeah, I love it. I think it’s brilliant and I’ll tell you why. Music should be shared. I believe that this is how music turned into like, some crazy business. The only part about music that I dislike is the business that is attached to it. Now, if music is free, then there is no business, there is just music.”

While many would dismiss such an attitude - even if it’s coming from an established musician - as naive, if not dumb, another sentence from the interview reveals that Joss is not naive at all; she has merely embraced a different business model than most musicians. “As long as you come to my show, and have a great time listening to the live show it’s totally cool, I don’t mind,” she said.

Brilliant.  An artist that “gets it”.  Instead of fighting my fans (like Metallica - which I will never listen to again - due to the fact that they hate their “pirating fans” [a-holes]), I will embrace the reality of technology and learn to make money in the way that musicians should make money.

Kudos to Joss.  She is winning me over as a fan.

Tags: piracy, RIAA, JossStone

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