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Youtube Subscription Service - Launch Iminent, Warnings Of Takedowns
john commented on john's blog entry in Songstuff Stuff
Great replies, both! Out of interest Mike, the point I was making was not that going to a subscription service would generate more money, I think such services pay musicians very poorly, but they do pay (which is better than not paying at all, if only just - because the rates are so bad), but by adding more subscription services true competition could be to the benefit of musicians if they stop rolling over and letting the services walk all over them. A price war could occur that drives prices down, or an available catalogue war could occur, driving money paid to musicians up, or at least that is one distinct possibility if indie labels and bands only make catalogue available to better paying services. As an aside, on forum funding... Perhaps the owner simply ran out of money and wanted to spread the cost? The fact that the forums sucked is another matter entirely lol. Songstuff is free and has been free for 14 years. No, scratch that. Songstuff is free and has been free to you, the site members, for 14 years because I (me, myself and I) have paid all the site costs out of my own pocket. I am not a rich man, in fact currently I am about as far from that as you can get. I don't know the owner of the forums in question, but could that have been the problem? Desperation, not greed? I know with Songstuff we are looking at multiple ways to raise funds to pay for the site, and yes we have considered adding subscription, though a voluntary subscription to get extra benefits with free accounts still being available as they are today. Thus far we have focused on other methods of raising funds. With Songstuff we are very much focusing on adding value add services and products, all of which are optional. Of course Songstuff is quite a different prospect as a community, and I don't contact members all the time asking for money, but running a forum can be an expensive thing and someone has to pay...... Free hosting does not pay for a community of this size. Software licenses need paid for, so does hosting. Luckily our staff are volunteers, and it have software and design experience, but many forum owners also have to pay for developers, designers, maintainers etc. A place the size of Songstuff ideally could do with a full time staff of upwards of 5 people, and a bunch of part time staff and volunteers, just to help it tick over never mind grow. Being a fantastic forum relies on hard work and goodwill, but it also relies on funds. As a poor, wee, neglected, misunderstood site owner (cue the violins) I wanted to at least present that perspective (when it comes to normal sites). YouTube is of course a different matter again as they are not owned by a poor, wee, neglected, misunderstood site owner! -
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