Matt Roberts

This is an email I received after asking a friend of mine Matthew Roberts, he's given me some pretty good ideas as to what to move onto next.

hello Chris

I have been pretty well tied up with my other briefs, so not done a great deal to be honest yet.

you could watch this movie - www.goodcopybadcopy.net if you have a spare hour and want to sit on your arse and let the info soak in other than that i am not sure. I made music for a living from 1991 until recently, so I will use that to some extent as actual experience (as it has all changed so much over that 16 years)

if i have a stance it is that copyright is obviously a good thing as artists do need to eat (young folk who think that everything should be free are just naïve and haven't had to pay their own bills), but it is also good that there are now alternatives (creative commons etc). Bands and recording artists such as Lilly Allen and the Arctic Monkeys have been using alternative means to promote themselves and have broken themselves onto the market through myspace (without the initial help of a major record label) - but once they're big i guess their record companies will be enforcing copyright to safeguard their investment. It is also true that these days recording artists don't really make any money on actual record sales, but recoup trough music publishing (radio play), Live events and merchandising.

it's horses for courses really, so as long as you show an understanding and bring up some points i guess you don't need to wrap it all up in a neat little conclusion. The chances are that whatever the state of play is with regards to copyright and DRM today,  it will have changed again in 2 years time. I think i will just note how things are in a few solid examples and indicate that I will be keeping my eye on things.

I think once that is done the fun part is making a piece / poster / movie / flash thing about it.

hope that makes sense

see ya soon

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Matthew Roberts

King Unique