Taking A Stand
File-sharing of entire albums, singles, and DVDs is not only illegal, but also wrong.
I can't help but hope I'm not the only one that feels this way.
It makes me a little sick to my stomach with a feeling of up-most upset every time I see a download for an entire Gackt CD or DVD posted. Once all the Platinum Boxes were posted for download at once. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?
Musicians don't make as much money as many people think. Yes, Gackt makes more than you or I (most likely), but he also spends hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars (not yen) on his fans. Every concert tour starts already in debt. Who pays for all the extra costs? Gackt. Look at all the fan club events. Who pays for those? The fan club membership fee and costs for events? Yes, that may help, but I highly doubt that pays for it all. Gackt spends the money he earns right back on his fans.
And how do many of them repay him? By not buying his merchandise, but by instead illegally downloading in places that are supposed to support him.
When he sells rights to his songs to animes for theme songs and appears moonlighting in ads or video games he's called a 'sell out'. Does no one realize he probably makes more from this than he does he album sales?
So, I urge you all. Take a stand against the sharing of official Gackt merchandise online. Buy the official releases. Urge others to do so.
If you are with me, please post this banner in your journal linked back to this post. I've written out the code for you. Just copy and paste. Use my space. Just get the word out.
Support:
http://gacktyougirl.livejournal.com/219128.html">
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I can't help but hope I'm not the only one that feels this way.
It makes me a little sick to my stomach with a feeling of up-most upset every time I see a download for an entire Gackt CD or DVD posted. Once all the Platinum Boxes were posted for download at once. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?
Musicians don't make as much money as many people think. Yes, Gackt makes more than you or I (most likely), but he also spends hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars (not yen) on his fans. Every concert tour starts already in debt. Who pays for all the extra costs? Gackt. Look at all the fan club events. Who pays for those? The fan club membership fee and costs for events? Yes, that may help, but I highly doubt that pays for it all. Gackt spends the money he earns right back on his fans.
And how do many of them repay him? By not buying his merchandise, but by instead illegally downloading in places that are supposed to support him.
When he sells rights to his songs to animes for theme songs and appears moonlighting in ads or video games he's called a 'sell out'. Does no one realize he probably makes more from this than he does he album sales?
So, I urge you all. Take a stand against the sharing of official Gackt merchandise online. Buy the official releases. Urge others to do so.
If you are with me, please post this banner in your journal linked back to this post. I've written out the code for you. Just copy and paste. Use my space. Just get the word out.
Support:
http://gacktyougirl.livejournal.com/219128.html">