Don’t Worry About Copyright Protection…

Another interesting article that explains why artists shouldn’t worry about copyright violations of their recorded music. Unless it’s a big time ripoff where the violator is making a ton of money off your work, don’t sweat it. And don’t expect all the web 2.0 companies you’ve put your content onto to look out for copyright violations either. That will only raise their costs, be ineffective, and reduce the number of players in the market. That, of course, will result in fewer choices for you, the artist, and cost you in the end.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Just distribute your own material yourself (using something like DJ Edna). If someone is ripping you off to the degree that you should do something about it, you’ll know (because if you don’t, chances are it wasn’t popular enough to matter anyway) and be able to hire a lawyer to go get your money. Or, for free, you can publicly shame the violator on your artist blog.

As with all things in life, fear can make you do silly things.