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Sarah Chong · · 2 min read

Brilliant Ads: Piracy Kills Your Favourite Artists

imagesThe music industry is beating piracy not by trying to eliminate it completely, but by focusing on other revenue sources.

Artists are offering their music downloads free on platforms like MySpace. Their goal is to gain a bigger fan base that would eventually pay to go for their concerts, events and tours. However, it is still important to minimize piracy through education.

Don’t voodoo your musicians, buy music!

The ads below show how piracy, with a few clicks, can harm your favourite artists. Though the idea is pretty cool, would it help reduce piracy? Fans who really care that much about the artists wouldn’t be downloading music illegally in the first place.

50 Cent

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KISS

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Lady Gaga

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Sarah Chong

Co-founder and editor of Penn Olson. A laid-back marketing student otherwise. Loves social media and twitters about everything! (yes even about the stranger who chants to himself) A huge Harry Potter movie fan who is extremely scared of geckos.