ARR's interview in Hindu .....-Intresting Point

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"or the individual MD output!!" should read "and not the individual MD's output!!!"
Dude, also i just added to JG's post!! kind-a agreed with him on piracy and other issues.

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all the talk abt. ARR not doing well and he shuld redue his salary is all crap.......do u xpect sachin tendulkar to reduce his salary just bcos he is scoring pretty badly at the moment......if ppl. can't afford ARR so be it......he is only for the rich producers and there will be less ARR movies in Tfm which is gud for his fans like me.....

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enga maddy, unga selavu kuraiyum'nu pakkareengala?

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MIL,

Sorry, i was not pouncing on you I was just wondering about the 'If only recent MD's made everlasting melodies' statement...

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Hmmm!
MADDY!
Just a thought!

1. If Sachin is going to average less than 30 in the coming cricketing year, will the BCCI still wait for him to get into form rather than showing him the door?
2. What if BCCI goes bankrupt in a year or two? Will Sachin say, I don't care if BCCI is banrupt, I still want the same old salary?
I guess as far as TFM is concerned, point 2 applies and ARR soon will have no takers even if Mani Ratnam and Rajeev Menon desparately want ARR to score. They will just get into low budget film making(Already Shankar did that with Kaadhal). They will not say, 'let me go bankrupt, but I will use only ARR for the same price'.

This is just an extrapolation of current trend of unfettered audio piracy and mp3 downloads being abundant source of ARR's music.

ARR can even be frank on this issue and start a movement against this twin evils as I beleive he is the wort hit because of both.

As far as the impact on ARR's clones are concerned, well, they operate at a much lower cost and they are insulated by the movie's producer from these trends. All said and done, it's MONEY MONEY MONEY.

Thanks,

Jaiganesh
http://silencerocks.blogspot.com

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"This is just an extrapolation of current trend of unfettered audio piracy and mp3 downloads being abundant source of ARR's music.

ARR can even be frank on this issue and start a movement against this twin evils as I beleive he is the wort hit because of both. "

Jaiganesh,
Just think!
Before music was so much commercialised to make a few individuals stinking rich and music making/listening an expensive affair, it was just radio & public address systems...or inexpensive cinema tickets...sole greed and commercial considerations have been ruining the music industry for a while. I think MP3's & cheap-copies of cassettes is not a bad idea if that gives access to more people good music (as much as radio / public address systems / recording centers etc. gave in the past)...That ARR or X or Y or Z making a few hundred thousands less is not going to hurt anyone (not even the music moghuls in the business , as they need to handle less of black money)...

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The word `piracy' cannot be applied to these fellows (i.e. cinema MD's) as most of the time they themselves draw from many previous sources freely and shamelessly, without paying a penny while trying to make millions...(in fact many have MADE millions by even plagiarism)...why make public pay too much for these so called `arts'?

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vambu,

yours is a warped logic which effectively says "two wrongs make a right".

that is not so, it is just the MDs and movie makers who plagiarize have been lucky all these days. Until people start suing these guys will continue to do that.

Look at kamal and rajinikanth, both keep plagiarizing left and right, kamal from hollywood and rajini from other language movies. All these years they were allowed to go scott free. but today rajini's chandramughi is in so much controversy because the original film maker is threatening to sue. In fact, the movie is banned in kerala even before the shooting is complete.

Kamal's new film (donno its name) is supposed to be inspired from a spanish movie. And he proudly announces that he is going to buy the copyrights for making it in tamil. But hey, what about the numerous movies he plagiarized earlier, is he going to contact the producers of those movies and pay them royalties?

I think it is just a matter of time before these MDs and movie makers fall in line. People around the world are now starting to look at indian movies, its not far away before original movie makers and composers start suing these plagiarists.

Now that doesnt mean that while these people plagiarize we can also endorse piracy. Why not endorse shoplifting of audio cassette shops. Hey these people are selling plagiarized music, why not steal from them, that will teach them a lesson.

That was how it was before the 'thiruttu vcds' were outlawed recently. I am sure something will come up for audio cassettes and cds soon.

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I agree with you Dude that a wrong cannot be made right by another wrong. Let me clear up things : I do not endorse MP3's or `pirated' cassettes personally either. When I'm not willing to spend money on certain music / movies, the only way it can reach me is through radio / TV.

So if my previous post has got some kind of endorsement to piracy, I apologize and definitely take it back...

I simply wanted to make an observation about today's music industry which is so greedy / commercialised and trying to make things very expensive. At least some of them try to do the `basmathi / turmeric patent' which is deplorable

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Hi Vambu!
The only reason why people buy cassette or CD is to listen to the songs they like to listen(without disturbing anybody else) at their own convenience. The reason you have mentioned seems to be flawed to me. Radio and TV will not telecast / broad cast movies specially for you. For that you gotta call 'Pepsi',oops Jayachandran textiles UMA buddy.
pun intended! Offense unintended!!

Thanks,
Jaiganesh
http://silencerocks.blogspot.com