Posting Mp3's Online

Hey all, I've been talking to a composer friend of mine who says that .Mp3's posted online (Soundclick, Rapidshare, whatever) can get stolen She's just starting out composing, but it still worries me to hear it... should I be worried about this? Has it happened to anyone you know of?

Anything released in any format anywhere can get stolen.

Yeah.

What are you worried about? Someone listening to your music?

I dunno... melody stealing, maybe. Not much you can get from an .mp3. (A MIDI, definitely.) So it's probably not something to worry about, right?

Nothing to worry about really.

I don't know how harsh it will sound, but your melodies, or my melodies for that matter, are NOT that good... So relax and enjoy the Internet life.

Originally Posted by nikolas

Nothing to worry about really.

I don't know how harsh it will sound, but your melodies, or my melodies for that matter, are NOT that good... So relax and enjoy the Internet life.

I second that full-heartedly!

Maybe it is a principal of your or whatnot, but the truth is; most of us aren't even worth a dime.

So no worries

Even if we are worth a dime, you can also steal from a Mozart piece, can't you? So, what's the difference?

But it is brutal to hear something and go "Hey... that sounds like *click click click*... it is!" its something to be more aware of than anything else. At least with Rapidshare and the like you can control who's going to the site.

Look at it that way: If somebody steals something of you, they must find it really good. It's a huge compliment to have your music stolen!

Unless they do it to ridicule you with it somehow. But they generally won't do that unless you are prominent, so it's a compliment too.

There are millions of pieces on the internet. What makes you think people will steal YOURS?