There is never a dull moment when it comes to this messy music and entertainment industry. Whether it’s the latest gossip, rumors, drama, who’s sleeping with who etc; there is always something to keep bloggers like me, busy. Though many stories may not always be accurate, but it indeed keeps celebs relevant and there is a huge audience of people who are eager to stay informed on what’s going on with their favorite or not so favorite celebs. With that there are thousands of bloggers out here who are willing to satisfying and give the people what they want.
In addition to supplying gossip, there is a necessity to keep those informed on new music from mainstream artists. However industry executives aren’t too happy with bloggers who post unreleased music on their sites. Meanwhile they have created a “Blacklist” which includes over a hundred popular blogs and websites who are guilty of posting new and unreleased music. This has been implemented by Universal Music Group to eventually shut down these sites because they feel that they are interfering with the record sales of their artists. With that, these blogs and websites could potential be sued and removed for piracy violations.
In spite of this not only are bloggers and fans disappointed, there are artists who aren’t too fond of Universal Music Group’s “blacklist” which can be viewed here. With that, rapper Drake turned to tweet to vent his frustrations with, “Universal needs to stop taking my f—ing songs down. I am doing this for the people not for your label.”
Though regulating and controlling certain content is understandable, I think its silly that Universal Music Group would even believe this would be effective. First off blogs have become one of the main sources for information, and it is important that bloggers keep their audience updated with new music and updates about their favorite artist.
Furthermore if it weren’t for the presence of bloggers today, people wouldn’t never even know about new artists such as Nicki Minaj, Frank Ocean, Big Sean and many others. So removing and banning these sites is ridiculous, and is in no way going to increase album sales, but it just may backfire and decrease sales.
This generation of music lovers enjoys getting a taste of what to expect from their favorite artists, and taking the privilege away would only make fans irritated. Nevertheless we will have to wait and see how all this all pans out because if Universal Music Group is serious about taking further action then lot people aren’t going to be too pleased with this.
This generation of music lovers enjoys getting a taste of what to expect from their favorite artists, and taking the privilege away would only make fans irritated. Nevertheless we will have to wait and see how all this all pans out because if Universal Music Group is serious about taking further action then lot people aren’t going to be too pleased with this.
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