Michael Jackson asked in doubt.

He is not as resistant to these matters as the five major record companies. However, he is very puzzled whether this can really bring benefits.

If you buy it online, there are fewer people buying it in reality. In reality, record houses, merchants, and a series of middlemen have to make money. Including singers also have to make money.

You moved the cheese of so many people rashly, is this appropriate?

"Michael, what I want to say is that although the price of a single song has dropped, the number of purchases will increase. Before that, just like you, a record sold 25 million copies, which is a very amazing sales volume. But if you put it On the Internet, I think this number may exceed 100 million.” Qin Feng said, “You are now $19 for a vinyl record. If you sell it on the Internet, it will be split into one song. Each song will The initial intention is to set prices based on the singers themselves. Then the entire album will be packaged and sold at a discount."

Michael Jackson looked at Qin Feng curiously.

"If our discounted album is sold at US$9.9, which is half the price, but the number of buyers exceeds 100 million, then it is cost-effective. If you have 25 million copies on the market, you can sell for US$425 million. If you put it on the Internet, It's 990 million U.S. dollars." Qin Feng said.

Of course, in fact, it may not be that expensive. However, with the charm of Michael Jackson, the price is so high, it is not impossible. After all, this is Michael Jackson.

"I see!" Michael Jackson nodded.

In this respect, it may indeed be more profitable for the singer. For fans, it will be more convenient to buy, and can enjoy greater discounts and benefits.

"But for those middlemen, they lost their business. What do they do?" Michael Jackson asked.

The record store is the one who bears the brunt of this song. I am afraid that the record store’s business has disappeared.

"This will definitely be affected." Qin Feng nodded, did not hide, "The advent of e-commerce, this is the general trend. With the popularization of the Internet, the dependence of human beings on the Internet is like Amazon, which was only selling books before. Now, it has become an electronic sales platform. More and more people are shopping on Amazon."

"With the development of the times, some old industries will always be eliminated by the times, and some new products will come out." Qin Feng said, "As for the record store, does it own any patents or technical content? It does not. It does not. It's just a platform. This platform originally didn't make any contribution, but it made money by relying on some market monopoly. This is unreasonable. Now, the advent of the Internet age allows consumers to choose freely. This is reasonable. "

Although Michael Jackson felt that something was wrong with this point, he still agreed with Qin Feng's words.

"Of course, this is also a bad thing, that is, all singers will compete on the same platform. Whether their sales are good or not, it depends entirely on the quality of the songs to please the fans. Instead of the previous one, an album may be just one or two. The first song is good, and the rest is just to fill the number." Qin Feng said, "So, I am afraid that many fans will choose to sell singles." Qin Feng said.

In this way, the competition is fierce. Perhaps even the singer himself, only the popular songs will be downloaded frantically by fans, and the rest of the songs are probably no one cares about.

Of course, for Michael Jackson, he doesn't have to worry.

After all, he is now the only king in the world.

In particular, he has a large amount of music copyright in his hands. In this case, for him, there will be no loss.

The only thing to worry about is Sony Records.

Fortunately, he and Sony Records have a cooperative relationship, and both parties jointly own a record company. It's just that Michael Jackson does not own the management rights of the company. But it has half of the management dividend.

As for the right to use these songs, Michael Jackson himself has the final say.

In this respect, he still has the absolute right to speak.

As long as he agrees.

"I have one more question I want to ask, and that is whether this will cause piracy to be rampant?" Michael Jackson asked.

"The problem of piracy has always existed. However, compared with the copying of records, it is actually more convenient to control piracy on the Internet." Qin Feng said with a smile, "For example, users only have the right to audition certain songs. On the Internet You can enjoy unlimited listening on the Internet. If you want to download to an MP3 player, you can only download it through some authorized MP3 players. In this way, you can ensure that MP3 resources will not leak out."

Regarding piracy, these singers and record companies, including record shops, have always been the most disgusted. Because this directly deprives them of their profits. And it was completely deprived, and there was nothing left.

Unfortunately, in the face of piracy, there is no way.

Even if there are laws, in the face of absolute profits, those pirates will take the risk.

In this case, you can't stop it at all.

You can only let it go.

At most occasionally catch the biggest pirates to vent their anger. That's it.

Piracy cannot be prevented at all.

Now, Qin Feng can guarantee that piracy will not break out on the Internet, which is a good attraction.

If there is no piracy, the singer's income will rise a lot.

Including record companies, I am afraid that revenue will rise several times.

Unfortunately, even with such huge profits, there is still no way to prevent piracy. The piracy industry from around the world is extremely rampant. It's hard to guard against.

Now, if it can be resolved, that is a good thing.

"I can try to use some of the copyrights in my hands for digital copyright sales." Michael Jackson pondered.

Most of the copyrights he said about lightnovelpub.net belong to some late bands, such as The Beatles. The music of these bands has been circulating for a long time. Even if something goes wrong on the Internet and the copy is pirated, it doesn't hurt. At least for him, it will not constitute any economic loss.

The income of these music copyrights usually comes from the quotations of some movies, TV series, and some advertisements, as well as KTV on-demand and so on. It's not making money by selling its records and the like for a long time.

In fact, for a musician, the higher the degree of vocalization of his works, the more follow-up income in the future, and the longer it will last.

In the early days, it was to make money by selling records. In the later period, all derivative series copyrights.

Hearing what Michael Jackson said, Qin Feng was a bit disappointed though. After all, what Qin Feng wants is for all of Michael Jackson's album copyrights to be uploaded and sold online. However, this is not bad.

If the situation is good, it is naturally OK.

Of course, such a bit of copyright is still far from enough. This has to be done, think of a way.