At 2/13/01 10:27:00 AM you wrote:
quoted 3 lines Could you kindly repeat all this (bullshit) to the 99.5% of "idm"/indie>Could you kindly repeat all this (bullshit) to the 99.5% of "idm"/indie
>artists who work dayjobs to support themselves so that they can continue to
>make (good) music for your enjoyment?
I see, so when the the automobile came out, we should have suppressed it for the sake of the horse-carraige drivers, eh?
I think you just don't realize, that making music is not a way to make money anymore. At least it won't be. ..And if you step back and look, it really never was. I'm sure I offended many of your with that statement, but....
The INEVITABLE change in music (and most if not all other forms of intellectual property) will be both good and bad. Good, because all the half-assed rockstars will be quickly weeded out, leaving people who truly make music for music's sake. Bad because the equipment and expenses needed to make a record will hinder talented people from creating.
Perhaps the "revolution" greratest asset has been to shed light on the true bastards of the industry - the record label moguls themselves. Artificially inflated prices, and obvious trust policies are only now being exposed to the public.
As we have seen with the drug war legislation is simply not effective when even just 10% (picked the number out of the air, but the point is clear) of the population disobeys it.
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