Reading to much into the whole thing. It's just another form of distribution
that probably won't rock the boat much more then it has already has (which
has been significant but hasn't exactly killed record/cd sales).VHS didn't
kill off the movie theatre. You know when you see a trailer for a mediocre
movie and say "that's a rental", well mediocre records will be "that's a
download".
As a record label owner I sat on the fence with Napster. I could appreciate
it on a lot of levels, but thought that the glorification of what it
supposedly "stood for" was pretty lame. How was it again that all record
labels became "bad people" yet Napster was "cool". I don't have a CEO. I
didn't sell my company to BMG (Although in fairness a lot of people seemed
to be able to figure out there was a difference between labels like Ninja
and labels like Universal). That's bit harsh and I'm sure the Napster people
are okay people, but I was a bit miffed at public reaction to a lot of
things.. I think they could have gone about the whole thing a lot better and
managed to survive. Oh well we'll see what happens.
Sorry to drag it out again. Think I'll go home and crank out some Slim
Gailard 78's on the 'ol Victorolo
Jeff
on 2/13/01 4:00 PM, ...(Sunsp0t)... at sunspot@subdimension.com wrote:
quoted 39 lines At 2/13/01 10:27:00 AM you wrote:> At 2/13/01 10:27:00 AM you wrote:
>> 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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