the way i see it, quite simply, if artists don't make a living from sales of
hard copies of their work, they will ultimately have to return to
life-eating day-jobs which will only destroy their potential.
you can't be expected to create great music as well as catching the bus to
work every morning...
quoted 76 lines From: "skism" <cazeone@ramdis.com>
>From: "skism" <cazeone@ramdis.com>
>Reply-To: <cazeone@ramdis.com>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: RE: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired Magazine,
>2/2003 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:03:24 -0000
>
>
>Didn't I read somewhere that the Industries loss in sales was actually due
>to
>a drop in production, which they tried to cover up in order to have some
>ammunition for the war against p2p?
>
>But in the end I can't see the Industry disappearing anytime soon... Their
>revenues are still huge so the worst I can see happening is a little belt
>tightening or maybe the odd merger and acquisition here and there.
>
>What's great about capitalism is that it gives an opportunity for small
>more efficient companies to adapt to new circumstances where the larger
>companies are too bloated and inefficient to change in time to deal with
>them. But I guess the music industry is a little different due to the
>fact that it's dealing with peoples taste (or lack of), so who knows..
>
>But even if they did all go bust it wouldn't be much of a problem for
>most of the people on this list, who i'm sure buy much of their music
>in specialist stores stocked full of independant music?
>
>...skism
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brett Dietsch [mailto:elph@lawngnome.org]
> > Sent: 17 January 2003 17:40
> > To: seeklektek
> > Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: Re: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired
> > Magazine, 2/2003
> >
> >
> >
> > On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 12:24 PM, seeklektek wrote:
> > >
> > > The article, in Wired's Feb.2003 issue, on newsstands now, opens with
>a
> > > prediction by the late Timothy White,
> > > editor of Billboard, that the Music Industry will die in 2003. Aw,
> > > gee:
> > > wouldn't that be too bad?! ;)
> >
> > probably, yeah it would be.
> > dont get me wrong, im not a big fan of labels and everything, but they
> > are a semi-necessary evil.
> > if noone buys the cd's and everyone pirates them, the companies no
> > longer have any reason to put out cd's, which in turn means noone has
> > cd's to pirate, which reinstates the need for cd distribution,
> > which.... well.. go back to the beginning.
> >
> > hell yes, i pirate music. i also buy what i like and trash what i
> > dont. most people just pirate music. im not pulling a moral high
> > ground pose here, but seriously.. if the industry goes away, any hope
> > at decent distribution will also go away.
> >
> > i _LIKE_ having access to artists all over the world, being able to
> > find almost any genre of music, and lots that i've never heard of. no
> > industry, no distribution, less choices.
> >
> > now, if only the industry would play nice..
> >
> >
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