On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 12:24 PM, seeklektek wrote:
quoted 6 lines The article, in Wired's Feb.2003 issue, on newsstands now, opens with a>
> 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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