At 09:55 PM 6/24/2002 +0800, you wrote:
quoted 4 lines Hear hear...does anyone else think the RIAA might have gone too far this>Hear hear...does anyone else think the RIAA might have gone too far this
>time? The Napster case was just as big as this but a lot of people still
>have the sneaking suspicion in the back of their minds that file-sharing is
>wrong, I think.
A lot of people think it's wrong because they hear it's wrong on the news
and from other sources. However, it's not much different than simply
selective radio. Artists and the companies that represent them are putting
the music out into the public domain to be bought 'n sold, and often give
it away for free already to promote it. Why they've decided that
uncontrolled promotion is a bad thing is beyond me, but people who are
planning on buying an album either a) are already lined up at the store or
b) will listen to the few hits they've downloaded (and would hear on the
radio multiple times anyway) and decide whether to purchase the
album. People who are waffly on an album purchase usually wait to hear
what other songs will come out on the radio, which isn't much different
than being pro-active and searching out the album in other ways, whether it
be downloading the mp3's or simply borrowing a friend's cd.
quoted 3 lines Shutting down US Internet radio, though, and for no good reason, just seems>Shutting down US Internet radio, though, and for no good reason, just seems
>plain evil, an undisguised power play to extend the monopoly power of the
>major labels further into cyberspace.
Well, the thing that bothers me most is that this is specific only to
internet radio. Standard radio broadcasts are exempt from these royalties,
arguably because they use other means in order to play songs. The ironic
thing is that if artists and their companies would support internet radio
enough so it would overshadow filesharing, they'd kill two birds with one
stone -- control over what's being played on at least a large portion of
internet radios, and a reduction in file sharing (because people are
already hearing the songs they want to listen to).
It all has to do with producing stuff people want to hear. Ultimately, if
you don't want them to hear it, don't make it in the first place :P
derek
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