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Re: from slashdot, on RIAA vs File swapping..

9/4/2003 3:21 AM
sr	Re: from slashdot, on RIAA vs File swapping.. I'm all for cutting out the middle man, but not at the expense of the artist I'm with you there.. the idea is either utopian or socialist. If we had the dole system of say an Australia or some of the financial incentives of an Ireland perhaps that would mitigate the loss of income somewhat? Who knows. I think as long as you expect artists to produce and they have to pay for stuff, it's natural to have them earning money for art. Society demands art, artists have to eat. I dont see a way around that at the moment.. I do think the person has a point about art as a collective product though; it does not exist in a vacuum certainly but does influence negate personal creation? I'm not convinced. I still have the Musician mag from 1980-something where they predicted the end of the music biz as we know it. An amazing piece of prediction; they just missed the whole file sharing bit.. (but, who knew?) In their article, the net was advertising and dist which is really what AOL/TW and their ilk do best(websites and downloads to CD Burners replace pressing plants, trucks and warehouses etc) aside from a lack of BW at the moment, we're nearly there. Stark contrast to when my old band made our CD. $5k to record, $5k to master and press 1000 copies and then sell them at gigs. Now we could have bought a real nice recording rig for $5k (amortized over several albums..) and set up a website, burned our own CD's (JIT inventory.. what a concept.) When the "last mile" problem is solved (almost certainly through wireless IMHO) we'll have 100Base-T or maybe gigabit to the home and then the times they will be a achanging.. (sorry Bob!) I think the good artists will find ways to get reviewed in the press (the press will still need to seperate wheat from chaff to stay relevant IMHO although the ad revenues will be perhaps very different!), noticed at gigs, etc.. same way they rise to the top now. I don't see the net changing that, or losing Bertlesman or AOLTW etc.. three will still be a million bands competing for 100 slots.

9/4/2003 3:21 AM

Re: from slashdot, on RIAA vs File swapping..

I'm all for cutting out the middle man, but not at the expense of the artist

I'm with you there.. the idea is either utopian or socialist.

If we had the dole system of say an Australia or some of the financial incentives of an Ireland perhaps that would mitigate the loss of income somewhat? Who knows. I think as long as you expect artists to produce and they have to pay for stuff, it's natural to have them earning money for art. Society demands art, artists have to eat. I dont see a way around that at the moment.. I do think the person has a point about art as a collective product though; it does not exist in a vacuum certainly but does influence negate personal creation? I'm not convinced.

I still have the Musician mag from 1980-something where they predicted the end of the music biz as we know it. An amazing piece of prediction; they just missed the whole file sharing bit.. (but, who knew?) In their article, the net was advertising and dist which is really what AOL/TW and their ilk do best(websites and downloads to CD Burners replace pressing plants, trucks and warehouses etc) aside from a lack of BW at the moment, we're nearly there. Stark contrast to when my old band made our CD. $5k to record, $5k to master and press 1000 copies and then sell them at gigs. Now we could have bought a real nice recording rig for $5k (amortized over several albums..) and set up a website, burned our own CD's (JIT inventory.. what a concept.) When the "last mile" problem is solved (almost certainly through wireless IMHO) we'll have 100Base-T or maybe gigabit to the home and then the times they will be a achanging.. (sorry Bob!)
I think the good artists will find ways to get reviewed in the press (the press will still need to seperate wheat from chaff to stay relevant IMHO although the ad revenues will be perhaps very different!), noticed at gigs, etc.. same way they rise to the top now. I don't see the net changing that, or losing Bertlesman or AOLTW etc.. three will still be a million bands competing for 100 slots.

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Mark Lavelle [QUOTE]I do think the person has a... -- 9/5/2003 2:43 AM