Memo from Alex Bond of PricewaterhouseCoopers -------------------- Start of message text --------------------
I've got to agree with Richard. It's all very well and good people getting music for free, but we're already seeing the knock on effects in the UK. The major labels, having seen their profit levels dropping are now unwilling to invest in bands that may or may not make it. They need sure-fire winners every time. This basically means pop music, or mainstream music is going to become a lot worse than it has been. (if you thought that was at all possible). Just look at the amount of 'reality' pop TV shows, it's beyond a joke. For example, Radiohead were a small band who had a lot of money invested in them before they started selling loads of albums worldwide. This will now become a thing of the past. Also, on a more personal level, I really don't agree with taking small independant labels music for free from peer to peer sites. It's fine to download a mixtape or something - I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but I personally believe that taking say, for example, Delsin's new compilation, or one of the new submerge CD's from a napster type site is very very wrong, it's like stealing in my opinion. These labels and people lose out as a result of this and lets face it, these people bust their balls to put this music out and quite frankly people that are on this list should know that and respect that and offer their suppport by putting their hands in their pockets. Just my 2 pence worth anyways...... Rc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 19/09/2002 13:56:12 To: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> cc: Subject: Re: [313] Final Scratch - thoughts... what's fair ??- I'll hazard a guess and say the majority of records listened to by people on this list did not do too much more than break even for the people who originally put them out.....if break even at all. sometimes i wonder about the long term effects of people swapping music for free. lots of people who think of themselves as underground music anarchists try and justify the whole thing to themselves by saying its only britney spears and the five majors that suffer. that's bulls***t. they're as much a businessman as any other muther that claims to be a stakeholder i can hop an an broadband computer now... gimme a day or two and i can come up with a pretty impressive motherload to use with Final Scratch without paying a cent to the people that put those recordings out there. doesn't quite seem right > > Maybe some of the electronic music artists will wise up and start selling > mp3s? Or better yet, offer truncated tracks for free, and sell the full > version for a minimal, yet fair price. > > -m > >> Now instead of copying cds... we will be able to copy vinyl. I thought >> that at least the producers of dance music who only pressed vinyl were >> safe. Now all someone has to do is go buy a track and post it on >> kazaa... >> >> That scares me somehow.... Hopefully the users of final scratch will >> actually be PAYING for the music they mix and not ripping it off kazaa. >> >> just a thought >> >> ??Çöüñ?ërpöïñT?? >> >> >> >> >> ??ÇöüñtërpöïñT?? >> http://stage.vitaminic.com/main/counterpoint/all_tracks/ >> ??ÇöüñtërpöïñT?? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. 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