> Right on, lets all stop buying CDs and more importantly, tell all our
> friends to stop buying them and why. If you really need some music use
> a Napster alternative
But surely this is still going to hurt the bands? I'm not defending the
corporations here (although it sounds a bit like it....), but this is how i
understand it...
: evil corporations 'create' acts, hoping to make buckets of money..
when/if they do, other corps think "hey, lets get ourselves a bit of that
action", thus contributing to the excess of similar sounding sh|t.
But sometimes, it's profits from the sales of these 'artists' (heh) which
help fund (albeit in a limited way) a lot of the 'indie' labels that are
affiliated to the majors.
I think that if record sales continue to slump (apparently?) then it's all
the small acts that will get dropped (i mean. it's already happening left
right and centre..), and unless they can afford to record their own material
and release it on the net themselves, i think we are going to miss out on a
lot of music..
I don't mean that i disagree with boycotting, but is it likely that these
companies will ever have a change of heart/brain where profits are
concerned? I think it would be good if they got the idea, and started
selling stuff on the net, but i cannot believe that we will ever see a song
for sale for 25 cents! erm.. not one that you'ld want to own, anyway!
(okay, i know music taste is subjective...!)
> When will media giants learn they can't control the internet? They have
> to live with it and accept things are a little different here. I spend
> money on the net (like my 30gig drive I installed tuesday) but bullying
> by large corporations seriously p!sses me off and they're not gonna get
> any income through that!
I completely agree with that... i suppose that if a boycott
eventually forced a change, then it could only be a good thing.. my own
argument suggests that the majors aren't helping anyone but themselves, so
maybe a boycott wouldn't do any more damage to small acts.. .. and i guess
that if you want to make music THAT much, then you will find a way whatever.
erm..
sorry, I'll shut up now.
seanB
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