The only way forward I can see for artists is this:
1. Give away lossy digital copies of your music, as promotion.
2. Emphasize the audio quality of the 'real thing' -- the paid for copy.
3. Make sure the physical object you're selling adds value over the
digital copy -- either by adding
I like the idea of #3 very much - vinyl only tracks would be a welcome
change from CD only tracks
plus well designed packaging is always encouraged.
Little pluses are so cool - buy a 12 to find a sticker slipped inside.
It's fairly common in rock music to find little things like record
label
This guy wrote a manifesto on the topic .
saved me thinking to hard about it all .
http://montemagno.typepad.com/p2p_manifesto/
You know the only person making money is the
person selling bandwidth .
I guess I know where to start investing ' eh
Dr. Lester K. Spence wrote:
On
On Jan 15, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Kent Williams wrote:
As far as file copying, CD ripping etc, the piggies are out of the
barn. Most DRM systems can be defeated pretty easily, and when all
else fails, anyone with a good soundcard can make a high quality
digital copy via analog loopback of
As far as file copying, CD ripping etc, the piggies are out of the
barn. Most DRM systems can be defeated pretty easily, and when all
else fails, anyone with a good soundcard can make a high quality
digital copy via analog loopback of protected digital files.
So DRM is a joke. It only stops
