Hi Martin, thanks for the link. I have only read the press release for now, but it confirms my own hypotheses on the subject. The only music industry players that feel really threatened by file-sharing are those that belong firther downstream in the supply-chain and not the artists themselves. This is further reinforced by the observation that many established artists on soulseek share their own material, be either released and un-released.
Funnily enough, in October I was at conference in Vienna called eChallenges (focusing on the so-called "information society" in the EU) and I attended several discussions by university researchers and business types on the effects of p2p filesharing on the record industry. Among the arguments sustained was that mistaken conviction that p2p did present have any of the positive effects that had been forseen by its advocates. At this point I had to dissent with the lecturer - the soulseek community is a prime example that p2p has instead spurned new and original content that is solely (or almost) distributed via p2p. netlabels are also a good example. I also told them my personal experience where 2 artists that are being released on citymorb music were discovered by me on soulseek. A further example of how mp3, p2p and file-sharing create and offer new original content and are not only the haven for ppl sharing britney and Madonna. If you care to read any of these papers and lectures from the Vienna conference, drop me a line and I will send them along. Cheers, Take care, fab. ---- CITYMORB MUSIC www.citymorb.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: mercoledì 22 dicembre 2004 20.41 A: 313@hyperreal.org Oggetto: (313) artists/music and the t'internet First large scale report on how the internet affects artists & musicians.. Press Release http://www.pewinternet.org/press_release.asp?r=94 Full Report (HEFTY) http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Artists.Musicians_Report.pdf
