total paranoia. 'my teenage daughter tells me none of her friends have
bought CDs for months'...
What I hear is that record sales are up. mp3's are the greatest
promotional tool the record industry's ever had. We're suckers for the
aura, most people end up buying the 'object' anyway, it's what people do
when they like a record.
anyway
jl
>Sounds to me like he got all of his news second and third hand. He doesn't
>even really know why mp3.com is getting sued.
>
>What makes the internet music thing so great is that now anyone in America
>(or the world) with a computer can find all sorts of music, not just what is
>available at the local record store.
>
>It's lots easier for musicians to get their stuff out there and network now,
>but most music-buying folks I've met have a strong identity with what they
>listen to, so there's not much of a chance of folks changing their music
>choices overnight.
>
>Matt
>
>>From: "kevin leeeeee" <kevinATastsoft.com>
>>Reply-To: rumoriATdetritus.net
>>To: <rumoriATdetritus.net>
>>Subject: Re: [rumori] Terror in Tune Town (fwd)
>>Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:41:14 -0700
>>
>> > Terror in Tune-Town: Music Giants Flail Before Download Upstarts
>> >
>> > by Christopher Byron Bloomberg News
>>
>>sounds like this guy is basically telling me to buy mp3.com stock.
>>
>>i dunno, somehow i really can't see the big media giants really going down
>>in the long run and copyright laws dissolving into nothingness. just seems
>>like a pipe dream to me. a nice one though.
>>
>>perhaps if all the big artists and actors decide to abandon the giants and
>>go independent and control their own content and distribution...?
>>
>>kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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