Tue, 25 Jul 2000 found Jon Leidecker writing:
>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.
for now, anyway. that's a good quote though, jon.
I think the author of the article is definitely delusional, if not
paranoid (are you paranoid if you're hoping something will happen?)
He represents one extreme. There are others on the other. I don't think
either one will be right. As usual, there will be some middle ground where
things end up. Some capitalists will still be making lots of money from
other people's creativity. Some freedom fighters will still be resisting.
The battle will continue... that's my opinion.....
>>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.
Which means, I think, that the real power, in the future, will lie with
those whose business is promotion and branding, who have the marketing
muscle. Even if you can get whatever you want delivered piping hot from
your wrist hypertelecommunicator anywhere at anytime, people will still
need to be told who the current Britney Spears is, and there will always
be the marketeers there willing to do that.
smh
>>
>>>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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