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There was a attempt to turn Neuromancer in to a movie around 1986/7: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp reported that he had started work on music for the soundtrack.

In August it was reported that Deadpooldirector Tim Miller is to direct an adaptation of Neuromancer for Fox. I think some King Crimson music would go very well e.g. Level Five as title music.

Fripp has been writing a blog for several years now, and it goes back quite some way. It's at http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm

What's more you can download a lot of music. He sells entire concerts, $9.99 for MP3s, and I've got about a half a dozen now, including a really kick-ass concert for 2008 and another of 1984. What's more, buy it from DGM Live and, while I'm sure lots of money comes off the top to pay for the website, at the end of the day Fripp and King Crimson get a lot bigger a cut than they would if you went down to HMV and bought an album (and they normally only have In The Court of the Crimson King anyways, and not the really awesome stuff like Red, Discipline or Thrakk).

According to Robert Fripps Blog http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?artist=&show=&member=3&entry=8114 EMI Are selling King Crimson's songs without having a license an hence are infringing. If only 1% of US based slasdotters purchased one of their tunes.... and applying this precedent.... with additional damages because it was for money.... a thousand of listeners could wipe out EMI and finally an artist would get something!

Discipline Global Mobile (see also King Crimson, Robert Fripp) has been offering their full catalogue in DRM-free MP3 and FLAC for ages now, and purchases also are downloadable via Bittorrent. There is some wicked stuff there, I can tell ya.

Which makes it the most expensive Fripp album ever.

Also, it seems to be the only Fripp's work online that has DRM in it:
https://www.dgmlive.com/archive.htm

http://www.dgmlive.com/

The other side of the coin is that in this scenario the artist(s) keep ALL the money, as opposed to the pitiful percentage that the record labels pay under standard contracts. (For some interesting thoughts from the artist's point of view, see http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=8383 and other of Fripp's postings).

You appear to be very concerned with accounting chicanery on behalf of the record companies -- as well you should be, particularly if you are a signed artist. But I am not sure how it is germaine.

This story actually comes from Robert Fripp's diary., "On this day, specifically, the EMI audit."

The entire story is about accounting "chicanery" at EMI. Unsigned artists need to be aware of this more than the signed artists, who already know but it was too late when they found out. They had already signed.

What is not germaine is the past insignificant history of the RIAA. The RIAA equalization curve is a straight line. The gold records are spray-painted.

In case any one is wondering about the nature of the sounds in question, there are samples of Robert Fripp's work online. One of my favourites is a recording from a building that still exists, but saw so much tragedy: the World Financial Center.

Much as I like RF's work, I still expect people will be able to turn the startup sound off, without having to hack anything. The way computers are used in quiet environments such as libraries and classrooms, that would be very inconsiderate of M$. No sound is that good.

It's happening. It just doesn't have the big marketing dollar behind it. See Bleep (Warp Records) or DGM Live (King Crimson & Friends) for examples. DGM even do lossless, you can buy FLAC files with no hint of DRM - a sure sign that they "get it".

I should think the RIAA may be correct from a legal perspective, though I doubt it is cut-and-dried. There's a powerful "fair use" argument that says, if you buy a CD you can expect to be able to play it, and that "play" in today's world implies ripping to PC or MP3 player. I was interested in Robert Fripp's (he of King Crimson fame) DGM Live download store which offers uncompressed, unprotected downloads for purchase. When I blogged about this and questioned exactly what I was purchasing, I got an answer first from the DGM Live programmer and then (indirectly) from Fripp himself. He said, ""...in response to Tim's I sort-of assume that I can make reasonable personal use of the downloads the quick answer is yes. The longer answer is act rightly..." I very much like the DGM Live model and would like to see it widely adopted. My worries would be first, that its legal basis is all rather vague; second, that it would be abused too widely to make commercial sense outside the progressive-old-fart niche; and third, that the industry just won't be willing to risk it.

And I believe his record label, Discipline Global Mobile has their artists keep their copyright.

And King Crimson is f*cking amazing live. You cannot believe the level at which these guys operate.