Janis Ian on the Internet Debacle

Datasage writes "Janis Ian, famous songwriter and artist, writes about her views of free music downloads, the music industry and the evils of the RIAA in this article." Yet another artist with substantial first-person experience speaking out, reminiscent of Courtney Love's speech.

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I want an apology

[SirSlud]

.. from all the 40 year old morons who keep reiterating that 'artists have to be compensated for their work, so filesharing is inherently as bad as stealing' and then, to add insult to injury, accuse me (a musician) of cheating musicians.

I said it before, I'll say it again - absolutely nobody is listening to the musicians. For all the lawyer bashing that goes on here, you'd think some of those 'filesharing is the devils work' posters would clue in that the parties with the megaphones in this debate arnt even remotely interested in the welfare of artists - only the lucrativeness of the music industry.

What a great article. It should be required reading if you want to be a music consumer.