Can Newspapers Save Local Music?

impaler writes: "Roblimo has posted a great piece over at NewsForge about how the Washington Post and other newspapers are hosting MP3 download sites for local musicians and how the sites are actually very popular. An interesting read." Just because the "music industry" works a certain way right now doesn't mean that all change is bad; Bruce Springsteen is apparently finding that he doesn't need much beyond a lock and key to keep the Internet hordes from passing around his albums before they're released, and the musicians on the Washington Post site seem to like being there.

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Warning: O/T Re:KARMA CHANGE?

[renehollan]

thats why when I posted the original comment - i did it as AC... so as not to get my karma involved.

That rather defeats the purpose of karma. Also, can't you selectively decide what bonus to give to non-anonymous posts you read? I think so. Thus, the ability to post non-anonymously at 0 would be useful.

Should I post this anonymously, to avoid losing more karma? Ah fsck it, I'll post at +2, just to burn the points of those who insist on modding down to -1.