Music and the Internet Reprise

Posted by michael on Wednesday October 23, 2002 @03:38AM from the play-it-again-janis dept.

Paul M. writes "Janis Ian, nominated for nine Grammys since 1967, writes, "RIAA's claim that the industry and artists are hurt by free downloading is nonsense." She wants the industry, artists, and consumers to work together 'to make technology work for all of us', something I've advocated all along. Record companies were to provide a means for exposure; now that the Internet provides near-universal exposure at comparatively no cost, the record companies' utility has expired." Janis' interview makes for good reading as well.

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Required Related Reading... by TheGreenGoogler · 2002-10-23 03:43 · Score: 5, Informative

Be sure to visit Boycott-RIAA for further coverage of this and all issues anti-RIAA (Not that there are any /.'ers against the fine institution of the RIAA, but link provided just in case ;)
The FULL article on Ian's website by BigDaddyJ · 2002-10-23 04:09 · Score: 5, Informative

Check out the full article at http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.h tml. It's a lot more useful (and interesting!) than the USA Today snippet.
--bdj