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Music Industry's Future Foretold in China?

Posted by michael on from the magic-eight-ball-says dept.

sapphire writes "An article today in the International Herald Tribune provides a look at music piracy from the point-of-view of pop stars in China. China is a country forced to deal with the reality of unchecked piracy of digital media products. Will their experience lead to new business models for the world-wide recording industry?"

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  1. fp by EvilGecko123 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp probably not

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    2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. sp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    possibly so? I just don't know.

  3. Blank in Mozilla by fire-eyes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:Blank in Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    2. Re:Blank in Mozilla by helixcode123 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  5. Future is indeed foretold! :-) by SlashdotTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Future foretold in China:
    Music now costs less than rice!

    And the past foretold:
    AOL CD's used more than music CD's!

    Slashdot presently foretold:
    In Fascist USA, Music sells you!

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  6. White on Black by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. The new business model by willpost · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All your human rights are belong to us!

    1. Re:The new business model by antiprime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      1) deprive people of human rights
      2) pirate music
      3) ??????
      4) PROFIT!

      That would work better if you started with underwear.

      Perhaps, 1) Underwear that deprives people of human rights

  8. Re:China's artists not receiving royalties by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, I know I fucked up the formatting in the parent post. My girlfriend was trying to give me a Cosmopolitan quiz while I was posting and I was distracted. We play strip quiz -- the better my score, the more she takes off.

    --Rojo^

  9. IN SOVIET CHINA... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...MUSICIANS PAY YOU!

    1. Re:IN SOVIET CHINA... by r00zky · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well... this isn't worse than in capitalist U.S. where musicians pay the RIAA

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  11. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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