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Indies Blossoming Despite RIAA
Shadow Wrought writes "We have all read the numerous RIAA articles on Slashdot, not to mention scores of other articles that discuss the industry's purported demise. An article at the Christian Science Monitor calls this assumption into question by pointing to the success that Indie Labels are beginning to enjoy. An interesting read and one that provides pretty good support against the RIAA's argument that a quartet of college students is responsible for their troubles."
Who the fuck modded this up? This guy actually believes in intellectual property!
They even run OpenBSD and Apache. It's ALL good!
What!? OpenBSD!?!? I could _never_ support a site that doesn't run NetBSD!!! INFIDEL!!!!
Seriously, it is a good idea; there are other similar sites around as well - country specific and sometimes genre specific as well. They are well worth taking a look at.
The real trick for this to work is of course to make samples (as in whole, representative songs) available very easily. If you can buy the rest of the songs directly, without having to go through the intermediate step of a plastic disk, so much the better.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
....in some it's just that you hear too much and you don't need to burn a copy, you got it in your head.
Does this mean that your head is in violation of the DMCA? I mean, you are afterall playing a copyrighted work in your head. Look out folks, next "they" will be coming at us with axes to destroy the neural anti-circumvention devices!
The truth is usually just an excuse for lack of imagination.
(Not to be mean: Britney Spears is charming in her way and nice to look at, but I really can't imagine that she is going to record 10 albums in her career.)
Jesus God, don't jinx us. Knock on wood when you say something like that.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
I guess that's exactly the point that's been funding the Recording Industry (in the USA sense) and the Film Industry (same).
They're targeting the lowest common denomonator.
Full stop.
The Lowest Common Denomonator is the reason that _Friends_ = Must See TV.
And the droves believe it.
It's all marketing.
Here's to hoping that another country with even a touch of taste becomes the talk of the town for some time more extended than a single film or song (all they're generally allowed).
Perhaps at that point they'll learn to market against the behemoth, and we'll get something decent (art even!) to show for it.
To market takes pandering to the lowest common denomonator.
Oops. I've started again.