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MP3.com Ad in Grammy Magazine Pulled!
Sander van Zoest writes "Grammy Magazine, the quarterly, consumer-brand publication developed by Grammy organizers the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
(NARAS) pulled an Ad for MP3.com's 5,500 Artists. "
Gee, wonder what Grammy Magazine is scared of. I thought
they were about music, not money. Shows what I know.
This is why I don't listen to any "canned" music any more. If the mu$ic industry just can't help shooting itself in the foot, well, then T.S.
>> I thought they were about music, not money.
Everthing is about money. Especially when the major record labels have a hand in it. I suspect that if you look at the financial backing of the grammys(tm) you'll find where the pressure to pull the ad came from.
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Sander...you didn't really think that NARAS was more concerned about music than money, did you? Considering the cash cow that is the Grammies, I don't find it at all unusual that they pulled the ad.
That being said, I think it's too bad that the folks who are attempting to keep their stranglehold on the music industry are continuing this futile fight against alternative music formats. I'm reminded of the battles that the movie industry fought against television. Or that radio fought against television. Or that the record companies fought against cassette tapes.
Perhaps a better analogy might be that of trade unions. At one time there was a pressing need for them because workers were being ridden roughshod by their employers. Unions helped them by...well, you know the story. But today, the need isn't really there and unions are a vestige of a time gone by.
The same thing is true of the recording industry. It's about time that this stranglehold on recording media loosened and these vestiges of a time gone by were dumped.
But I think that as long as control and power can be centralized in the hands of one administrative body, you'll see actions like those of Grammy Magazine. They know who butters their bread.
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