I'm curious though...Would bands that are signed by major record labels be able to sign deals with Creative Commons? I would foresee the record labels fighting hard against such a deal, as this would destroy their old fashioned ideas of cd's and radio being the way to distribute music. Obviously, I see the legalities of sites like allofmp3.com and money not getting back to the artists, fine. But the entire business model of record companies and their distributors needs to change to take advantage of these new models. To me, the RIAA is imposing their will on us, and I know that people will continue to migrate to P2P if another solution is not presented to them. I am curious for your thoughts about Creative Commons. I dont know much about them, but it sounds like a decent alternative.
I'm all for a site like magnatunes.com. But could you do me a favor and at least get them to have a little more of a selection? When typing in bands like U2, Dave Matthews Band, or the Rolling Stones, I would expect to see some results. The site is all well and good. But my point is that a legal site has to have the vast catalogs that are offered at sites like allofmp3.com in order to draw a crowd. And draw they would, I'm sure of it. But for now, shutting such a site down like allofmp3.com will just drive people back to P2P.
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I'm curious though...Would bands that are signed by major record labels be able to sign deals with Creative Commons? I would foresee the record labels fighting hard against such a deal, as this would destroy their old fashioned ideas of cd's and radio being the way to distribute music. Obviously, I see the legalities of sites like allofmp3.com and money not getting back to the artists, fine. But the entire business model of record companies and their distributors needs to change to take advantage of these new models. To me, the RIAA is imposing their will on us, and I know that people will continue to migrate to P2P if another solution is not presented to them. I am curious for your thoughts about Creative Commons. I dont know much about them, but it sounds like a decent alternative.
I'm all for a site like magnatunes.com. But could you do me a favor and at least get them to have a little more of a selection? When typing in bands like U2, Dave Matthews Band, or the Rolling Stones, I would expect to see some results. The site is all well and good. But my point is that a legal site has to have the vast catalogs that are offered at sites like allofmp3.com in order to draw a crowd. And draw they would, I'm sure of it. But for now, shutting such a site down like allofmp3.com will just drive people back to P2P.