Also have you noticed that the "real" artists, people who really love the music have a more positive attitude towards MP3 etc yet the big pop artists are the oppsite. They are probably worried that it will affect their pay packet (like they don't have enough money already).
In my opinion record companies sat on their arses for far to long and didn't actually take the time to embrace the new technologies that were presented to them.
If back in the day, when MP3 first started to become popular, they had thought "wow, this looks like an excellent way to distribute our music without incuring a lot of manufactoring costs" we probably wouldn't be in the same situation now.
Just my $0.02
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Also have you noticed that the "real" artists, people who really love the music have a more positive attitude towards MP3 etc yet the big pop artists are the oppsite. They are probably worried that it will affect their pay packet (like they don't have enough money already).
In my opinion record companies sat on their arses for far to long and didn't actually take the time to embrace the new technologies that were presented to them. If back in the day, when MP3 first started to become popular, they had thought "wow, this looks like an excellent way to distribute our music without incuring a lot of manufactoring costs" we probably wouldn't be in the same situation now. Just my $0.02