[i] Why, again, do the slashdot editors seem to imply that college students should have free access to commercial free music? [/i]
Maybe because some of the $30,000 that paid for the library possibly came from the students own activity fees and therefore it's not free access?
RIAA won't like this because if other stations follow MIT's lead, people in the labels' marketing departments won't have campus radio station Program and Music directors to target to get stuff played. Instead, it will be every student who has access to the system, and that's a LOT of phone calls to make and concert tickets to arrange.
The cable system as a distribution source, like P2P, completely circumvents the labels' promotions budgets. Brilliant!
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Fox News, One America, WealthTV ... Open News TV maybe to offer balance, well, not exactly when it's 3:1
[i] Why, again, do the slashdot editors seem to imply that college students should have free access to commercial free music? [/i] Maybe because some of the $30,000 that paid for the library possibly came from the students own activity fees and therefore it's not free access?
oops. "other stations" should be "other campuses."
RIAA won't like this because if other stations follow MIT's lead, people in the labels' marketing departments won't have campus radio station Program and Music directors to target to get stuff played. Instead, it will be every student who has access to the system, and that's a LOT of phone calls to make and concert tickets to arrange. The cable system as a distribution source, like P2P, completely circumvents the labels' promotions budgets. Brilliant!