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A nice example (none / 0) (#8)
by Anonymous User on Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 09:11:20 PM PDT

This is a good example of how ridiculous this has gotten. The music and software industries claim this costs them sales. But in a giveaway there are no sales!! And doesn't it benefit Time-Warner to get the disk into the hands of a fan, instead of a landfill? But the idea that any money could change hands without them getting a piece clearly drives them nuts. I'm hoping that as the next generation becomes the pop musicians of the time (it is basically an occupation for 20 somethings) they will just skip the record companies completely - or form thier own. After all the most important thing record companies did - get radio airplay - doesn't happen since that is so controlled by other corporations by strict formats. And the technical production is much easier with CDs and computer editing.


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