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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
True , but then again I treated my buisness like the record industry do i'd probably be able to retire from spending 2 decades overcharging for CD's.
I'm not saying everything should be free , if a record company started up a subscription service where you could live stream any album by every artist on that label for a set fee a month I would happily subscribe to it. As it happens none of them have either the intellect or the foresight to do this so they'll just go on overcharging on I-Tunes , releasing rubbish & moaning about piracy until they go bankrupt.
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"Releasing rubbish"... we can definitely agree on that. Corporations abandoning their music industry assets would put a wide smile on my face.
Believe it or not, I'm not sympathetic to the labels. As you said, they didn't have the foresight and still appear to not have the intellect to solve the problem by changing their business model. Their answer has been to sue and branch further into the music publishing arena.
There are folks working to arrive at a new model, like We7.com, but you're right, the labels just don't get it.
But... I AM sympathetic to songwriters... and they earn their living through sales and primarily "performance" royalties.
We'll have to agree to disagree on "overcharging" for CD's. Being an American I'm all about capitalism and what the market will bear.
Thanks for the discussion bro.