watch. -----Original Message----- From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 28, 2006 9:38 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: What Canada's doing about it..
Then they shouldn't release their albums via the recording companies. They can stay poor and unheard. If they really want to realease their albums directly, they can do it on the internet. They might be heard, but they'll still be poor. These ideas are only halfway thought through. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: What Canada's doing about it.. > Au contraire!!! Many artists despise the large record labels. They inflate > the price of their albums, they keep large profits for themselves, they > construct contracts that run their business pretty much like a slave mill. > > What most artists would much prefer, would be a more direct selling of > their > works to the consumer, cutting out the huge fat that is these record > labels. > Very few artists are "made rich" by their record label. > > These Canadian artists are probably looking to take the first step towards > a > time when they can still sell their copyrighted music, but do it directly > to > the consumer at a much more reasonable cost, which is win-win for everyone > becaue: the consumer would pay considerably less, but the artist would > actually make MORE per sale because the bloated middle man has been > removed. > >> That's just ridiculous. The music industry is suing to protect the large >> investment it's made in producing the music that people are stealing. >> It's >> akin to asking the musicians to perform for free. It's the same as >> someone >> taking your code and putting it on someone's else's website, changing >> only >> the name. These artists don't get it - the multinational recording >> companies don't represent the artists, they represent the people who >> spend >> their time making the artists rich. >> >> - Matt >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vivec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:39 AM >> Subject: What Canada's doing about it.. >> >> >>> [An anonymous reader writes "Some of Canada's best known musicians, >>> including Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlin, Sum 41, and Barenaked >>> Ladies, have formed a [0]new copyright coalition. The artists say in a >>> [1]press release that they oppose file sharing lawsuits, the use of >>> DRM, and DMCA-style legislation and that they want record labels to >>> stop claiming that they represent their views."] >>> >>> >>> GO CANADIANS!!!! >>> >>> http://www.musiccreators.ca/ >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205864 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
