I feel like I'm on an episode of "The Guy Who Lives 2 Days in the Past"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:48 AM Subject: RE: What Canada's doing about it.. > For Reference check out: > > www.BradSucks.net > > Google: > Arctic Monkeys and Bloc Party > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: April 30, 2006 12:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: What Canada's doing about it.. > > 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:5:206073 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
