> If this isn't the case now, it soon might be. In a business where > exclusive contracts are the norm, why shouldn't one or more big labels > base their licenses on exclusive relationships with subscription > services? Or maybe they devise some sort of discount, where a > subscription provider has to pay less in fees if they sell more of a > big label's music?
> Excluding competing artists / labels from a subscription service's > catalog makes perfect sense for a (association of) record labels. > There'll be incentives so that it makes sense from a service's point > of view as well. You make some interesting points that I hadn't considered and may very well be accurate. However, there will always be room for potential abuse and it would seem that the same abuse argument could be levied against any new technology. Seems lousy to retract support from a company based upon the sins that it might possibly be able to commit in the future. In fact, by supporting Rhapsody I'm supporting their current business model that seems to value the independent labels. If they start dropping the small artists I may consider switching to another provider (thank goodness for the current competition in the market, I hope it remains) or dropping the service altogether. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
