I've been kicking around this thought I've been having today and I thought I would throw it out here for peer review...
It seems to me that when it comes to p2p networks, and the problems file sharing is having with the RIAA, the entire landscape of the argument could be changed in the favor of the sharers fairly easily. Basically what I am proposing is that file sharers use the network to spread exposure for small, unknown artists. These artists would then, in theory, become much more widely known. Perhaps even extremely well known. This popularity should equal success for them. If the P2P networks are anywhere near the powerful forces that they are made out to be, this should be very possible. We would then have a number of artists who owe their fame to P2P networks. This would eliminate (or at least steal the thunder from) the arguments that P2P hurts artists. At the same time, ready-made spokespersons would have been created... I also believe our pop culture would change for the better, but that's just me. I think it would kind of work like this: First, buy a CD from a local band or artists and rip into oggs. You have just started the trend by buying that artist a meal. =] Then (and this needs to be a standard), name the file as you normally would, but include some sort of universal marker designating it as a small, local artist (local for someone anyway). For example localA-Plaid_Toungued_Devils-Lucy.ogg. Then, a small percentage of people need to search for "localA". Download and listen. If it's good, consider getting the CD of an unknown instead of M&M next time you get the urge to buy some music. You'll probably have to buy it online, but hey, you already know how to use the internet, right? If this started as a trend, one that got press, would it have a significantly possitive result? I don't know, I'm asking. --TimH -- feelin' hella good, so let's just keep on hackin' _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
