> > WHY ITS HAPPENING > --------------------------------------- > > there are lots of other things going on in the Net about ownership. > Music and movies and various other forms of culture are being > distributed better by children than by people that are being paid to > do the work. Artists are beginning to discover that if they allow > children to distribute art in a freehanded sort of way, they will do > better than they do in the current slavery in which they are kept by > the culture vultures, who do, it is true, make a good deal of money > out of music, but they do so primarily by keeping ninety-four cents > out of every dollar and rendering six to the musicians, which isn't > very good for the musicians. >
Hence, again, we are going back to square one - some middlemen who'll take care of all that hassle, so you're free to make music. What you're seeing is not any sort of revolution, just an evolution of a business model. I won't be too surprised if YouTube gets into record distribution business. Wait. It probably is already in that business. At least, Hulu is (legally). It's nice to make speeches about freedom, art, culture, yadda yadda, but the music industry is born out of a necessity, and the current model might be crumbling, but there will be a new one in it's place (iTunes is just one of its' forms). V. >> absoultely!! I don't think Eben is asking for aboloition of middle men...or abolition of business ... but for more meaningful business models...which do not restrict 'distribution' in the name of 'business'..especially when cost of copying is marginal and tending to 0...all that eben is saying is that monopoly is not healthy ..and that there are people interested in creative commons.. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
