-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course - music labels have to cover their costs for albums that are duds > - so they depend on a few hits to cover the cost for the duds. It is only > fair that some of the artists felt stiffed - but I suspect mostly because > they don't fully understand how the music industry works. The new found > freedom of bands like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead to experiment with price > models, is basically because the distribution costs are close to zero thanks > to technology. That does not mean they are ready to make money out of it. > Nor, I suspect, would they be ready to do the 'boring' parts of making that > money. Speaking of business models, there are Magnatune and Jamendo with an emphasis on the freedom part who IMO are doing pretty well. Regards Sudharshan S Blog : http://www.sudharsh.wordpress.com IRC : Sup3rkiddo @ Freenode, Gimpnet -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhak9kACgkQSsRjJNRMc4ng8gCfTfkfv3ilX0dwbsp5HtTOFauf ofYAoIHb3ghAtwe5ZsEPbX7TXEsIYx/9 =QDvf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
