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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

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