On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 01:10, Networks East wrote: > Let me first say that I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. And I think > it is terrible that they are picking on children.
The recording industry inherently "produces" stars by forcing music upon the public through commercial channels (TV, radio, etc); 90% of "artists" for the past 35 years have not been talented enough to pee on their own, let alone create an album on their own. The RIAA and associated vampires are more fighting the wrenching of control from them - they want to dictate musical tastes, musical hits - and also glean ungodly sums from the public and from the artists. If you haven't noticed, the "artists" that back the RIAA are the ones that are the "fast pop stars" and the ones with literally no talent or no talent left. REAL musicians know they're going to sell albums because what they do is art, what they do is good, and they put actual effort into their workmanship. They don't have to worry. And they're starting to sell more stuff because of file sharing. File sharing allows for the public to listen to music that they'd not otherwise be exposed to. For all that is wrong in "making copies" of music, why didn't anyone do anything when we used to record music from the radio onto our cassette tapes back in the 70's? It's the same thing, same principle. Sorry to lay that out, but having BEEN IN THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND WORKING WITH RECORDING LABLES AND ARTISTS - I know the game very well. I would like to see the day that artists produce everything on their own - without some recording label barking over their shoulder telling them that they have to create this many songs with this type of beat and this type of nature - leave the artists to be creative - once that's left to be, we'll all be amazed at how little popularity the "pop" stars actually have - moreso because their true lack of talent will be recognised for exactly that - lack of talent - and the recording labels will die a nice death as they're dinosaurs now - rather like IBM being the "major computing power" until personal computers came into being... When the price of a CD comes down to $10 AUD (or $10 internationally) I'll buy CD's left and right. Until that time, I'll "steal" music... stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ kern, v.: 1. To pack type together as tightly as the kernels on an ear of corn. 2. In parts of Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., a small, metal object used as part of the monetary system.
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