I beg to differ as things like studio time and
everyting else is deducted from the first royalties.
this is traditional as the musicians are encouraged to
live as high as possible and then have all that and
more too (padding) subtracted from earnings. It's a
racket that one generation tried to fight and lost.
ya ku za
--- Glenn Gurgiolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now wait a minute Rob,
> Who gets a free ride on the musicians. The record
> labels are giving out
> up-front cash in almost every respect. Paying for
> studio time, etc. There
> is a lot of risk in the music business and to call
> it a free ride shows a
> basic lack of understanding of the business. The
> free ride was by Napster,
> who tired to get rich without much up-front cash.
>
> And please explain the comment "video production
> requires more talent"? Do
> you mean more in like more people or more individual
> talent. I don't think
> you can judge individual talent like that. Who is
> to say a painter is more
> or less talented than a musician.
>
> I think what you are seeing is that the old guard is
> being ask to *invent*
> new production and distribution techniques. We all
> know and understand P2P
> distribution but we or at least I can't find the
> financial model that
> rewards the copyright holder correctly. Therefore
> we or I reject using the
> distribution technique.
>
>
> At 03:24 PM 7/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Look at the music industry kicking and flailing, as
> prices for CD/MP3 disc
> >writers and players hit new lows, and music CD
> sales decline. There isn't
> >much hope for a lot of these people - who get free
> rides on the shirttails
> >of musicians, but video production requires more
> talent.
>
> .
> Getting the 'old guard' to accept new production and
> distribution
> techniques is the on ramp to faster mass adoption.
>
>
> >
>
> Glenn Gurgiolo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.videoaxs.com
> 214.720.2980
> fax 214.220.0375
>
>
>
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