Ohhh, don't get me wrong. I'm a firm, dye'd in the wool Capitalist like the rest of ya. I'll be the first to admit they deserve to guard, and cover, copywrite issues. It's just that I DO get a chuckle over the convulsions the industry is going through over this copywrite "thang". Just like they did when CD's first started coming out. God forbid we consumers actually have some power....heh! Not to mention the artists who created the profit potential in the first place
Speaking of artists, I also have to say I have friends who're somewhat successful musicians. As such I feel the need to point out that in today's music industry to be "signed" by a major label(or is that libel, heh), is to endure the modern equivalent of indentured slavery(or servitude if'n you don't like the harsher term). You'd be AMAZED at what the music industry requires their artists to agree with upon signing. To my capitalists eye, with the average business experience age of musicians being what it usually is(leaving aside such as Ani DiFranco, etc.), this is the equivalent of taking candy from babies. :-( And need I say the artists get crumbs of a royalty when compared with what the label gets? Bottom Line? I daresay neither you, nor I, would sign business employment contracts with some of the codicles the music industry stipulates as mandatory.
So are they(the industry) having "heart palpatations" over this MP3 thing? Probably. Is it "just deserts"? Yup, yoooou bet'cha. Still, in the end, I'll bet once all the machinations are complete and the corporate-speak has ceased being funny, everyone will come together in a large group hug, agree upon such profit motivated tactics as will warm the majorities hearts, and then move on to the next controversy I see looming on the horizon; copywriting digital, streaming VIDEO!! Heh!
Regards!
John~ |
