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To: bob who wrote (4724)	5/25/1999 4:44:00 PM
From: cAPSLOCK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

I have to admit though that it is kinda fun to watch... The artist is often shafted by the industry, and it's fun to see the big boys run around all worried. Listen to most artists... they are cool about all this. They realize that THEY are the product, so THEY will always have access to a revenue stream. cAPSLOCK

To: bob who wrote (4724)	5/25/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Joe Lyddon	Respond to of 18366

Do you work for FREE? I don't work for FREE. I may choose to give away a sample or whatever, written off as advertising, to drum-up business; but, for the most part, I get paid for what I do. That's plain ole business isn't it? Looks like SDMI has really cleared the air... Thank God! No more wondering which format will win or lose (for now anyway). Phase 2 & beyond is when it really gets serious. All Lucent & Edig have to do now is come up with a simple EPAC player. They have already produced some prototypes... Should be no problem. They don't have to think about SDMI at all... They can just do it! Let's just relax & watch it happen! It will... IMHO, Joe PS: Bob, Thank you for a very good informative post! Joe

To: bob who wrote (4724)	5/25/1999 5:01:00 PM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

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~