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January 21, 2004
Legal action may not be serving Big Music
The studies that showed that legal action by Big Music were dampening file swapping appear to have been flawed. See: BW Online | January 16, 2004 | Did Big Music Really Sink the Pirates? Perhaps the industry would be better served hiring engineers rather than lawyers and increase their pace of innovation. Excerpt:
What's clear, though, is that until the music industry gets fully behind online music sales, file-swappers will flock to next-generation sites like eDonkey -- which has seen 150% growth in the past year, according to independent tallies by both BayTSP and BigChampagne."This stuff is not going to go away," Gartner's McGuire says. "The industry needs to provide a compelling legal alternative." Until that happens, pirates will continue to rule the online music seas.
well, I'll be damned; the first thing I wholeheartedly agree with you on. The music industry is so stuck in their rut and business model, they can't see beyond their noses (kind of like the supply-side demogogues of this administration, but, again, another conversation). They should have been at the forefront of changes in terms of electronic formats, access, and distribution of music by now (how many years are we going on post-Napster et al.?), but instead most keep pushing the same tired old stories and formats (let alone lots and lots of crappy music). Maybe you and I should start a label and get some really good engineers on the job and innovate like mad men. You find us the funding and I'll sign us some good bands. . . there are many out there that deserve a chance and I think we could give it to them. what do you say? hey, maybe we could invest our Bush tax breaks/refunds. . .only thing is, I didn't get enough to do much with. . .