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They'd make a killing actually, at first

I think they'd make more money this way personally. No need to pay millions to independent record promoters to get play lists on radio. CDs would also still sell as CDs are collectors items mainly and this would problably encourage more CD sales. Napster in the late 90s cause CD sales to skyrocket because it allowed people to find the music and collectors bought. I know I used Napster big time and I bought more CDs in that 2 year period than I've ever bought in the years before that combined. Why? Because I found music I wanted to buy. Now I don't use P2P at all and I also don't buy CDs. Not because I'm boycotting but because I just don't see anything I want to buy.

The reason the big corporate labels won't this isn't because they wouldn't get enough money using this route. It's because they can't control what we get exposed to. So think of it like this. Say you like big corp music X and you look it up on a free service like this. Along with the big corporate music you see 100 other songs of the same genre. Some are from corporate labels but most are independent. So you start downloading the indie stuff and that money doesn't go to the big labels. What got you to that spot though is the big corporate music. So in a way the big corporate music would be what draws the revenue stream away from the big corporation. Now if they can make sure that indie music never gets exposure to the masses through the service then all the money would remain in the big corporate hands and they'd jump on this in flash. Problem is that's impossible in this business model. Now I'm not sure if this makes sense but it is a big fear. A fear that big corporate catalogs will draw enough attention to music that is not part of that catalog with would drive future artist to avoid the big corporations. In way it would be like cutting your own throat so that the competition can beat you.

Personally I'd prefer to see the corporate music control just die and the money going to the artist I like to listen to over being told what music I should like and pay for.

In the end this will happen just don't expect the big corporation to hasten their own doom here.

Posted by: voska1   Posted on: 01/09/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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