Dave Prager on 27 Jul 2000 22:38:16 -0000 |
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RE: <nettime> Terror in Tune Town |
> I still believe that we > don't treat artists fairly if they don't have the right to determine the > use/distribution/profit from their work. But is Napster a step up from the current system? If what Steve Albini (http://www.negativland.com/albini.html) and Courtney Love (http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/200006/msg00098.html) says is true, musicians aren't making any money off the CDs anyway. With the big record companies calling the shots, artists don't have a prayer to determine use/distribution/profit from their work. All the control and all the money is in the hands of record companies. Artists don't have any control over use/distribution/profit right now because the record companies do. With Napster, they don't have any control because those controls don't exist. Which is worse? w/o napster = artists 0, record companies $$$$ w/ napster = artists 0, record companies 0 Dave # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net