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The Equity Kicker: Now major labels are thinking about DRM free MP3 sales

  • mspoke · 2 years ago
    Good article but I can't stand the major record companies talking about what is fair for the artists when they have been ripping off both the artist and consumer for many, many years.

    Do you think the majors are more scared by consumers not purchasing music or more scared of artists walking away from the record companies completely and doing their own writing, production, publishing, merchandising, etc.

    I think a better question is, 'What value can a major record company give to an artist?'

    Sure there are some valid points but the number of these is diminshing all the time as technology is enabling artists to have more and more control.

    Thoughts?
  • nic · 2 years ago
    I agree. There is some interesting stuff I have been reading in what turns out to be the September issue of Wireed which talks about bands separating from labels and doing their own thing.

    The majors are in a really tough place - the game is changing on them very quickly and they may not be nimble enough to deal with it. Look at EMI.
  • mspoke · 2 years ago
    The lastest FastCompany magazine dropped through my letterbox recently and I found a pretty relevant article to this discussion last night. There is a good article about a company called Musictoday who are providing many of the services I outlined above for artists, ticketing, merchandise, fanclubs, etc.

    It sounds like it works well.

    http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/112/open_feat...