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Re: Now major labels are thinking about DRM free MP3 sales

mspoke — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:54:45 -0000

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/...

Re: Now major labels are thinking about DRM free MP3 sales

nic — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:26:44 -0000

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.

Re: Now major labels are thinking about DRM free MP3 sales

mspoke — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:50:56 -0000

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?