Hey Mr. I: A historical essay about the wicked Recording Industry Association of America (or something): RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison’s Mistakes.
It’s worth a gander. (We can’t ever seem to get out from under Thomas Alva’s shadow!)
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Hey Mr. I: A historical essay about the wicked Recording Industry Association of America (or something): RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison’s Mistakes.
It’s worth a gander. (We can’t ever seem to get out from under Thomas Alva’s shadow!)
Freakin’ weird. Guess it’s not that weird, but, I haven’t read that yet, but it’s open in another window here, waiting for me. I mean it was already open before I read yer post here, I just haven’t had time, I’m kinda doing the round of the blogs. Think I’ll read it now, don’t have much time before that Survivor thing comes on. Got a lot to say tonight and I won’t say it anywhere, then I’ll be stumbling for a subject for another week. Thanks for the link, gonna read it now.
FANTASTIC. Man. That’s as eloquent as I’d ever hope to think about being on the subject. Freaking brilliant. Really what sold me was:
“The kid down the street now has the capability of making a CD that sounds as good as one from Warner Music. […] If he puts a few mp3 files on the Internet, it’s entirely possible that he can sell some CDs of his own music at a reasonable price. So, to make this scenario as difficult as possible to achieve, the industry has systematically painted recordable media, the Internet and mp3 files as contraband, its users as thieves and any artist not signed with a major label as illegitimate.”
Exactly.