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July 24, 2006
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the last spin of the broken record
July 8, 2006
People are paying for songs on the iTunes Music Store because they think it’s a good way to support musicians
The music industry, yes the giant piece of shit floating around us all. So what exactly is wrong with it apart from the fact its working to an unsustainable model.
Well were can we start lets start with how many artists the industry screws, lets work the proportion of the money that actually goes to the artists, were not talking the big names here were talking about the unknown artist that make great music not this all the same tripe that we here everyday (podsafe music network http://music.podshow.com) what money the little guy makes is eaten by the label who make well enough money without it.
So what about iTunes, i use itunes semi-regularly but you will never go through i year without hearing that Apple has rubbed another label up the wrong way – resulting in some countries not having music from a particular label or not having a music store at all. Why?, because apple knows that the backwards system of royalties and cuts is breaking the industry and know that they are still charging to much for the music on the store.
More on the backwards nature of the industry then; so lets see, too late in the online game, so they fight there corner suing the next generation of music buyers thus cutting the profits, trying to control something they cant and basically really pissing the people who make there massive profits off. is it just me that sees a nice vicious cycle going here, self-fulfilling prophecy anyone?
the record industry as we know it now, is doomed to fail. FULL STOP
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