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July 06, 2003
That's alright, don't bother
It's easy enough to demonize the record companies. That's because they're pretty demonic. However, many of the artists show just as much greed and shortness of vision.
Case in point: many "major artists" have resisted inclusions in the Apple iTune service, or insisted on full-album sales, which are priced at near the cost of actually buying the ridiculously priced physical CDs.
99 cents to download a song is a very high price- yet not near enough to satisfy the talentless hacks of Linkin Park. From Billboard:
For example, Linkin Park recently pulled its music as a singles offering from digital services. Sources say the band has expressed concerns about undercutting album sales. Other acts with similar stipulations about their work include Radiohead, Madonna, Jewel and Green Day, sources say.
Top acts and their representatives are expressing reservations about the creative and financial implications of shifting to a singles-based model. "The fear among artists is that the work of art they put together, the album, will become a thing of the past," says attorney Fred Goldring, whose firm represents Will Smith and Alanis Morissette.
Oh Jebus, I'm gonna blow a load over the integrity of the artistic album statements of Will Smith and Alanis Morissette. What a load of pretentious, greedy crap. Har, har.
Tell you what guys: don't bother. Don't worry about compromising your artistic integrity. We'll just keep downloading your crap off the net. That's why God made Kazaa.
posted by Al at 7/06/2003 03:41:00 AM
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