Comments on: Indie labels angry at YouTube http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11209 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:02:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11209/comment-page-1#comment-133222 Reader's Write Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:15:27 +0000 #comment-133222 The sad thing is that the indies are made to sound like they are championing the cause of all musicians, but they are merely championing the cause of their own elite group: if you aren't in Merlin or Beggars group, ie, if your label is not in one of those aggregates, then they aren't championing anything for you. The merely are trying to position themselves as the 5th major and they will at that moment become the same elitist organization that the majors are... nothing wrong with elitist if you've got some taste, but the same tired garbage they've been shoving down our airwaves and mtvs is dollar driven formula worshipping no-risk junk too often. They are like censors, deciding what music the world will hear. Now this group of indies is not championing musicians' rights... it is greedily in pursuit of that same power for itself. How utterly disappointing. How do I become a member of that elite Merlin or Beggars group? And the fact that I can sell my music on Amazon at a much better rate (take 45% of my royalties instead of the typical 12% on a major, is little consolation when you consider that the majors will also be steamrolling the world with big promo dollars - give me the promo dollars and marketing machinery any day). The sad thing is that the indies are made to sound like they are championing the cause of all musicians, but they are merely championing the cause of their own elite group: if you aren’t in Merlin or Beggars group, ie, if your label is not in one of those aggregates, then they aren’t championing anything for you. The merely are trying to position themselves as the 5th major and they will at that moment become the same elitist organization that the majors are… nothing wrong with elitist if you’ve got some taste, but the same tired garbage they’ve been shoving down our airwaves and mtvs is dollar driven formula worshipping no-risk junk too often. They are like censors, deciding what music the world will hear. Now this group of indies is not championing musicians’ rights… it is greedily in pursuit of that same power for itself. How utterly disappointing. How do I become a member of that elite Merlin or Beggars group? And the fact that I can sell my music on Amazon at a much better rate (take 45% of my royalties instead of the typical 12% on a major, is little consolation when you consider that the majors will also be steamrolling the world with big promo dollars – give me the promo dollars and marketing machinery any day).

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11209/comment-page-1#comment-133086 Reader's Write Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:39:51 +0000 #comment-133086 I always thought indie labels actually endorsed infringement of their products in favor of spreading awareness, or at the very least turned a blind eye. I hope that this doesn't indicate that the indie market is becoming as tainted as the mainstream market is. That would be a sad day indeed. I always thought indie labels actually endorsed infringement of their products in favor of spreading awareness, or at the very least turned a blind eye.

I hope that this doesn’t indicate that the indie market is becoming as tainted as the mainstream market is. That would be a sad day indeed.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11209/comment-page-1#comment-133080 Reader's Write Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:05:43 +0000 #comment-133080 " Quoted by Billboard, "It's either sign [the contract] or suck it, and we know its not the same deal that the majors have been offered," The sound of histroy repeating itself. ” Quoted by Billboard, “It’s either sign [the contract] or suck it, and we know its not the same deal that the majors have been offered,”

The sound of histroy repeating itself.

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