Comments on: Exploding the Big Music myth http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:11:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kenny http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-883533 Kenny Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:05:13 +0000 #comment-883533 <p>The music industry needs to move with the times. For a century they've attempted to stifle EVERY new technology musicians have tried to use to go forward, arguing that the new technology will "kill" the business. They said all this about cassette, DAT, Minidisc, CD and now mp3.</p> The music industry needs to move with the times. For a century they’ve attempted to stifle EVERY new technology musicians have tried to use to go forward, arguing that the new technology will “kill” the business. They said all this about cassette, DAT, Minidisc, CD and now mp3.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-7637 Reader's Write Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:45:38 +0000 #comment-7637 Read the book America: 2014. It's coming... Read the book America: 2014. It’s coming…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-7567 Reader's Write Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:50:58 +0000 #comment-7567 It makes me ill to think I spent all day at work today paying taxes that will eventually be FACTORed into the hands of crappy, whiny "artists" who are too lazy, untalented, and unimaginative to make it on their own. Jim Cuddy needs a huge slap in the head. It makes me ill to think I spent all day at work today paying taxes that will eventually be FACTORed into the hands of crappy, whiny “artists” who are too lazy, untalented, and unimaginative to make it on their own. Jim Cuddy needs a huge slap in the head.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-7566 Reader's Write Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:47:37 +0000 #comment-7566 "so is anyone making sure the politicians know these things? Or are the politicians only here to suport the rights of big bussiness not their constituants." Things started going horribly wrong when politicians realized they could choose to care more about bribes than votes. However, this practice is only possible because the average person is too ignorant and/or apathetic about the issues surrounding their rights to pressure their elected representatives in Ottawa. “so is anyone making sure the politicians know these things? Or are the politicians only here to suport the rights of big bussiness not their constituants.”

Things started going horribly wrong when politicians realized they could choose to care more about bribes than votes. However, this practice is only possible because the average person is too ignorant and/or apathetic about the issues surrounding their rights to pressure their elected representatives in Ottawa.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-7548 Reader's Write Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:50:14 +0000 #comment-7548 I think it's important to note - when Big Music, the CRIA and CPCC start singing the tune of 'protect the artist' - that of the $30 million that the blank media levy is going to raise, a little over $4 million will go towards the operating expenses of the CPCC. Probably another million or two will be syphoned by SOCAN and crew for their operations. Then the final distributions are determined by surveys of radio play time and store sales ... as if the songs on the radio are the ones being pirated ...so that the artists who benefit from this are the established players. There's a tangled web of organizations living off of organizations living off of the average Canadian, and they're getting away with their incessent leaching by cowering behind Canadian artists. - Tragic I think it’s important to note – when Big Music, the CRIA and CPCC start singing the tune of ‘protect the artist’ – that of the $30 million that the blank media levy is going to raise, a little over $4 million will go towards the operating expenses of the CPCC. Probably another million or two will be syphoned by SOCAN and crew for their operations. Then the final distributions are determined by surveys of radio play time and store sales … as if the songs on the radio are the ones being pirated …so that the artists who benefit from this are the established players.

There’s a tangled web of organizations living off of organizations living off of the average Canadian, and they’re getting away with their incessent leaching by cowering behind Canadian artists.

- Tragic

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3209/comment-page-1#comment-7537 Reader's Write Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:04:35 +0000 #comment-7537 so is anyone making sure the politicians know these things? Or are the politicians only here to suport the rights of big bussiness not their constituants. so is anyone making sure the politicians know these things? Or are the politicians only here to suport the rights of big bussiness not their constituants.

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