Comments on: Altnet gets into p2p sharing http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4056 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4056/comment-page-1#comment-11587 Reader's Write Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:53:02 +0000 #comment-11587 If the conspiracy theory is true about the record companies, think about how much greater the folly would be to sign up to altnet. They are joint venture partners with a company nobody want to admit owning or controlling. If the conspiracy theory is true about the record companies, think about how much greater the folly would be to sign up to altnet. They are joint venture partners with a company nobody want to admit owning or controlling.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4056/comment-page-1#comment-10565 Reader's Write Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:10:06 +0000 #comment-10565 " why shouldn't artists and indie labels be allowed to profit from the p2p networks their music has helped create? " You ARE right, except for one small problem that is repeatedly glossed over. What do YOU mean by "Indie" ? A little googling around will show you that many so-called "Indie" labels are actually owned by the MAJORS. This means that, as has been pointed out ad-nauseaum that the ARTIST STILL GETS SQUAT. True non-RIAA-affiliated indies will be blocked from P2P in the same manner that they are blocked from radio airwaves now. Pay the piper or don't get heard. That is the true goal of the RIAA. ” why shouldn’t artists and indie labels be allowed to profit from the p2p networks their music has helped create? ”

You ARE right, except for one small problem that is repeatedly glossed over.

What do YOU mean by “Indie” ?

A little googling around will show you that many so-called “Indie”
labels are actually owned by the MAJORS. This means that, as has
been pointed out ad-nauseaum that the ARTIST STILL GETS SQUAT.
True non-RIAA-affiliated indies will be blocked from P2P in the same manner that they are blocked from radio airwaves now. Pay the piper or don’t get heard.
That is the true goal of the RIAA.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4056/comment-page-1#comment-10563 Reader's Write Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:10:20 +0000 #comment-10563 why shouldn't artists and indie labels be allowed to profit from the p2p networks their music has helped create? is altnet to be condemned for attempting to aid indie labels and artists to connect with their audiences and help them profit from p2p distribution??? commercial radio has never paid artists and the multi-national conglamorates have conspired to exclude access to the airwaves by paying the stations exhorbitant amounts for airplay. as an artist and indie producer i am happily looking forward to receiving my first check and hope that other p2p services that profit from sharing will also see the wisdom of sharing their profits. why shouldn’t artists and indie labels be allowed to profit from the p2p networks their music has helped create? is altnet to be condemned for attempting to aid indie labels and artists to connect with their audiences and help them profit from p2p distribution??? commercial radio has never paid artists and the multi-national conglamorates have conspired to exclude access to the airwaves by paying the stations exhorbitant amounts for airplay. as an artist and indie producer i am happily looking forward to receiving my first check and hope that other p2p services that profit from sharing will also see the wisdom of sharing their profits.

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