[mythtv-users] It's over, the RIAA is toast

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Mar 6 22:08:34 UTC 2008


On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:43 PM, jedi wrote:

>>
>> Trent  did just that with Saul Williams' latest album and it went  
>> nowhere.
>>
>
>     You can say that about plenty of acts that the labels  
> "discovered".
>
>> For every band with the savvy of Linkin Park (who got to dictate  
>> their
>> recording contract due to their Internet popularity) there are  
>> thousands of
>> bands that do need somebody to hold their hand and lead the way. I  
>> think
>
>     I think it's more accurate to describe them more as lambs ripe for
> the slaughter. A lot of bands are exploited for their 15 minutes and  
> then
> cast aside.

I think it was Courtney Love who said:

"Piracy is the act of taking someone's music with absolutely no  
intention of ever paying for it. I'm not talking about Napster, I'm  
talking about a modern day recording contract".

Who said she didn't have a clue about what's going on around her?

beww




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