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[microsound] Re: fileswapping is killing the record industry



> >And wishing the speedy collapse of the corporate music industry isn't
> >necessarily illegal.

Hear hear...

> If it were up to the RIAA, independent labels wouldn't
> >exist anyway (they've referred to the Big Five as the "legitimate" industry
> >as a way of belittling folks like, well, us). So fuck'em. It's us against
> >them. You don't have to "incite" anyone to illegal acts; just buy
> >independent and relish the day when the Big Five goes belly up.
> >

One interesting thing I've noticed in my own buying habits in the post-Napster
era: not only am I buying more CDs overall than before, but also I am only
buying CDs that I could never have possibly heard of before, sampling MP3s on
the Net and ordering online from tiny independent labels in Germany for
example...

John


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John von Seggern
http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com