Re: [microsound] p2p is not killing the music business

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I would like to add my disagreement on this. Without p2p I would know diddly 
squat about Japanese Noise and bands like Rallizes. High Rise, The Jacks. 
Much of this is not available. As result I have bought heaps of whatever is 
available. 

RL-S

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 14:43, jan.larsson wrote:
> p2p is certainly not non-commercial. there are large economical interests
> making profit from the use of "free" content (at the expense of artists).
> otherwise p2p would have been stopped a long time ago. we are talking about
> the large telecom industry selling bandwidth and the computer industry.
>
> there is not much freedom of choice either. what you can find on the p2p
> networks is mostly only stuff that interest white middle-class youth in the
> US and maybe europe. the ones that get their bandwidth usage paid by mom
> and dad. I tried finding even the most interesting artists from a selection
> of countries around the world and they are just not available.
>
> so p2p networks is nothing new, the normal western cultural imperialism we
> have always seen. and the usual profiteering on artists by large
> corporates. it is just wrapped up in nice cosy terms like "sharing" to make
> you feel comfortable.
>
> >p2p gives you freedom of choice and from
> >commercials
>
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