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

[Joe Young <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have to disagree with this... Been using p2p for gathering material relating
to my MA project at the moment. Takes a little time to refine searches, but
I've found music by Cage, Pierre Schaffer, Stockhausen, also Mouse on Mars,
Autechre etc. that is hard to come by on disc. S'pose by the standards of
this list these artists are mainstream, but for me this was the equivalent
of borrowing a book from the university library and certainly not a
replacement for buying the albums.

PS. I am way too old for my mum to be paying for my internet connection :-)

Joe

On 30/3/04 5:43, "jan.larsson" <jan.l@xxxxxxxxx> 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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