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| + | * [http://www.dontbuycds.org/ Don't Buy CDs]: "A consumer organization boycotting the [[RIAA]] and affiliated labels" | ||
* [http://www.downhillbattle.org/ Downhill Battle] ({{wikipedia|Downhill Battle}}): music activism | * [http://www.downhillbattle.org/ Downhill Battle] ({{wikipedia|Downhill Battle}}): music activism | ||
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* [http://janisian.com/ Janis Ian]: writings on a lot of things, including the music industry | * [http://janisian.com/ Janis Ian]: writings on a lot of things, including the music industry | ||
** [http://janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html The Internet Debacle – an alternate view] | ** [http://janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html The Internet Debacle – an alternate view] | ||
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| + | * '''2006-01-10''' [http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2006/01/drm.html DRM] by [[David Byrne]]: "Happy New Year. Don’t Buy CDs from the Big 5." | ||
* '''2005-08-10''' [http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24915 Smash Hits] by Fiona Morgan: "Will the latest [[payola]] scandal shake up the radio and music industries?" | * '''2005-08-10''' [http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24915 Smash Hits] by Fiona Morgan: "Will the latest [[payola]] scandal shake up the radio and music industries?" | ||
* '''written by musicians''': | * '''written by musicians''': | ||
** '''2000-06-14''' [http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html Courtney Love does the math]: the classic article by {{wpbackup|Courtney Love}}, lead singer of Hole and widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, detailing how the music industry gets away with legalized indentured servitude while raking in profits (apparently a transcription of a speech Love gave in New York at the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference) | ** '''2000-06-14''' [http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html Courtney Love does the math]: the classic article by {{wpbackup|Courtney Love}}, lead singer of Hole and widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, detailing how the music industry gets away with legalized indentured servitude while raking in profits (apparently a transcription of a speech Love gave in New York at the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference) | ||
** [http://negativland.com/albini.html The Problem With Music] by {{wpbackup|Steve Albini}}: how bands are screwed or destroyed by the labels | ** [http://negativland.com/albini.html The Problem With Music] by {{wpbackup|Steve Albini}}: how bands are screwed or destroyed by the labels | ||
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===News=== | ===News=== | ||
* '''2007-01-31''' [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37337 New York teen sues record industry] "'Pirate' boy bites back" by Nick Farrell | * '''2007-01-31''' [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37337 New York teen sues record industry] "'Pirate' boy bites back" by Nick Farrell | ||
Revision as of 21:36, 7 June 2007
Overview
The traditional music industry, whose wealth and status are centered around the distribution and sale of physical copies of recorded works created by third parties (artists) under contract, has long had a history of exploiting the artists whose works it sells.
On top of that, in an age where physical means of distribution are rapidly being superceded by less costly and more effective digitial distribution, the traditional music industry has clung to business models designed around those physical means of distribution, and has doggedly persisted in attempting to mold (by whacking and banging with blunt, non-musical instruments) those new distribution channels into the shapes with which it is familiar, and has engaged in consumer-hostile practices to maintain its position rather than adapting to make the best use of the new tools that are increasingly cheap and available.
Related Pages
- 2007-03-02 Regulations and rates for internet radio have been changed, making it essentially impossible for internet broadcasters to stay in business – even if they only play independent music with a free-broadcast license.
- intellectual property
- copy protection
- The music industry's hardline stance on the subject of intellectual property law has resulted in a growing body of illegal music.
Radio
Radio promotion is an example of a Power Structure. Radio station owners are given incentive to choose the playlists, rather than allow DJs to pick music solely on merit, because this gives the station greater ability to negotiate with record labels for paybacks. (See, for example: Smash Hits; as recently as August, 2005, Clear Channel radio station "The River" was mentioning such perks in their campaign to attract new advertising representatives.)
Links
Projects
- Don't Buy CDs: "A consumer organization boycotting the RIAA and affiliated labels"
- Downhill Battle (Wikipedia): music activism
Ideas
- The Role of Content Brokers in the Era of Free Content by Larry Sanger: a model for how artists can get paid while distributing their works for free
Writings
- A Rancid Amoeba: writings
- Intellectual Property Issues by Negativland
- Janis Ian: writings on a lot of things, including the music industry
Editorials
- 2006-01-10 DRM by David Byrne: "Happy New Year. Don’t Buy CDs from the Big 5."
- 2005-08-10 Smash Hits by Fiona Morgan: "Will the latest payola scandal shake up the radio and music industries?"
- written by musicians:
- 2000-06-14 Courtney Love does the math: the classic article by Courtney Love [W], lead singer of Hole and widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, detailing how the music industry gets away with legalized indentured servitude while raking in profits (apparently a transcription of a speech Love gave in New York at the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference)
- The Problem With Music by Steve Albini [W]: how bands are screwed or destroyed by the labels
News
- 2007-01-31 New York teen sues record industry "'Pirate' boy bites back" by Nick Farrell