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04-02-2011, 11:26 PM
John Hudson – Tue Mar 29, 5:58 pm ET
News that record label executives don't like Amazon's new streaming music service really ruffled the feathers of Wire reader TheRantGuy. The new service allows you to upload music files on Amazon's servers so you can listen to them anywhere. Music labels don't like it for two reasons: 1) they want users to pay for listening to music across different devices and 2) users could be uploading "unauthorized" downloads (i.e. pirated music). But TheRantGuy isn't having it.
Could somebody please tell the record label executives that you're not only closing the barn door after the horse has left but the horse went down the street, had a drink, met a cute horsette, had six baby horses, got dragged to the mall, went on a fishing trip with his horse buddies and retired already?
Lord...your model is dead...done...nobody wants CD's...nobody wants full albums...it's over...things change...I am not going to buy a record, then a tape, then a CD, then a super-CD, then a super-duper-CD of the same song over and over and over again.
I will buy it ONCE and then own it forever on ALL of my devices!
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Anthony Tue Mar 29, 2011 09:48 pm PDT
Record labels...
They give artists $1mil for 3 albums. If one album makes it 10x platinum the label makes $1bil profit. the artist who made it however, gets only $1mil and still owes 2 albums. That's why so many big names start their own label. To get more of the profit they deserve. The rest, make money charging bars or night clubs for them to hang out in for an hour. Or concerts etc. Poor labels. They're a ripoff and their piracy views are a scheme to rip you off even more. And what do they do for the artists that justify taking 99% of the profits. Not much.
News that record label executives don't like Amazon's new streaming music service really ruffled the feathers of Wire reader TheRantGuy. The new service allows you to upload music files on Amazon's servers so you can listen to them anywhere. Music labels don't like it for two reasons: 1) they want users to pay for listening to music across different devices and 2) users could be uploading "unauthorized" downloads (i.e. pirated music). But TheRantGuy isn't having it.
Could somebody please tell the record label executives that you're not only closing the barn door after the horse has left but the horse went down the street, had a drink, met a cute horsette, had six baby horses, got dragged to the mall, went on a fishing trip with his horse buddies and retired already?
Lord...your model is dead...done...nobody wants CD's...nobody wants full albums...it's over...things change...I am not going to buy a record, then a tape, then a CD, then a super-CD, then a super-duper-CD of the same song over and over and over again.
I will buy it ONCE and then own it forever on ALL of my devices!
Thanks for reading, everyone. And be sure to check out Open Wire, where you can share links, feedback, and opinions on the stories you think we should be covering.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110329/tc_atlantic/commentdayhatingrecordlabels36188
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Anthony Tue Mar 29, 2011 09:48 pm PDT
Record labels...
They give artists $1mil for 3 albums. If one album makes it 10x platinum the label makes $1bil profit. the artist who made it however, gets only $1mil and still owes 2 albums. That's why so many big names start their own label. To get more of the profit they deserve. The rest, make money charging bars or night clubs for them to hang out in for an hour. Or concerts etc. Poor labels. They're a ripoff and their piracy views are a scheme to rip you off even more. And what do they do for the artists that justify taking 99% of the profits. Not much.