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mickthemouse asked Paul Williams: "Record company executives used to play god by deciding which music the public actually gets to hear. So how it is it a bad thing that anyone can now release music digitally without having to grovel to..." Show more »"Record company executives used to play god by deciding which music the public actually gets to hear. So how it is it a bad thing that anyone can now release music digitally without having to grovel to a ‘suit’? Doesn't a completely unregulated marketplace provide a utopia for our sophisticated and diverse tastes? " Show less »
Paul Williams answer: "I don’t think that it’s bad at all; in fact it’s very democratic. It certainly has been the case up until now that, generally, the only music that people got to hear pre-internet was at the whim and the..." Show more»" I don’t think that it’s bad at all; in fact it’s very democratic. It certainly has been the case up until now that, generally, the only music that people got to hear pre-internet was at the whim and the tastes of record companies. So therefore there was a lot of music out there that people might have liked but would never have come across. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Arts and entertainment | Email to friends | Dec 27 2007 10:47:02 AM

mickthemouse asked Matt Phillips : "For decades record companies dictated the price for music. So why should we consumers feel sorry for record company shareholders who are now losing profits in the download age?"
Matt Phillips answer: "I think you get a lot of file-sharing apologists you make these arguments. You know; record companies made lots of profits in the past so they’ve had it coming to them. Businesses are in business to make..." Show more»" I think you get a lot of file-sharing apologists you make these arguments. You know; record companies made lots of profits in the past so they’ve had it coming to them. Businesses are in business to make profits, that what they do. That’s how the real world works. It’s just not acceptable to steal from people. It’s an alarming trend if people think that because someone is rich that it’s okay to steal from them. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Arts and entertainment | Email to friends | Dec 27 2007 10:36:31 AM

mickthemouse asked Conor McNicholas : "It seems certain that the heyday of the 'millionaire-making' music business is past, and surely such egocentric careerism won’t be mourned by most. So shouldn’t musicians view doing what they love as ..." Show more »"It seems certain that the heyday of the 'millionaire-making' music business is past, and surely such egocentric careerism won’t be mourned by most. So shouldn’t musicians view doing what they love as being more important than whether or not they can obtain a jet-set lifestyle? Isn't rock and roll meant to be about freedom?" Show less »
Conor McNicholas answer: "I don’t think it’s up to anybody to tell a musician what they should and shouldn’t do. I think that it’s entirely up to them. Some people just make music because they can’t not make music; it’s absolutely..." Show more»" I don’t think it’s up to anybody to tell a musician what they should and shouldn’t do. I think that it’s entirely up to them. Some people just make music because they can’t not make music; it’s absolutely inbuilt into them. Some people make music and like other people to hear it, some people do it and don’t want anybody else to hear it, like writing a diary. There are people who write songs at home but wouldn’t want to share them with anybody. There are other people for whom making music is a means to an end. You don’t get the feeling that David lee Roth has a burning creative passion in his soul. Let’s face it Kiss, as a band, did not start out because they were desperate to communicate their view of the world and their personal angst to the rest of the planet. They wanted to get out there and be a fire-breathing rock and roll band because they wanted loads of women and loads of cash. Both of them are perfectly valid views of the world. But I don’t think it’s up to anybody to say that band’s shouldn’t be thinking about business plans because some people will and some people won’t. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Arts and entertainment | Email to friends | Dec 27 2007 10:26:12 AM

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