Subj : Music Sites For Linux
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Glue
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 07:27 am

  Re: Music Sites For Linux
  By: ROB MCCART to CHRISTOPHER PERRAULT on Sun Jul 17 2005 07:57 pm

 > And music industry claims of "Billions $$" in lost revenue are crap.
 > In many cases a person will DL a song for free that they would
 > never buy, so all they accomplish there is stopping wider
 > exposure of their product rather than guaranteeing a sale.

What bothers me the most is DRM and Microsoft seeing yet another way into
another industry's wallet. Money is indeed going to kill the music industry.

I agree that producing an album is costly, as I have worked with some mini
labels in Baltimore. I can see how the thousands we spent could transform into
millions on a larger scale. However:

1 - We had no benefit from concerts (or royalties as the label)
2 - We made no money from merchandise like T-Shirts / etc
3 - We made no money from radio play

Think for a moment how big the checks are that Clear Channel communications
cuts to the major labels. 

So as Microsoft continues to pressure intel to build DRM into their
processors.. and continues to embed it in their operating systems.. I'll
continue to use my FC3/AMD Linux box and listen to whatever I want while I
complain about it. 

"we" won on the mp3 front because the industry caved in on licensing it.. Ipod
is proof. I'll pay a quarter to listen to a song in a jukebox .. I'll gladly
pay a quarter to download it and keep it forever.

As far as I can see this will only bring more people to try Linux in the home..
and this is a good thing :)

"The box said Windows XP or better so I installed Linux ... "


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