Dear Dean and list,
--- Dean FH Macy <deanmacy@m...> wrote:
Dre de Man wrote:
(...)'I think it does not, like mp3.com, endanger
singers and record companies.'
Dean FH Macy wrote(snippethed)'Watch where you point
the gun before you pull the trigger.'(...)
Sorry, I forgot that some people on this list do
benifit financially from the existence of mp3.com.
But apart from that I don't see any reason to defend
this company, although it might be necessary to pull
the trigger - quoting the Wild West metaphor you used
- at the other site as well.
According to quite a few articles from very reliable
sources, MP3.com has been violating the rights of
record companies and performers, and only after having
been sued they offered an agreement, to avoid to be
forced to stop their illegal activities. Their
defense, pretending to offer the music on the net for
people that own the cd's already, I can only call
hilarious.
Of course one can say the big record companies have
not used the opportunities the web offers. But I think
singers and lovers of classical music still can expect
more from them, than from mp3.com cum suis.
We all know that making a big production with good
singers and musicians is expensive, and even making
smaller productions is far from cheap, especially when
having enough recording sessions. When the big record
companies disappear, maybe a few bad singers can earn
a few bugs from mp3's and by selling cd's via the web,
but if that is what we get in return for the many
excellent recording of very gifted musicians we have
now, it is is a very sad thing.
And if the classical CD selling points disappear, I
mean the good ones, it is not a very good thing
either. Besides that, CD's made from or containing
mp3's without booklets etc. may be ok for pop, but for
classical music, especially opera it is a huge
drawback.
When leaving mp3.com out of discussion and just
concentrating on mp3 and related technology, there
might be some advantages for singers, when it comes to
offer low budget publicity, especially when helped by
agents.
But even then:
As with most new things of the last decennia, mp3 will
most likely be just another way to sell fast decaying
kitsch to the millions, on the expense of longer
lasting things that are less easily understood by the
masses.
Best greetings,
Dre
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