yah ... sorry, but you sound like you're in bed with the RIAA. at the risk of upsetting the author by supplementing his writing with other successful examples of his business model formula, he's flat-out nailed it. and your supposition that artists make "a large amount of money" on cds is ludicrous. why do you think tours were invented? to give back to the fans who bought the albums/tapes/cds/mp3s? no. concerts bring in more revenue for the artist than do the physical or digital copy of the music. so in a way, this proposed business model has been around since the inception of concerts anyway.
the RIAA needs to realize that it's the equivalent of a planet full of dinosaurs, and "the meteor" has just entered earth's atmosphere. at the rate they're going, they won't survive. and i hope they don't.
A THE HELL MEN. I've been preaching that forever. "... and Justice" was the last great Metallica CD, and it *still* holds up well. Curse you, Bob Rock, for ruining one of the best bands of the 80s.
Totally agree with the notion that they're reaping what they've sown. You can't gain the fandom they had by underground tape trading, and then turn around and bite the hands that have been feeding you. It will *always* backfire.
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yah ... sorry, but you sound like you're in bed with the RIAA. at the risk of upsetting the author by supplementing his writing with other successful examples of his business model formula, he's flat-out nailed it. and your supposition that artists make "a large amount of money" on cds is ludicrous. why do you think tours were invented? to give back to the fans who bought the albums/tapes/cds/mp3s? no. concerts bring in more revenue for the artist than do the physical or digital copy of the music. so in a way, this proposed business model has been around since the inception of concerts anyway.
the RIAA needs to realize that it's the equivalent of a planet full of dinosaurs, and "the meteor" has just entered earth's atmosphere. at the rate they're going, they won't survive. and i hope they don't.
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A THE HELL MEN. I've been preaching that forever. "... and Justice" was the last great Metallica CD, and it *still* holds up well. Curse you, Bob Rock, for ruining one of the best bands of the 80s.
Totally agree with the notion that they're reaping what they've sown. You can't gain the fandom they had by underground tape trading, and then turn around and bite the hands that have been feeding you. It will *always* backfire.