WAKE UP LOTUS EATERS!

WAKE UP LOTUS EATERS!

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Posted by Doggie Styles on July 30, 2000 at 14:51:59:

There's a lot of posts in here from angry wanna-be recording artists who think napster is going to rip them off when they become stars. The reality is, 99.9% of you will never have the opportunity to be ripped-off by napster. As long as the record companies and media empires maintain their stranglehold on the industry you've got nothing to worry about. The real struggle isn't about profits from their current library, it's about profits from their FUTURE library. It's all about making sure that you have to come to them for music, period. For years, a handful of companies have decided what you listen to and what you buy. Their artists, their playlists, their distribution. If all you ever hear is their product, then of course, that's what you buy. The internet pops that festering boil like a lance, and they don't like it. They don't like that you can find music they didn't ordain, and don't own. They don't like that bands don't have to suck a record exec's genitalia to get heard. They don't like not being able to spoonfeed you any old shit they want. It doesn't matter how brilliant your music is, if your not young enough, or pretty enough, or whatever their bullshit criterion is, you're out.

Music shouldn't fall prey to "merchant mentality".
It's true, napster's not doing major artists any favors, but it's doing struggling artists a world of good.

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: There's a lot of posts in here from angry wanna-be recording artists who think napster is going to rip them off when they become stars. The reality is, 99.9% of you will never have the opportunity to be ripped-off by napster. As long as the record companies and media empires maintain their stranglehold on the industry you've got nothing to worry about. The real struggle isn't about profits from their current library, it's about profits from their FUTURE library. It's all about making sure that you have to come to them for music, period. For years, a handful of companies have decided what you listen to and what you buy. Their artists, their playlists, their distribution. If all you ever hear is their product, then of course, that's what you buy. The internet pops that festering boil like a lance, and they don't like it. They don't like that you can find music they didn't ordain, and don't own. They don't like that bands don't have to suck a record exec's genitalia to get heard. They don't like not being able to spoonfeed you any old shit they want. It doesn't matter how brilliant your music is, if your not young enough, or pretty enough, or whatever their bullshit criterion is, you're out. : Music shouldn't fall prey to "merchant mentality". : It's true, napster's not doing major artists any favors, but it's doing struggling artists a world of good.

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