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Category Archives: corporate rock sucks
If home taping is killing music…
HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSICoriginally uploaded by 4mediafactory …how can Radiohead allow people to download their album without DRM for as little as they want…and within a couple of months have the same album top the SALES charts in the … Continue reading
Corporate Rock Sucks #21: Kristin Hersh breaks away
The very wonderful Kristin Hersh has just launched CASH Music – the Coallition of Artists & Stake Holders is an attempt to make music and a living outside of the conventional industry way of doing things. It’s a bold step … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #20 :file-sharing increases CD purchasing
Surprise! Being exposed to more music makes you more likely to buy more music… However, our analysis of the Canadian P2P file-sharing subpopulation suggests that there is a strong positive relationship between P2P file-sharing and CD purchasing. That is, among … Continue reading
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Corporate sucks #19: Because it’s run by idiots…
[Jennifer] Pariser [Sony BMG's head of litigation]…then made perhaps the most startling comment of the day. Saying that the record labels have spent “millions” on the lawsuits, she then said that “we’ve lost money on this program.” RIAA anti-P2P campaign … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #18: Radiohead try another way…
I have very vivid memories of standing in Beggars Banquet in Kingston and NOT BUYING the first Radiohead EP Drill because they were on a major label – and I was very suspicious of major labels even back then (1992) … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #17: Prince reclaims his “art”
When people like Prince get all arsey about protecting their copyrights and start clamping down on people sharing their “grainy mobile phone footage” I start to despair that these people will never learn. To try and claim that people sharing … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #16: Rick Rubin and Columbia
A big feature on Rick Rubin and Columbia in the New York Times is an insight not only into someone trying to pull the record industry out of it’s taildive but also into an industry that sees the way out … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #15: Kristin Hersh and sustainability
Kristin Hersh has posted her Thoughts On Sustainability to her blog and it makes reassuring reading…the future of an industry where the labels don’t control the artist may be a little way off but seeing someone of the profile of … Continue reading
Corporate rock sucks #14: Is the Internet a good thing for music?
I find it really sad when musicians, particularly musicians who I respect, seem to misunderstand just how good things are for music at the moment. The stranglehold of the (major) labels is coming to an end and the Internet is … Continue reading
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Corporate rock sucks #13: Last.fm and Sony
So last.fm have struck a deal with ugly major Sony (you know the same Sony who care so little for their customers that surreptitiously install damaging software onto their computers) – now I understand that last.fm is part of a … Continue reading
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