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  Mr Happy, 26 Sep 2000 @ 10:52am

  
  

  Bad artist, bad!

  If Sony doesn't understand that two hours after this album hits the store shelves it'll be on Napster and GnutellaNet then they're more blind to the dire straits they're in than anyone could have imagined.
  
  I don't believe this is about them preventing file sharing. This move can only be about keeping the artist in their place and preventing a precedent of circumvention by those who create the works.
  
  The Offspring had a good idea but I suspect it will only be fully realised either by an artist large enough to be able to dump their old-school distributor entirely and go it on their own or by a minor label with some cajones (Alternative Tentacles, Epitath are you listening?)

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    Ryan, 26 Sep 2000 @ 3:30pm

    
    

    Re: Bad artist, bad!

    I smell money, who wants to set up an independent record label that will allow large artists to market themselves and retain the majority of their profits? ;)

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      Mike (profile), 26 Sep 2000 @ 5:03pm

      
      

      Re: Bad artist, bad!

      Actually, I've been looking at two very cool ideas that may help artists (including musicians) come up with a better system. Idealive and OpenCulture.org. Both are based on the idea of getting people to put money upfront to support artists who will then release their work. It's a great idea. I don't fully understand the differences between the two ideas (though the guy from OpenCulture has been trying to explain it to me.

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        mhh5, 27 Sep 2000 @ 1:56pm

        
        

        Re: Bad artist, bad!

        After briefly looking at the Idealive site, I think the glaring difference is that *anyone* can contribute to OpenCulture, but you need to be a HNW indiviual (as defined by the SEC) to become part of Idealive! That's probably the reason why I'd heard of OpenCulture but not Idealive...

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