Musicians Who Support Grokster Told They've Been Used
from the hmm dept
Earlier this week, we wrote about how a number of musicians have filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting Grokster, and talking about how file sharing is a big opportunity. As you might imagine, this has upset many people in the industry who seem to believe (once again) that there can be no possible business model associated with free file sharing. In fact, one group seems to imply that these musicians have been brainwashed, but that with time, they can be led back to a path of righteousness.
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There ARE alternatives, support them, create content, whatever.
My project, free legal music and other downloads.
Epitonic More music
Magnatune A label that isn't evil, more downloads.
But apparently none of these exist...
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