on 11/30/02 1:14 PM, A.VanValin at vanvalin@pacbell.net wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "skip Heller" <velaires@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Comments on CD Burning/Unauthorized Duplication etc.
The only people really pounding their chests over downloading and home CD duping are major-label guys.
Say a cultural jihad wiped out big corporate labels. So now, for the sake of argument, all musicians are "independent". I'd guess that then you'd hear plenty of "independent" artists bitching about duping. Not all, but plenty.
Honestly, I think the emphasis under that circumstance would be less about "who's trading my stuff" than "what can I do to get heard?" in a big hurry. You'd likely see a return to the days when a record was a calling card for performing artists, as opposed to the post-Beatle era of the record as an end result, because artists would be less in a position to collect money for sales and -- by neccessity -- in the position of having to go out and generate income by playing live. If this jihad levelled the playing field so everyone had to go play in a bar with bad sound and a postage-stamp-sized bandstand, you'd sure see some deadwood get cleared out in a hurry. And a helluva lot of artists worried less about CD-Rs than if people were paying at the door to get in.
Still, I'm all for your "call to arms". It moves the discussion from "what can I get away with?" to "what can I do to change things?"
I'm a big fan of that one's own backyard is the best place for change.