[ale] great news from RIAA

[Watson F. McKeel]

That same issue of Wired also has an article about how the recording industry as we know it is going to die in a few years. No more mass marketed larger than life mega acts. It'll be local bands with mostly local appeal. Personally, I think it is wishful thinking that the machine that is the recording industry will eat itself, but I'm hoping it comes to pass none the less.

My favorite line from the article: "You will no longer see acts like Michael Jackson circa 1982, but then you won't see acts like Michael Jackson circa 2002, either; not a bad tradeoff."

But back on topic: every toadie behind Rosen is just as slimy as she is. "Which head will spring from the hydra" is right (that's how Slashdot put it).

Watson

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From: Â  Jim

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On Thursday 23 January 2003 04:30 am, Mike Lockhart wrote:

> Check this out:

> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/22/rosen.resignation.ap/index.html



The latest issue of Wired has a profile on Rosen. She says that many in the 

music industry see her as "too soft". So, that probably tells you what we are 

likely to see from her successor, i.e. somebody who is even less reasonable. 

But Wired also has an article about the straddle Sony is in as a hardware 

producer and a record company. They now look at the Ipod and think that 

should have been their technology. But they couldn't produce it, because it 

would have put them in conflict with the music side of their business. This 

straddle is one of the things that makes it impossible for the record 

companies to win. There are just too many good reasons to keep coming up with 

hardware and services geared toward digital music.

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