March 10, 2005

Pitchforkmedia: great place for new music

check it out -- thanks to Bob Lefsetz for sharing this!

Mar 10, 2005 10:06:50 PM | Music

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Music Industry does not need more protection (says Michael Geist) Very good read here. >> "Consistent with most countries, Canada has never adopted an exclusively market-oriented approach to copyright and culture. This is reflected in our division of copyright policy responsibilities — the Copyright Act is officially administered by Industry Minister David Emerson, while the Department of Canadian Heritage Act grants responsibility for the formulation of cultural policy as it relates to copyright to Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla. This duality suggests that copyright policy must consider both economic and cultural goals. Were Industry Canada to adopt an exclusively economic-based approach, it might eliminate government programs supporting the arts on the grounds that it is the market that should determine Canadian cultural activity. Similarly, a single-minded focus by Canadian Heritage on cultural goals would risk the development of extreme copyright policies that place the interests of the culture sector ahead of the broader economy and the public interest." Gotta love Canada - right on!!! well said.
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Closed system = closed opportunities Cory Doctorow hits the nail on the head in this feature. " A word of warning to DRM-crazed companies, says the outspoken Cory Doctorow: somewhere out there is a competitor who will steal your customers with more open products". I particularly like this part: "Now put yourself in your customer's shoes: are you going to buy the alarm clock where you have to pay your alarm tone tax every time you wake up in the morning? Or are you going to buy the alarm clock that lets you load your own CDs into it? Somewhere out there, there is a competitor of yours who will sell your customer a phone that lets him listen to his own music. And that company will attract more business at the expense of companies that treat their customers as wallets to be held open for the music industry". You could argue that, for example, TIVO was once that kind of 'just do it' company, and now that it's less 'cutting-edge' and daring, its business is quickly evaporating... or maybe it's just a 'window closing'?

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