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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Well, from what I am hearing and seeing, it doesn't have as much to do with author's/musicians still needing to eat as with the care and feeding of the "under-assistant West Coast promo man" and all of the other industry employees who can't seem to understand that they can no longer control distribution as was possible in the days of the LP. they need to expand their horizons and develop a new business model.
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I'm not defending the current record industry business model, simply saying that paying for content is reasonable. My statement was in response to someone earlier saying that since content can now be copied at low or zero cost to the creator, it ought to be free. I don't buy that. It may be the case that bands will start making more on live performances than studio albums, but I don't agree that the bands, sound engineers, cover artists, etc. who put work into creating a nice product shouldn't get paid for their work by those who enjoy the product.