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| From | Chuck Warner <chuck@hyped2death.com> |
| Subject | Re: Ethical question regarding bootlegs |
| Date | Fri, 23 May 2003 00:05:22 -0500 |
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>Clear Channel - the Evil Empire who makes Ticketmaster look like
>Mom's Diner - wants to implement contract clauses giving them
>permission to record and sell their concerts immediately after the
>show in the lobbies of arenas.
I'll admit I'm too old and cranky to catch many live shows myself
these days, but this strikes me as the first really smart thing that
the traditional music industry has come up with in the past five
years. It's a brilliant way for "cash-strapped" labels to make money
essentially ex nihilo, and without harming the fans (and a nice way
for the bands to make some money as well). Think about all the people
who do NOT swap tapes now, but who would happily pop for a $15
instant CD-R of a great concert with maybe an unreleased song or two.
Not the least of the advantages would be a certain level of
quality-control for tape fans whether or not you pay for the
first-generation.
Billboard, et al. will have a field-day charting concert tours by the
numbers of souvenir CDs sold... Think of the jobs that that effort
alone might create!
And it should certainly reduce the industry's poor-mouth whining.
Might even mellow out the Metallica crowd a bit...
Chuck
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