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| From | "Lee Elliott" <pop@anotherplanet.ca> |
| Subject | Re: Distribution article Question |
| Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:11:30 -0600 |
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> An article on the state of the indie distrubution biz from HITS Magazine.
Might be of interest to some folks. Kind of a good news/bad news
>perspective, but gave me a bit of hope...
There's an article someone posted on Slashdot.org today - from his academic
research on copyright/innovation. I didn't get most of it, but he had a
chart that said RIAA members in total over the last few years had
significantly reduced the number of releases (choice) - by a very large
percentage - 20% or more give or take - assuming - I guess - that people
would buy the same amount from the smaller pool of releases - fewer bigger
acts. The article you posted would seem to back that up a little - dropping
artists etc.
I would think - that there is more choice out there than ever when including
small label and DIY stuff. Am I wrong in assuming that most indy labels are
not part of RIAA?
Good read by the way.
Lee Elliott
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