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From rssfeeds@jmason.org Tue Sep 24 10:47:47 2002
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From: boingboing <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: Janis Ian interviewed on Slashdot
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:00:36 -0000
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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85482094
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Date: Not supplied
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Janis Ian, a brave and talented recording artist (and budding and talented
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science fiction writer) has done a terrific interview with the Slashdot
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groupmind about her views on the music industry.
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Seriously, diversity is something record companies can't afford anymore -
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not the majors, at any rate. I'd go to this article, posted at Linux
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Journal, which quotes a Newsweet article (July 15,2002) by Steven Levy
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saying "So why are the record labels taking such a hard line? My guess is
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that it's all about protecting their Internet-challenged business model.
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Their profit comes from blockbuster artists. If the industry moved to a
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more varied ecology, independent labels and artists would thrive--to the
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detriment of the labels, which would have trouble rustling up the rubes to
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root for the next Britney. The smoking gun comes from testimony of an
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RIAA-backed economist who told the government fee panel that a dramatic
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shakeout in Webcasting is "inevitable and desirable because it will bring
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about market consolidation." That's really it in a nutshell. "Market
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consolidation" means the less artists they have to promote, the less
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ultimate dollars they'll spend. The smaller the playlist, the greater the
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chance that audiences will buy something from that playlist alone - because
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that's all you'll be able to find out there.
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Link[1] Discuss[2]
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[1] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/23/133228
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[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/8nEQCxZaP8U6X
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