Google is l33t
Google is
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Embrace file-sharing, or die
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The Doc Searls Weblog: A nice view on why music companies
shouldn’t feel threatened by file-sharing but should use it as a
the powerfull comercial tool that it is.
Why is it that record companies pay dearly for radio
play and fight Internet play? What is the real difference between
radio and the Internet? Perfect copies? If we look at the Internet
as analogous to radio, the problem becomes one of performance
rights, not the unlawful exploitation of intellectual property.
People are creating their own Radio on their hard drives, and they
are constantly changing it. Would this have anything to do with the
“McDonaldization” of radio by Clear Channel and others? Would the
fact that almost every song on commercial radio is bought and paid
for have anything to do with the narrow focus and homogeneous
nature of radio? What drives radio is advertising and money, not
music. A lot of music gets left behind thanks to the current state
of radio; that consumers are rejecting it shouldn’t be surprising.
They’re creating their own MP3 playlists, and if the labels were
smart, they’d be doing everything in their power to be on those
playlists, just like they do everything in their power to be on the
playlists of radio stations. Instead, they scream copyright
infringement and call their lawyers.
Read the complete article at
Salon.com.
