{"id":10776,"date":"2007-07-01T16:56:42","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T23:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/07\/01\/because-the-music-industry-has-the-artists-in-mind-of-course.html"},"modified":"2007-07-01T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T23:56:42","slug":"because_the_music_industr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/01\/because_the_music_industr.html","title":{"rendered":"Because the music industry has the artists in mind, of course"},"content":{"rendered":"

The music industry defends digital rights management and radio tariffs and all that as representative of how they look out for music artists.  Which makes it amusing when one of those artists, Prince, bypasses the industry — doing a free album give-away via the British paper The Daily Mail <\/em>— and they suddenly turn on him like rabid wolves<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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One music store executive described the plan as “madness” while others said it was a huge insult to an industry battling fierce competition from supermarkets and online stores. Prince’s label has cut its ties with the album in the UK to try to appease music stores.<\/p>\n

The Entertainment Retailers Association said the giveaway “beggars belief”. “It would be an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career,” ERA co-chairman Paul Quirk told a music conference. “It would be yet another example of the damaging covermount culture which is destroying any perception of value around recorded music.<\/p>\n

“The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday.”<\/p>\n

High street music giant HMV was similarly scathing about the plans. Speaking before rumours of a giveaway were confirmed, HMV chief executive Simon Fox said: “I think it would be absolutely nuts. I can’t believe the music industry would do it to itself. I simply can’t believe it would happen; it would be absolute madness.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Because if we’re not making money on it, there’s something seriously, seriously wrong, and somebody — anybody — should put a stop to it.”<\/p>\n

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(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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