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Initech

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6. No it's the record labels and the traditional distribution methods.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:50 AM

Jan 2015

Artists are realizing that they can make more money than they ever could by bypassing the traditional distribution methods and releasing the music directly to the fans themselves. The record labels know this and they're actively fighting back against the new methods. That is what is ruining music kn its current state.

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How Wall Street Destroyed The Music Business [View all] Elwood P Dowd Jan 2015 OP

profit pigs pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #1

The music business, that is, the business of music, has changed many times over the centuries. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #2

King of Devil's Island is a good film, not sure it was made under any collaborative methods but I do Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #5

Thanks for the link. Unknown Beatle Jan 2015 #3

I remember the days of paying $20 for an album to get the one song on it I wanted. Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #4

No it's the record labels and the traditional distribution methods. Initech Jan 2015 #6