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Thursday, July 11, 2002

And the Music Industry Contributes Value How?

Thousands of jobs at risk from Net piracy, music industry warns. Independent Jul 10 2002 9:17PM ET

[...]Jay Berman, the IFPI chairman, said: "Music for free may sound attractive but when it is taken without the permission of artists it comes at a high price. It means less new music, fewer new artists, less choice, thousands fewer jobs and a poorer European culture."[...]

And this just sounds like outright lying. Less new music? By who's measure? Fewer new artists? What does he think, the recording industry creates artists? Jeez! There's not a bar in Atlanta that doesn't have all the live music they can handle, with dozens more trying to make a name for themselves and break through the stolid bureaucracy of the music industry.

Thousands fewer jobs? Doing what, writing BS press releases and thinking up new lies? And just who thinks the music recording industry makes any contribution at all to culture. This is pathetic. I know all these guys are scared to death of having to find new jobs. I just don't have any sympathy for them.

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