| ritchie on Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:30:20 +0100 (CET) |
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| AW: <nettime> The problem with file-sharing |
>Labels, by pumping money into advertizing and monopolizing public meme >space, *create* popular music. They didn't do such a great job on this in the course of the last years. Hence, the illusion that some stars finance up-and-comers is a mere lie: actually, it's pretty expensive to force someone into the charts - profit margins decrease. for simple economic reasons one-hit-wonders and quick-hitters are not creating astronomic profits any more. majors have been to focussed on teenagers. the jobs label do will change drastically, as will specialization. the process of "making available" will change. pop industry is dying system. greetZ.ritchie # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]