Hi All,
Todays Hindu , Blr , Metroplus carried a article on how music might be free as in freebies soon..it talked about what happened, whats happening with music but not much about "WHY"
i thought including "why its happening" and the 'creative commons movement' - will give a more interesting picture..
http://creativecommons.org/audio - share , reuse , remix - legally !!!
-S
WHAT HAPPENED ------------------------------ "And the legal battle has raged on long and hard as Napster, the world's favourite P2P music and MP3 sharing service was outlawed in 2001 after mainstream artistes like Madonna, Dr. Dre and Metallica filed lawsuits against Napster."
WHATS HAPPENING ------------------------------- "Apple users can use the already existing iTunes music service to download free as well as paid content. It won't be long before we can all get the latest records of our favourite bands the day it's out and more importantly, legally"
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/06/19/stories/2008061951020100.htm
WHY ITS HAPPENING ---------------------------------------
there are lots of other things going on in the Net about ownership. Music and movies and various other forms of culture are being distributed better by children than by people that are being paid to do the work. Artists are beginning to discover that if they allow children to distribute art in a freehanded sort of way, they will do better than they do in the current slavery in which they are kept by the culture vultures, who do, it is true, make a good deal of money out of music, but they do so primarily by keeping ninety-four cents out of every dollar and rendering six to the musicians, which isn't very good for the musicians.
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