So your argument is that the artist's slice of the pie is larger than it once was? That may be true, I don't have an informed perspective. However, for the industry, my original points stand.
I argue that the secret deals between the big labels with Spotify and Youtube rip off the artists just as much as before. *
They are trying to reassert control over distribution by shutting down those who won't pay what they want (grooveshark) or attain censorship power even in excess of copyright- like Youtube & DRM ( trumps transcoding rights & fair use ).
There are just as bad for artists as fans, just as bad as they always were, their death grip has slipped because they were too set in their ways to comprehend the internet was the future.
They also stop or cripple technologies they don't like.
They big label cartels are a social ill supported by monopoly lobbying and governments doing their bidding.
They extended copyright for so long that they own the rights to nearly the entire 20th centuries cultural output.
It will only get worse, monopolies should be broken up they destroy free-markets and build barriers to entry.
They are trying to reassert control over distribution by shutting down those who won't pay what they want (grooveshark) or attain censorship power even in excess of copyright- like Youtube & DRM ( trumps transcoding rights & fair use ).
There are just as bad for artists as fans, just as bad as they always were, their death grip has slipped because they were too set in their ways to comprehend the internet was the future.
They also stop or cripple technologies they don't like.
They big label cartels are a social ill supported by monopoly lobbying and governments doing their bidding.
They extended copyright for so long that they own the rights to nearly the entire 20th centuries cultural output.
It will only get worse, monopolies should be broken up they destroy free-markets and build barriers to entry.
* https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150204/07310329906/yes-m...