Sunday, June 30, 2002

Grudgingly, Music Labels Sell Their Songs Online Increasingly desperate for customers, several major record labels have resolved to make more music legally available for less money online — even if it means sacrificing lucrative CD sales. [New York Times: Technology] 7:14:07 PM

How to Take Down the Music Industry. An Open Letter to Musicians Everyhwere, or How to Take Down the Music Industry [kuro5hin.org] While I am pretty sure the approach advocated here won't work unless consumers change first (though they won't admit, most people buy the music that's promoted to them -- promotion works, and works better with lots of money), this article gets the basic issues right. 8:47:18 AM