Ideas for a Recording Industry Alternative? 497
icewalker asks: "There has been a lot of news (here, here, and here) lately about music, copy protection, and other related issues. What I find interesting is that there are literally thousands of free bands out there that are more than worthy of listening too. Free as in they have not sold their souls (not to mention music rights) away to the devils of the music industry. But how does one get to listen to these pioneers of music? The solution could be sites like mp3.com (until the mp3 royalties are forced). But what people want is a locals only site that streams, guess what, the music from free local bands only. Not just for your community but local bands from all over the US (and the world). We need a site that collects these bands and we need a streamer that plays them. No CARP royalty problems since these bands are unsigned and own the music themselves. Make it so that the artists can hopefully sell their own CD's or single songs from the same site. Anyway, mix and bake at multiple bit rates and you have a solution to the copy protected CD (I haven't bought one yet from an Indie Band). The big guys go down because they can't compete with free, better than great music on the web with a low cost distribution. So, where is this utopia? Oh! And dump the necessary registration required to listen (are you listening mp3.com?)."
Sign me up (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Anti PC campaigns (Score:5, Funny)
Kinda like a mainstream desktop operating system like Linux?
Re:sounds nice, but... (Score:5, Funny)
That's something I'd love to see.
Re:Anti PC campaigns (Score:2, Funny)
-- Until someone hacks the destination server and sends tons of "happy" people flying off the 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) into the sea.
Re:the problem with mp3.com (Score:2, Funny)
Her name is spelled "Brittney". A Brittany is a dog... erm. Never mind.
Re:IUMA (Score:3, Funny)
what?!?!
this is an outrage. someone ought to create an organization for recording artists to watch out for their rights. this group would charge a fee to buy the artisit's music, passing it on after removing their fee. they could make sure that artist's music wasnt used in an improper manner, like making copies for your friends or on an unsecured device for that matter...
hey...wait a sec...
:P