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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] All of which would be true, if the equation music=software was valid. However, the RIAA has so far failed to show any qualitative difference between MP3's and cassette tapes. (Ignoring for a moment my apparent inability to remember how to spell cassette...) And cassettes were heralded as the death of music when they were new, with many of the same arguments. Personally, I disagree with the RIAA that its main goal is to ensure the copyright of the artist. From my point of view, their sole interest is to preserve the Radio/Wal-Mart monolith. When music is distributed outside the traditional corporate structure, it isn't the artists who are hurt, it's the suits. Now don't get me wrong. I'm free market all the way, baby. I don't even think that the aforementioned "suits" are evil. But they are currently engaged in a business model that is strangling American music. Ultimately, I'd like to see the whole system die a screaming death. But I don't think MP3's or Napster will lead to this, just as cassettes haven't. I'm willing to bet, barring recession or wholesale economic crash, that album sales will continue to rise this year, even with all those mean folks stealing music. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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