Slog - Comments on Music Will be Just Like Punditry http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/music_will_be_just_like_punditry Hopefully, yesterday's music downloading verdict will spark the long-overdue conversation that's less about reactionary posturing and the digging in of ideological heels (which is definitely happening) —and more about defining the music marketplace of the future in a way that acknowledges the facts on the ground. (Those facts are these: CD sales are tanking; fans are growing up to expect music on-line; and musicians are putting it there.) Over at Technology Liberation Front they're saying this: But the far more important factor is the sheer number of people who want to be rock stars. Now that the bottleneck of CD... Copyright 2008 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:40:25 -0800 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:32:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo The best counter to this I've seen was the interview with REM's manager (I think y'all linked to this story) where he talked about hearing somebody from Evian explaining how they were competing with tap water. And yet somehow Evian stays in business.

People will under certain circumstances pay for something they get for (nearly) free. They just have to believe it has value, and buying it has to be convenient.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/music_will_be_just_like_punditry#c818532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/music_will_be_just_like_punditry#c818532 News Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:05:43 -0800 Comment by SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS Reactionary utopianism run rampant.

]]> SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/music_will_be_just_like_punditry#c818700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/music_will_be_just_like_punditry#c818700 News Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:32:22 -0800