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• Artists need to start doing it for themselves
  Artists need to find digital partners that can protect their music and sell it on their own terms (via the internet). Deploy flexible DRM that let's the buyer choose how much they want to spend. And stop the big labels now... when it comes to Internet/digital strategies they are not smart. there are plenty of Indie and Independent digital sites that can help even the biggest of artists (such as ClubMosh an Indie music dotcom). So like U2 says - be great at business (as well as being great rock artists).

  January 29, 2008

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• Try ClubMosh.com
  ClubMosh have a, "where fans meet bands" strategy. A web 2.0 strategy to get Indie bands earning money but selling music at half price (because they cut out the big label taking a majority share), while interacting with music fans. Users love it because the get free and or low cost quality Indie music - and get to meet the bands through email.
  A free player that provides streaming to the weekly Top 10 is also available. And a syndicated radio station.

  December 28, 2007

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• CMON guys ths is crap
  Jammie Thomas did f all. get serious. digital music can be paid for and shared and protected to protect the artist (even the label). lets not take the legal BS to persecute a single person. Pirates are out there... go get them. leave Jammie Thomas alone.

  October 9, 2007

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• SAVE Jammie Thomas
  We're ALL sick of the BS. SAVE Jammie Thomas

  October 9, 2007

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• DRM free... so how does this work for the artist
  DRM free is just not smart. Great for consumers who want free music, bad for funding the entertainment industry and rewarding artists and songwriters. essentially what Apple and EMI are saying is, "for an extra 30 cents you get to pirate music to all and sundry". Now for those that don't know, out of that 30 cents, Apple gets 15 and the label gets 15 cents and then the label passes 35% of its 15 cents to the artist. So the artist (such as Coldplay) will get a staggering 5 cents more per track, so everyone can copy (read pirate) their music to any device and as many people as they want?? A great strategy for the customer who wants free/shared music. Not great news in the age when we're moving from CD storage to digital storage. The strategy is flawed. And a sign of another quick marketing fix by Apple and a desperate recording label. In the end it is a strategy that will drive artists away from the big labels (because they will not be making enough money to stay and will need a "digital revenue strategy"). Great for services like those at the Cellcity that support artists and labels to do digital distribution for themselves with a flexible DRM and pricing policy. Final word..."DRM free", sounds great - It's just not smart.

  May 30, 2007

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