RIAA CEO Talks Napster

oneoverphi — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:33:05 +0000

Former RIAA CEO Hillary Rosen has an interview out on the Billboard site where she reflects on the 10 year anniversary of Napster. Certainly an interesting read to those concerned with the business side of music.

All of a sudden, record companies started hearing from music fans in a way they never had before. The “customer” for record companies for many years were radio stations and record stores. All of a sudden record companies were on the hook from music fans.

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oneoverphi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:45:40 +0000

Sci-fi author Doctorow writes in the Guardian on filesharing and the record companies. Certainly an interesting read that reiterates what everyone has been screaming at record executives for years. You just can’t reach some men.

Ten years ago, the record industry had a simple little problem they could have solved by showing a tiny amount of future-looking flexibility. A decade of intransigence and stubborness has bred a killer strain of antibiotic-resistant filesharing technology that grows more and more difficult to police by the year.

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RIAA CEO Talks Napster

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