It is almost funny how the ONLY tangible, precise suggestion made is: Artists "must not be despoiled of the fruit of their talent. That doesn't simply ruin them, but far worse, it enslaves them."
And how this "would somebody PLEASE protect the artists???" lamentation can still be pulled off in 2011 is beyond me - after countless artists spoke up on what is really happening once they signed a deal with the record industry, how little they are actually making on sold CDs and after several artists successfully launched albums on their own.
Especially smug how the internet regulations should PROTECT them from becoming "enslaved".
No matter what they are trying to say: Culture does not NEED Sony BMG Ariola etc... because that is an industry, not (like culture) a substantial part of what we as human beings are.
And how this "would somebody PLEASE protect the artists???" lamentation can still be pulled off in 2011 is beyond me - after countless artists spoke up on what is really happening once they signed a deal with the record industry, how little they are actually making on sold CDs and after several artists successfully launched albums on their own.
Especially smug how the internet regulations should PROTECT them from becoming "enslaved".
No matter what they are trying to say: Culture does not NEED Sony BMG Ariola etc... because that is an industry, not (like culture) a substantial part of what we as human beings are.