Artists are doing it for themselves
Submitted by infojunkie on Tue, 2008-04-01 14:07.
Intelligent musicians have realized that the Internet gives them the opportunity to reach their consumers directly, bypassing the dinosauric and frankly greedy middleman, yielding a fairer deal for everyone who deserves it. Radiohead and NIN are definitely not your average teeny boppers :-)
Musicians, take a good look at this page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbye/1813174776/
But the record industry is catching up...
Witness Doug Merrill, ex-Google CIO, now heading EMI's digital business. If he takes Google values with him, I think the Internet music landscape will stabilize to the better!