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Comment: Re:What "study"? (Score 1) 293

by I2egulus on Monday August 04 2008, @03:43PM (#24471555) Attached to: Study Suggests Music Industry Embrace Piracy

Well, can a major band that is well-known already ditch their record label entirely?

If they did so, and released their own albums digitally (or at least eased out the role of the recording studio), prices could probably drop or the artists themselves could make profit rather than the middlemen.

Also, if more money were going to the artists, people might be more inclined toward paying for music they really like (though probably not because piracy is still awesome.)

Perhaps the expertise of a record label is necessary early on in a band's "life", but can bands not break out of a label when it's in their own (and their fans') interests?

Nancy Pelosi vs. the Internet 561

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 09 2008, @02:00PM
from the but-nancy-pelosi-was-in-the-other-room dept.

selil writes "A story popped up on the ChicagoBoyz Blog. It says 'Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who would like very much to reimpose the old, so-called, "Fairness Doctrine" that once censored conservative opinion on television and radio broadcasting, is scheming to impose rules barring any member of Congress from posting opinions on any internet site without first obtaining prior approval from the Democratic leadership of Congress. No blogs, twitter, online forums — nothing.'"