Comments on: Roadblocks en route to free, legal music

Some companies are trying to give away songs and make money through ads, but they're beset by their own mistakes and by record industry resistance.

[mbucci]

I have the solution...

Has the industry considered going back to vinyl? I like it because my LP isn't DRM locked and I don't need the Big Four's permission to copy it onto a C-90 cassette, nor do I need their permission to play it on my turntable (or on your turntable). I like vinyl. Don't we remember the good days of vinyl? Liner notes you could read, albums big enough to hug, huge front covers and plenty of back cover space for artist photos and even captions. They should consider it because there is no way in heck to clone it. That solves their problem big time! I think I might be right on this one. Yes, vinyl may be the answer. What do you think?

[The_Decider]

So who will the RIAA go after with a ad-supported model?

People, excuse me, criminals who use ad blockers.

[sismoc]

Get Rid Of The Record Labels

As soon as the music industry rids it's self of the parasitic middlemen known as the "Record Labels" all of the distribution hurdles will vanish.

It's time to drive a stake through the heart of those blood-sucking vampires. Their thirst will never be slaked. Time for them to die.

[MagnatronicPuzzabottom]

Re: GET RID OF THE RECORD LABELS

Here here!! There's no need for these people anymore. All they're there for is to figure out how to skim money off the top to line THEIR pockets with. New artists, (and several old ones too) have long-since realized that the labels simply aren't needed in today's distribution channels. These old-timers only stand in the way between the music and the fans, with their covert threats against ripping for personal use and whatnot! Their obsolescence becomes more apparent every day, with each young indie-artist who starts a Myspace Music page and each veteran artist who ditches they're old label affilitation.

[JM_Brazil]

lower priced music

I may (or may not - my lawyer would probably want me to add that) have downloaded a p2p music file or 2, but would be willing to pay a per-file fee from an ad-supported site, if the charge were reasonable. If a site were able to plant a cookie on their user's pc, and were able to target ads based on the user's history, advertising would become a profitable source of revenues for the music industry. But I for one am not looking for a free lunch. If a site were offering free music for just accessing their site, I would tend to stay away in fear of what would be expected from me. (would rather stay with a p2p network - nothing expected from me execpt allowing access to my share file.) But if they were to offer unlimited downloads at, say, .15 - .20 cents per download, this would become my new and only source of music, except for an occasional CD purchase.