blog.thedruid.co.uk— The epic death march of the music industry has entered the final valley. Here's why hip startup Tunecore is the sign of the end for the RIAA members.
Feb 16, 2006View in Crawl 4
Eventually even companies like tunecore itunes will be obsolete. The new wave of musicians are already familiar with the internet and its only a matter of time before a free distrobution service is set up. Like itunes in quality and (eventually) quantity but free to the artist and free to the downloader. Then bands will be able to throw off the record labels entirely and the money they make from touring and live shows will be all theirs.Getting heard is most of the battle. Make access to your music easy and free. Yes, like everyone else on the internet, i'm an expert on this topic.
Everyone keeps talking about how one of the big 4 will probably buy Tunecore, but everyone seems to be forgetting that Tunecore owns no rights to the material the upload to the music retail services. So what if they're bought out? It's just more proof that business model works, and if Tunecore couldn't maintain a similar intellectual property agreement allowing the creators to keep most or all their rights, someone else will come along to do it. It would suck because I imagine in such a case, Tunecore will have developed strong relationships which would have to be built again, but it could be done.
Doesn't the act of competing with the RIAA constitute a violation of the DMCA? If it isn't then the RIAA needs to pay their Congressional members more. If I were Tunecore I'd be afraid, very afraid.
RIAA is fighting a technological battle they can't win. Why?Because: People can inexpensively produce and sell professional quality music from their homes. What do artists need the big labels for?
Puff piece. Tunecore is a small part of a big shift in the music industry. EMI and Warner may not be around much longer, but Tunecore will not be driving the bus. Citing only Tunecore and omitting companies like Orchard, IODA, Zebralution, Ingrooves, imeem, Reverbnation, virb, Reap and sow, intent mediaworks, last.fm and others makes this piece a puff. For every Nine Inch Nails that Tunecore makes $20 off of, there are 1000 people who recorded a song in their bedroom last week and threw it up on itunes via tunecore. Great.
lukas88Feb 17, 2006
Eventually even companies like tunecore itunes will be obsolete. The new wave of musicians are already familiar with the internet and its only a matter of time before a free distrobution service is set up. Like itunes in quality and (eventually) quantity but free to the artist and free to the downloader. Then bands will be able to throw off the record labels entirely and the money they make from touring and live shows will be all theirs.Getting heard is most of the battle. Make access to your music easy and free. Yes, like everyone else on the internet, i'm an expert on this topic.
corntooleFeb 17, 2006
Everyone keeps talking about how one of the big 4 will probably buy Tunecore, but everyone seems to be forgetting that Tunecore owns no rights to the material the upload to the music retail services. So what if they're bought out? It's just more proof that business model works, and if Tunecore couldn't maintain a similar intellectual property agreement allowing the creators to keep most or all their rights, someone else will come along to do it. It would suck because I imagine in such a case, Tunecore will have developed strong relationships which would have to be built again, but it could be done.
rebradFeb 17, 2006
Doesn't the act of competing with the RIAA constitute a violation of the DMCA? If it isn't then the RIAA needs to pay their Congressional members more. If I were Tunecore I'd be afraid, very afraid.
einfeldtFeb 18, 2006
There are lots and lots of music services out there. No disrespect to TuneCore, but there is also Mindawn, MusicFreedom, and MP3tunes.com. And someone already mentioned Magnatunes. And of course, you can also find music on the Creative Commons:<a class="user" href="http://www.mindawn.com">http://www.mindawn.com</a><a class="user" href="http://www.musicfreedom.com/">http://www.musicfreedom.com/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.MP3tunes.com">http://www.MP3tunes.com</a><a class="user" href="http://www.creativecommons.org">http://www.creativecommons.org</a>Here is a Slashdotted review I wrote for MadPenguin of MP3tunes,com. MP3tunes is my favorite of the bunch:<a class="user" href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/23/1643234&from=rss">http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/23/1643234&from=rss</a>
craniumFeb 18, 2006
RIAA is fighting a technological battle they can't win. Why?Because: People can inexpensively produce and sell professional quality music from their homes. What do artists need the big labels for?
fribmaJun 6, 2008
Puff piece. Tunecore is a small part of a big shift in the music industry. EMI and Warner may not be around much longer, but Tunecore will not be driving the bus. Citing only Tunecore and omitting companies like Orchard, IODA, Zebralution, Ingrooves, imeem, Reverbnation, virb, Reap and sow, intent mediaworks, last.fm and others makes this piece a puff. For every Nine Inch Nails that Tunecore makes $20 off of, there are 1000 people who recorded a song in their bedroom last week and threw it up on itunes via tunecore. Great.