Just an observation I wanted to throw out there for fun...

I bought the "new" Eagles concert DVD the other day. "Farewell I", recorded in Austrailia 2003. Man, have I have enjoyed the crap out that! It is a fantastic record of fantastic artists doing their thing. (Joe Walsh is prominent, he provided the edge to that group, IMO). It is a fantastic product. Whatever I paid for it, it was a bargain. That DVD is easily worth $100.00 for anyone who grew up an Eagles fan. Way better than a concert ticket, which you will easily NOT get for $100.00...

That got me thinking about the business side of music: All the hoopla regarding copyrights, digital security, Limewire and the like. I have to admit, I looked around Limewire and found some great material. It was fun. (Naturaly, I followed all copyright laws...)

Now, think how absurd it is to use the law to fight individual behaviour with content that is so pervasive and technology that is so widespread. Much of the music has been around for decades, countless radio airings and millions of copies sold. Many consumers will have owned several copies of the same product, LP to Cassette to CD. The record companies sell the same product again and again and again, despite the fact that technology has advanced to the point where their product is technical child's play. Find yourself outpaced and in trouble? Call in the lawyers. Put malicious code on the CD's. Compromise people's property. Whatever you do, don't improve your product or innovate anything at all. Milk it for all it is worth.

Which takes me back to the Eagles DVD: The artists and record lables can make a ton of money if they provide more value. Move forward with creativity and innovation. Don't look backwards and fight the consumer under the cover of a sweeping b.s. digital copyright law. (Don't believe it is b.s. law? Look it up.) The technology certainly exists, providing a medium for both superior content and advanced security. Consumers will pay up. I certainly will. I will not, however, pay to replace my third copy of Rumors, which I have owned for two decades.

jocko

Oh yea...

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