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On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <vamlists@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Of course - music labels have to cover their costs for albums that are duds
- so they depend on a few hits to cover the cost for the duds. It is only
fair that some of the artists felt stiffed - but I suspect mostly because
they don't fully understand how the music industry works. The new found
freedom of bands like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead to experiment with price
models, is basically because the distribution costs are close to zero thanks
to technology. That does not mean they are ready to make money out of it.
Nor, I suspect, would they be ready to do the 'boring' parts of making that
money.
