ok, hi.
i know that on occasion some members of the 9th estate(i.e-music business people)read my journal entries.
so this one is for you(music business people).
simple question: why the hell would anyone restrict the songs that they put up on i-tunes?
many bands have limited catalog on i-tunes.
some bands have no catalog on i-tunes.
what’s the logic behind this?
‘oh, if we put up a partial album then the consumer will rush out and buy the whole cd’?
or
‘if they can’t get led zeppelin on i-tunes then the consumer will have no choice but to buy the cd’?
forgive me for saying this, but this is the most ass-backwards logic that i’ve ever encountered.
if someone can’t buy a song on-line then they will steal a song on-line.
it’s that simple.
if someone goes to i-tunes they’re trying to do the right thing.
but if they really want a song that’s not available on i-tunes then 99 times out of 100 they’ll go to a p2p portal and download it illegally.
it boggles my mind that there are still people in the music business who want to punish music consumers who are trying to do the right thing.
henceforth the music business’ on-line strategy should be: make everything available for legal downloads and hope that people buy it.
don’t make it difficult for the consumer.
don’t punish the consumer.
don’t make the consumer feel guilty.
just make good records and make them available.
i-tunes and the other legal portals are the only bright stars on the music business horizon, and it galls me that so many people in the music business don’t recognize this.
it’s not as if fewer people are getting high-speed internet access…
-moby