Music industry watch

Issue roundup II

There are simply not enough hours in the day to get work done and blog, so sometimes the blogging has to give. :-( Thus, I only have some links to share with you and I'll post about the meaty articles later:

• Slashdot: Sir Mix-A-Lot Using Weed To Distribute Music. The Weed file sharing system looks interesting -- it has some aspects of mediAgora. I'm in favor of such schemes, but I just don't see enough uptake yet.
• Salon: Online services give music industry hope. I wondered how online music services would do in a post-Napster world. It's still hard to compete with free but by making it easier to buy than steal some people are now buying music online. Will that extend the life of the cartel? Yes. Will it save the cartel? Probably not. They have committed too many sins to not get replaced by something better.
• CNN: Penn State launches Napster music service. Personally I think Universities should focus on providing education and not get into bed with commercial interests like Pepsi and Napster.

Posted by Mayhem at January 14, 2004 01:33 PM