Boycott the Media Giants

Woo hoo!!! Resistance is futile!  Yay!!!

If what you're doing (this boycotting business) becomes a trend, it seems as if record labels will adopt new models instead of being completely obliterated.  Doesn't that seem more likely?  And that the same will go for mass media?  Isn't assuming that record companies and the NBC network are treading towards obseletism sort of like assuming big car companies aren't going to be responsible for implementing the next step in transportation? 

As far as I'm concerned, record labels and mass media will always be valuable for the following function: to be the Deciders for culture.  It's all well and good that Radiohead is branching out, but if they were starting out it would be awfully difficult for them to market themselves without the help of a record label.  That is, at least, if they wanted exposure outside of Web 2.0.

The amount of information and product that is being empowered towards circulation because of the Internet is outrageous.  Qualified individuals, sometimes representing companies, are who I turn to when it comes to my choices in literature and media.  Surfing youtube and other (egalitarianly organized) cultural creative outlets are not my idea of fun.  Expressing this, to me, does not disempower me.  Why should it?  Isn't it true that there really is simply too much shit floating around in our product pools, even the down-home stuff perpetuated by 'good people' on the Internet?

The only problem I can see with NBC and MGM is that they cater to the North America's most vulgar tastes.  Luckily, I happen to enjoy most of North America's vulgar tastes.  And when I get sick of them: I look to the upper-eschalons of Deciders.

Luckily, too, I would like to hear what you think of all of this.  I assume you dedicate more thought to this type of thing than I do.  So, by all means, rip me a new one if you think you can.

it seems like a good move on the part of these bands.  I look forward to seeing the different ways that new bands work their way onto the scene, as well as the adaptations on the part of record companies, if any.

Well, resistance is indeed futile.  The record labels have finally said, ”If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!”  Check it:

“You can't change the attitudes and habits of what is now probably amounting to two generations who believe that music ought to be free on the internet,” said QTrax CEO Allan Klepfisz.  “Those people are not going to be discouraged by Supreme Court decisions, they're not going to be discouraged by technological interference.  Ultimately, what will discourage them is a demonstratively better service.”

Klepfisz pegs the catalog of the service over 25 million songs, which would dwarf those of iTunes and other online music stores.  The songs will be wrapped in Microsoft's Windows Media subscription DRM.  This means that unlike the free, ad-supported services offered by imeem and Last.fm, QTrax's songs can be downloaded onto compatible players.  The application is based on the Songbird engine, so sharing and downloading occurs within a Firefox browser – no separate application required.

I might have spoken too soon.

Hi guys,  I'd like to transgress a little from the topic of music and ask that we all support FSTV (Free Speech TV) and Link TV, 9415 and 9410 respectively on Dish TV and I think Link is available at either 275 or 375 on Direct TV………..just another step away from the media giants and their narrow points of view!!  I was going to speak a little more strongly there but Big Brother is watching:>)