06 May 2004
Record Industry Wants Still More

They're just bound and determined to kill digital distribution of music! I don't think I've ever seen a business group more resistant to an obvious change for the better than this one. As Robert A. Heinlein said in his novel Life Line:

There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.

It's not enough for the music industry that legal music downloads are gaining popularity. Company honchos want to raise song prices, gain more control of distribution and collect higher royalties. Michael Grebb reports from the Future of Music conference in Washington, D.C.

(link) [Wired News]

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