[CLUE-Talk] Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading

[Jed S. Baer]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:44:12 -0600
Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:

> You know, I've thought for some time that there should be tremendous
> opportunity for new entertainment companies with more sensible business
> models. I mean, if there were a record company that made a point of
> giving both artists and consumers a better deal, wouldn't people
> naturally gravitate to it? But for some reason it doesn't seem to
> happen. I can think of several obstacles:
> 
>   - nobody can start a new record company because it takes too much
>     capital.
>   - in order to make money, you have to have a few established artists,
>     but they're mostly signed with the major labels already.
>   - laws that favor existing companies?
> 
> But I wonder which one of these is crucial ... or is it just the
> combination of all of them?

Isn't Phoebe Snow doing something along these lines?

jed
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