{"id":417461,"date":"2010-03-11T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freakbits.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2010-03-11T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T21:14:30","slug":"why-emi-should-beat-pink-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/417461","title":{"rendered":"Why EMI Should Beat Pink Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wall\"Over the last few years we have criticized the major music labels for their lack of innovation and their inability to adapt their business models to the digital era. Sometimes, however, we have side with a label instead of the artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have been getting quite a few emails about the EMI vs. Pink Floyd<\/a> rift this week. The band and the label have a dispute over the royalty payments of the music that’s sold though online shops, with Pink Floyd arguing that EMI can’t sell single tracks from the band’s albums.<\/p>\n

The comments on most of the reports on this issue have been extremely negative towards the label. “Go for these capitalist pigs throats Pink,” and “EMI and other labels deserve to be bankrupt,” to name a few. <\/p>\n

Although we have been very aware of the copyright abuse of some of the major labels and the unfair treatment of some artists, we have to root for EMI in this battle. <\/p>\n

Before the MP3 era many people complained bitterly about having to buy a full album if they were only interested in a few songs. Today, people have the choice to pick only the songs they like, but not it is was up to Pink Floyd. <\/p>\n

It seems to us that it’s not the greed of the labels but the greed of Pink Floyd that is at the root of this dispute. If the band was so worried about the label “breaking” the album they should have never put out a single either, or allowed single tracks to be played on the radio.<\/p>\n

If Pink Floyd would win we might be thrown back in time, being forced to buy full albums, that’s not at all in the interest of the consumer. So, we stand behind a major label for once. <\/p>\n

Go EMI.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> too late<\/a><\/p>\n

Article from: FreakBits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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