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BrooklynBooBerry
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:23 pm Post subject: Go-Kart Records fights the RIAA with free downloads |
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Free Album Downloads & an open letter to RIAA!
We at Go-Kart Records want to make it perfectly clear that the RIAA
does not represent the views of all record labels. So, we are putting
our music where our mouth is to prove a point. We believe that if you
like the music you hear you will support it by going to shows, telling
your friends, and buying the bands CDs. With this in mind, we are
allowing people to download some of our current releases AT NO CHARGE.
In other words, we are essentially GIVING these albums away!
www.gokartrecords.com/freedownload/
We feel that only by embracing technology can we gain from it, and that
a battle like the one that the RIAA is fighting can simply not be won.
We do not believe that online downloads are all that is hurting the
music industry. It is a combination of problems, CD burning being the
most injurious. Of course, major labels will never take action against
the manufacturers of burnable CDs, since in some cases they would then
have to sue themselves (why would Sony sue Sony?) Instead they are
going after the music fans, whom they hope to intimidate and extort.
We also feel that the lack of original and meaningful music is part of
the major labels' problem. Simply put, if there is better music, people
will spend money to own it instead of downloading or burning it. The
success of Itunes proves that people are willing to buy music online if
it is delivered in an intelligent way that is respectful of the
consumer.
The major labels control almost all the means of exposure available
today. How can you sell records without exposure? Radio is controlled
through payola (or its modern form, consultants), the print media is
controlled through quid-pro-quo agreements of ads for coverage and vice
versa, retail is controlled by co-op dollars (which also includes
in-store play for videos), and they even buy their artists' way onto
opening slots on tours. So, with a few exceptions, the new music that
most people are exposed to is controlled by the five major labels. But
they CAN'T control what people download. All they can try to do is
control people's access to MP3s, or scare them out of downloading music
altogether!
These songs are all RIAA safe! If you like what you hear, please make a
donation (see the PayPal button), check out the bands' shows, and
spread the word. If you don't, what have you lost?
To read a more in depth article about why we feel the RIAA is wrong
please click here www.gokartrecords.com/fre...d/riaa.php
and please send this email and/or the open letter to the RIAA to as
many people as you can. Only by educating each other can we hope to
take advantage of the technical innovations and not run scared from
them.
To read an interview discussing this with Greg from Go-kart go here
www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p...okart.html
Also, make sure to check out our upcoming release, the first
commercially sold MP3 Sampler called GO-KART MP300 RACEWAY featuring
150 bands and 300 songs. Visit www.gokartrecords.com/mp300 for a
demonstration.
Team @ Go-Kart Records
www.GoKartRecords.com
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HatefulMusic Ears bleeding yet?
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 793
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Go-Kart Records fights the RIAA with free downloads |
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Small world, ain't it? Go-Kart is the label my boys the Daycare Swindlers are on. I scream back-up on a few tunes from the Heathen Radio CD. Kick ass punk, fer sure.
Theo
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