Go-Kart Records fights the RIAA with free downloads

[BrooklynBooBerry]

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

[HatefulMusic]

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

HatefulMusic.com

[Seismic Anamoly]

Hats off to ya....