Hi! There is so much interesting stuff happening here on the list and I should contribute....but I have a little question.....
There is this Nissan commercial with music that we think is Smash Mouth. The lyrics on the blub: "The way that you are" or something like that....Is it Smash Mouth? There AstroLounge CD???
Oh...and another thing.....
I don't want nobody copying this message.....ya hear!!!
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:53:44 -0400
From: "Peter Risser" <risser@cinci.rr.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Napsterrrrrrr
> > A number of net music startups have tried to obtain proper licensing of
> > material from the majors, but the majors refuse to deal. They're holding
> > the material back for their *own* net ventures. Which are aways on the
> > verge of *real soon now* -- as soon as they develop that absolutely,
> > positively, we-really-mean-it-now, unbeatable anti-piracy format. If
music
> > distribution ever does go to an all-digital, no-object, pirate-proofed,
> > watermarked, 'assume the customer is a criminal' system, I am a bit
> > concerned that some sort of personal use still be possible.
This is the crux of my argument. I'm all for paying the artists and even
the record companies, but their chokehold on the distribution of music,
digital or otherwise, creates nothing but a miserable market in which to
buy
music. Doesn't anyone remember the quote from Capitol who said something
to
the effect of "If we had realized the Martin Denny stuff would have been so
popular, we never would have licensed it to Scamp." And we would still be
waiting for stupid, poorly produced, jokey re-releases, with idiotic forced
medleys in the Ultra-Lounge line, instead of the wonderful, nicely produced
with loving care releases we got from Scamp. My guess is, the reason Scamp
closed it's doors is because they couldn't get reasonable licensing from
the
majors to continue to release nice stuff. I bet that's a part of it
anyway.
Peter
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:21:16 -0400
From: "Peter Risser" <risser@cinci.rr.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I smasha u mouth
> Hi! There is so much interesting stuff happening here on the list and I
should contribute....but I have a little question.....
>
> There is this Nissan commercial with music that we think is Smash Mouth.
The lyrics on the blub: "The way that you are" or something like that....Is
it Smash Mouth? There AstroLounge CD???
Yes.
I forget the title of the tune. Lemme look it up in my big ol' MP3 archive.
Oh yeah, "Then the Morning Comes".
PS: I haven't bought this album yet, because I haven't heard it, but once I
do, if I like it, it goes on the list of stuff to buy. And then Smashmouth
will be happy for MP3s. In the meantime, they are sad, because their first
album sucked. ANd I learned that by MP3 too. Although I wouldn't have
bought it anyway.
> Oh...and another thing.....
> I don't want nobody copying this message.....ya hear!!!
Whoops!
Peter
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:35:33 -0700
From: Kevin Crossman <kevin@kevdo.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Napster: The irony
RLott@aol.com wrote:
>
> With all the record companies up in arms, I found it interesting that CD
> sales are actually *up* this year and healthier than they've been in awhile.
> I can't remember the source (Entertainment Weekly, perhaps).
Except they're down in stores around college campuses!
The fact that college students (with network connections fast enough to
use Napster efficiently) are among the largest users of Napster
