It’s always nice when family has your back. So it should come as a great relief to hear that Tim Berners-Lee, father of the internet, opposes recent controversial web freedom-limiting legislation such as SOPA and PIPA.
Selling individual tracks online is not the only thing Pink Floyd has been raging against recently. The band has removed several albums from iTunes, Amazon, et al, due to EMI’s contract expiring at the end of June.
How much of a failure was the RIAAs campaign of ridiculous lawsuits of file sharers? How does a measly 2 per cent return on a $US58 million investment sound? That’s good business right there.
The number of major record labels seems set to drop to a mere three, as EMI has failed to make a deal for North American distribution rights with either Universal or Sony.
It’s a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry – OK Go just ditched EMI – and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age.
Those crazy cats at OK Go are tugging at our heartstrings yet again, with the release of a brand new video for the song This Too Shall Pass. It takes the Rube Goldberg machine concept to another level completely.
