the music industry wants to govern your internets
I’ve been meaning to blog on this for some time now. Introduction of ISP law in Malaysia? The music industry is missing the point again (yawn..) and I have to question the wisdom of their leadership. The best way to fight piracy is to find a way of benefitting from the velocity of music online.
It’s vital to our economy that we bump up internet penetration. ISP’s need new customers to keep their traffic flowing (there is a counter argument to this; on how ISP’s benefit from piracy online and thus owe their entire business model to the music industry).
Similar laws passed in other countries haven’t been all too successful either, and ISP’s have more issues to deal with than playing cop for an industry that continuously resists innovation and the opportunity to reinvent itself. RIM should be focusing on re-educating its members on the digital economy rather than trying to protect its legacy business models. And if it fails, then just like any other legacy model, it shold be allowed to die so that a new model can be built in its place. Its purely about economics.
What I’m not certain is whether or not the local music industry has the kind of thought leaders needed to reinvent itself. That is the problem, not consumer behavior.
i find some of the most interesting music in my collection from bargain bins at old bookstores in distant cities. i still dont own a record player, but that doesnt stop me from diggin’. This is Earth Quake from the 70’s with Friday On My Mind.
