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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian Austin Whitney:
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By using labels as investment bankers, they get to stay in the game.


If you downloaded what the major radio networks like Clear Channel are feeding us on radio, you likely would not use their filter again. And the power of a great filter is only as strong as their talent for finding great music. How much more fair could the system be?



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My question would be....

What's to stop the major labels or corporate radio (which we all know are in bed together)from buying up all the "filters" and controlling the media as they do now? We all know money talks. Most artists that are any good would rather (that's an assumption) be affilliated with a major "filter". So I'm sure most of the good material would end up on those "filters". Leaving the rest to be found in the trash can...soundclick.

The major advantage to this, as I see it, would be the expansion of music available by otherwise unknown artists. The majors wouldn't have to invest so much in promotion.
That is, if the majors decide to get into it at all. I don't know what is going on behind the scenes with them, but I'm sure they are discussing it. I'm also sure that in their discussions they are probably looking at ways to maintain controll.