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                Date: 1999-01-11
                 
                 
                MP4-Attack: Public Enemy gegen Musikindustrie
                
                 
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      Die Hiphopper von Public Enemy, die sich schon einmal mit  
Big Industry angelegt hatten, haben ihre neue Single  
"Swindlers Lust" zum Download freigegeben, eine einzige  
Attacke auf die Musikindustrie, zumal sie im neuen MP4  
Format qualitativ mit CDs mithalten kann. Die Lobbygroups  
der Musikindustrie versuchen gerade viribus unitis mit  
Microsoft, Liquid Audio, AOL, Lucent und AT&T dieses freie  
Musikformat vom Markt zu drängen.  
Public Enemy's Chuck D. sieht bereits Millionen Indepent  
Labels in den Sternen stehen. 
 
Download 
http://www.public-enemy.com/mp4/swinlust.html
                   
 
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Adam Creed 
SINGAPORE, 1999 JAN 10 
... 
Public Enemy have released a full length new single directly  
on to their official Web site for free download by Internet  
users. "Swindler's Lust" is an attack on corporate money  
grabbing and single-minded profit seeking, particularly in the  
music industry and particularly by the use of the courts. 
 
The single is also one of the first tracks to be available in the  
new MPEG layer 4 (MP4) format. The new format is an  
upgrade to the MP3 format that produces CD-quality music in  
a compressed file that can be played on a multimedia  
computer. 
 
Public Enemy have had a hard time with MP3 after their  
parent label Universal forced them to remove samples of  
tracks from their new album that had been posted on their  
Web site. 
 
Writing on the Public Enemy Web site group member Chuck  
D criticized the Recording Industry of America (RIAA),  
Microsoft, Liquid Audio, AOL, Lucent and AT&T initiative to  
stop MP3 players being distributed and replace it with a  
proprietary controlled format that could be restricted in  
distribution. 
... 
Proponents of MP3 claim the industry's concept of copyright  
in a digital world where bits can be duplicated at no extra  
cost is outdated and simply a protection of profits and  
nothing to do with the artists. 
 
Many artists have attempted to provide samples of music on  
their Web sites and have been prevented by the record labels  
that they have traditionally been required to employ to  
produce music commercially. 
 
Artists have little say in the record company's methods, says  
Chuck D. "I tell folks all the time, record companies sell  
records, artists have little to do with that process. Artists just  
make them and are selected to do so." 
... 
According to Chuck D the new breed of musical artist will  
make money by expanding the way they perform, with live  
appearances and full fan contact bringing loyalty and selling  
records. 
 
"Skeptics say that artists will be undercut," says Chuck D.  
"Wrong, what will happen is that there will be more artists in  
the marketplace. The day of the demo as we know it is outta  
here. Now the possibility of 500,000 independent labels will  
make the majors revise their thinking.  
.... 
source 
http://www.newsbytes.com
                   
 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-01-11 
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