home taping is killing music
29 September 2006, 8:14 pmI didn’t really set out to boycott major label recordings (at least those that don’t have software nasties), and the fact that I’ve kinda been doing so for the past several years is more a byproduct of how I’m exposed to and purchase music than a deliberate strategy.
Since I joined La La, I’ve gotten quite a few releases from major label artists from the past 5 or 6 years, and I’m shocked at how much of the packaging space they devote, en masse, to anti-piracy warning text and graphics — which only the folks who actually buy the disc will ever see.
I’m reminded of how one of my college professors prefaced several minutes of ranting about poor attendance for his lectures:
“Now, I’m not addressing these remarks to those of you who are here today.
But. . .”