“Part of the blame for the awful state of affairs that White and Lowery are arguing over goes to the record industry itself, which slept as technology changed, then responded with lawsuits against Napster and luckless downloaders rather than finding a way to accommodate new appetites and new capacities.”
Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? - Art in Crisis - Salon.com
I was already loving this article before I noticed that the link on the words “contrarian buzz” led to my article. But this really is a great piece; a nice rumination on the questions around the state of the industry. The bottom line is truly that there are no answers, easy or otherwise, which is partly why Lowrey’s piece bugged me so much.
