heystoopid used our news submit to tell us that a bold move is about to take place over at Warner Music. Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music's chairman and CEO, has let it be known that they intend to abandon the physical CD, at least in this new "experimental" project dubbed "e-label". OK, that's pretty bold already, but that isn't all- they are going to release music from the artisits three songs at a time every few months rather than a CD every few years. Possibly, this is brought on by the outstanding growth of the online music market such as iTunes, coupled with slipping CD sales. Unfortunately, this e-label product is going to be offered in a lossy format with a dash of DRM for good measure.
Oddly, at this point the article (or should I say the chairman of Warner Music) takes a strange twist and the subject at hand turns to the legal arena and piracy. In yet another bold move the chairman let's the public know his stance on some touchy issues. I say his stance because shortly after we can read where his PR division seems to contradict his statement!
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"We like government levies when they benefit us," Bronfman said. "I would like none of the legislators in France, for instance, to say they should no longer pay us a levy for all the blank CDs that are being sold, (though) it doesn't make up for the revenue that we're losing...If the government mandated filtering technologies, we'd be delighted." A Warner Music representative said afterwards that the company did not believe it was politically feasible to push for mandatory filtering and it was not supporting such a requirement--or blank media levies--in the United States. |
Yeah, somebody dial PR damage control .. we got us a Code Blue here! Sometimes things are best left unsaid even if you feel strongly about them. You can visit this link to read the entire C|Net article. Good find there heystoopid.
Source: C|Net
