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Posted by David McCall on 06/24/07 15:28
"Shawn" <shawnrmartin@starband.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> <someone@some.domain.invalid> wrote in message
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>> In article <xRmfi.178447$_c5.121396@attbi_s22>, Rufus <not@home.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>someone@some.domain.invalid wrote:
>>>> In article <lxlfi.178370$_c5.138006@attbi_s22>, Rufus <not@home.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>Bands need to get wise and realize they need neither the companies, the
>>>>>RIAA, nor the stores...they can direct sell their own stuff to the fans
>>>>
>>>>>from any web host these days. They can even set up their own net radio
>>>>
>>>>>stations and grab their own ad profits if they want...musicians really
>>>>>need to get a clue and start exploring the coop net-biz model...that's
>>>>>what the pron venders do, and look at that profit margin.
>>>>>
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>>>> web radio may be dead shortly. the riaa is asking for fee
>>>> hikes that are retarded. evensatellite radio won't be able
>>>> to play, never mind college radio.
>>>> the majority of consumers by from stores. you have to change
>>>> them.
>>>> porn vendors are smart...musicians are.....
>>>> musicians. most need good business agents. most of them work
>>>> for recors co's.
>>>> we need the chinese model here to eradicate the cp's.
>>>
>>>Yeah...I know the vote on net radio is coming soon...wouldn't mind
>>>seeing the net flooded with porn in a backlash if something as legit as
>>>net radio gets quashed. It's all about advertizing dollars...remember
>>>when they promised that cable would be ad free because it would be a
>>>subsciption service? Even at 12 years old I knew they were jerking us...
>>>
>> never heard that one. wouldn't have believed either.
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> I remember that. (I didn't believe it either)
I remember that too.
There may have been a short period where it was partially true
in the very early days of cable. Back when all there was
Showtime, HBO, and The Movie Channel, but even then there
was rebroadcast local television which did have commercials.
David
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