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              | Date: 1999-01-11 
 
 MP4-Attack: Public Enemy gegen Musikindustrie-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 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 cost is outdated and simply a protection of profits and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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