Y2K Diary [ 07.06.00 ] 159. The MP3 Saga (Part 1) Edgar Bronfman Jr, chief executive of Seagram, the owner of Universal (Polygram, Polydor, Island, AM etc.) the biggest record label in the world, recently chucked in some dark threatening menace over the Internet. "The web will crack, crumble and collapse if the constant ripping off of our music catalogue will continue." He's talking gobbledegook and he is responsible for a company owing money to thousands of artists who've been ripped off, myself included. MP3 download is not a crime but a serious freedom of creativity and a thorough break on all Mighties still over-charging the price of music and not even redistribute fairly the royalties to some of their artists. Even David Bowie, Stock Market spinner and Net guru got the right approach. Offering to chuck every new album over the Internet for a limited amount of time. Follow the debate on the Forum.  Ends tomorrow (?). NP related links: The Y2K Forum for whole-hearted debate. [ submit entry ]      [ contents ]      [ previous ]  [ next ]