Music News: EMI Promotes Music on 'Piracy Haven' RapidShare

Kworb

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Record labels are not always acting honestly when it comes to file-sharing. In public they often condemn Bit******* sites and file-hosting services, but behind the scenes they sometimes use the same tools to promote their artists. This has become painfully obvious in the ongoing court case between EMI and MP3tunes where evidence was provided that the record label posted tracks on the ‘piracy haven’ RapidShare.

http://*******freak.com/emi-promotes...dshare-101204/

Of course labels will use piracy if it's for their own benefit. ATRL was providing them a service with all the LOMW stuff.

GaGaFan

Ugh, the labels are really not getting much sympathy from me because their business model is what is flawed. They need to make people CARE about music again, and when people CARE about the music that they love and their favorite artists, then they will CARE about buying music and becoming music consumers. Its not that people don't like music....everyone likes music. Its just that there is a shift in the focus over the past years to singles and single songs, but people still have their faves. The labels need to learn how to TAP that potential.

Look at Taylor Swift and GaGa.