Madonna message sparks reaction
Some observers thought Madonna was smart to fight piracy with its own tools. Others perceived a thrown gauntlet -- hackers soon defaced Madonna's Web site with an equally profane retort along with several downloadable files of the then-unreleased songs. The defacement also carried a marriage proposal to Morgan Webb, an associate producer and on-air presenter at TechTV who had nothing to do with the prank.Posted by shanti at April 28, 2003 3:54 PMA third group saw a creative opportunity. "What the f__ do you think you're doing," Madonna's now-infamous phrase, is turning up in dozens of remixes and the computer-aided musical collages known as cutups or mashups.
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You know, Madonna has every right to protect her creative property. However, I think it’s about time that artists really start to consider the impact that technology and the Internet have changed the way that the artist is made or broken. Why not start releasing certain tracks ONLY online? Sure, they can still be downloaded and burned to CD, but at least the artist could track just how truly well-received a song is.
It shouldn’t just be about the money. If that’s all it amounts to for ANYONE, they’re in it for the wrong reason.
Posted by: Da Goddess at April 30, 2003 11:26 PM
You are right, Goddess - I bet many people (including me) are willing pay out money to be able to download a song, as long as we don’t have to pay more money for a CD containing only one or two good songs.
Another thing artists need to remember is that the people made them - if we didn’t buy their music, they wouldn’t exist. Abusing them is not the smartest marketing move IMO.
Posted by: Shanti at May 1, 2003 6:55 AM