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http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1524068


Can you Imagine: "your not authorized to play that song: cease and desist.  I'M WARNING YOU: CEASE AND DESIST!!"


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Cleveland Rocks! :D
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MSB rules!!! Eh, Zella? lol... :-)

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MSB rules!!! Eh, Zella? lol... :-)
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MSB. That threw me for a minute--I haven't been home in years...

Midwest midnight
10,00 watts of Holy Light from my radio so clear
Bodies glistenin'
Is anybody listenin'?
Does the man still play all the hits that you wanna hear...?

:) :) :)

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The radio used to be a good way for ANY artist to get their songs played. Not anymore. I think the Radio act of 1996 really has affected music. This allowed radio stations to cut songs which got the least amount of airplay off their playlist and play the songs that got the most airplay to death and instantly overplay them. Also, the radio act of 96 allowed big company's(i.e. clearchannel) to buy tons of radio stations. The playlist's are really narrow now these days. Also, the DJ doesn't play a big factor on choosing soings that he or she wants to play. The playlist is all controlled by diiferent business politics in the music industry. The radio really hasn't been good since the mid 90's. BOTTOM LINE: The music industry better get its act together. They can cry all they want about the internet taking CD sales away. I think the music industry really set it itself up for disaster in 1999-2000 when all the radio would play was Britney Spears and N'Sync. Now those artists aren't getting as much attention as they used too because MTV and radio overexposed them and overplayed. The music industry has nobody to blame but themselves for the biggest downturn in the music industry that has now hit us: They over drenched us with teen-pop a couple of years ago and now they are paying for it big time.
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What upsets me is the record industry is blaming napster for the downturn in sales in 2001, but If I remember correctly napster was shut down in spring of 2001.  So what about the slumping sales for the other months?  Maybee the Industry as a whole needs to start looking at themselfs and stop blaming Napster.  I wish napster had never been created, then the Industry wouldn't have a scapegoat for all thier troubles.

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What upsets me is the record industry is blaming napster for the downturn in sales in 2001, but If I remember correctly napster was shut down in spring of 2001.  So what about the slumping sales for the other months?  Maybee the Industry as a whole needs to start looking at themselfs and stop blaming Napster.  I wish napster had never been created, then the Industry wouldn't have a scapegoat for all thier troubles.
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I read in an article that record sales for the first time last year(2001) were down for the first time in 10 years. Also, MTV's limited playlist also plays a factor in the state of the recording industry. The year I was born(1979)the Music Industry was kind of in a similar state with disco being dead I think. Luckily, MTV came along and saved the music industry at the time. Well MTV is not the way it used to be so the music industry could be in a drought for the long hall. I look at some of the artists back in the late 70's/early 80's like Christopher Cross and air Supply. Music was boring than to. It wasn't until 83 that music got good again. But back than they were more record labels and no Napster so there are differences. One other similaritie is teen-pop was like disco. music has really been in a slump since 99. BOTTOM LINE: There was too much greed in the late 90's and it is catching up with record labels now.

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l. I look at some of the artists back in the late 70's/early 80's like Christopher Cross
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"Ride Like the wind" Isn't that boring, Is it?