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‘The idea that you “can’t compete with free” or that free means there’s no business model is a myth.’

‘Move over, and let those of us who value sustainability, artistic freedom and a conversational relationship with our audience over fame, celebrity and selling-millions-of-records-while-still-losing-money get on with what we do, using the tools that make it possible.’

The ’same old story with a different name, it’s all about control, and continuing to make money from past work indefinitely.’

‘I make no bones about it – if there’s some Thom Yorke EP floating around and it’s not out until next week, then I’ll download it illegally.’

“I think the major factor in the couldn’t-come-soon-enough decline of the major label industry is greed. Greed and underestimating the intelligence of their patrons.”

But ‘When Google announced that Street View was coming to Saskatoon, a light bulb went on … ‘

‘ … we must be careful … about the industry cloaking itself in the finery of the small creative individuals … we are not talking about the small creative individual’

Let the labels keep what they’ve got. We can bypass them and decide together what we want to do, how we want to do it, and with whom.”

Helping children in America’s still-recovering storm-ravaged Gulf Coast …