Circumventing the Oligarchy

I would like to participate in a project that brings recorded music to the masses in a more ethical manner. I think that the current dominant system is terribly exploitive of both the artist and the listener. I will add more thoughts later, but I'm at work now...

I'm at a point where multiple threads of concern/interest of mine are sort of converging. The link from the title is to the "business aims" page of a business concern created by Robert Fripp, the longtime guitarest in the many iterations and formations of the progressive rock group, King Crimson.

Right now, I am employed at a Linux-centric firm. The details aren't really important here; I certainly may elaborate on what we do and what I do in another post. The relevance here is that Linux is an open source project, the full explanation of which I'm not sure I want to attempt here...

Let's see, I need to talk about "Courtney Does the Math" to outline how horribly the industry exploits the artists; price fixing, wherein the industry exploits the end product consumer; the evils of the RIAA, etc...

I'm not quite sure where I am headed with this yet. More later.

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