Chinese Democracy may end up online for Free--Universal revoltuionary move

[Minneapolisnewsman]

This could be the biggest change to hit the music industry, well, ever!!  Very interesting news from the Universal, via reporting done by the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5294842.stm

[Knight of Rose]

fuct that shit...

[Neemo]

no mention of gnr in that article

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

I dont like it. As a musician, I can see that the artists arent gonna like it either.

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

no mention of gnr in that article

He's just saying that if Axl waits too long to release Chinese, then this idea could already be in place.

[Minneapolisnewsman]

I think the major artists could benefit from a similar model, and have more control over their content. ?Think about it!! ?Anyway one spins this, though, it's great for the consumer.

[Minneapolisnewsman]

no mention of gnr in that article

He's just saying that if Axl waits too long to release Chinese, then this idea could already be in place.

GNR are on Universal!

[bDinan]

Part of it already has... 

[Neemo]

no mention of gnr in that article

He's just saying that if Axl waits too long to release Chinese, then this idea could already be in place.

GNR are on Universal!

whatever i doubt this will happen, they may make new disks available after a certain time period or a seletion of tracks but they won't give tunes away for free, what is the point of being a company if they don't make money.

and this is not really gnr news, that is the point i was trying to get at

[Thorazine Shuffle]

Don't count on it kiddies, save your allowace for the CD.

[BLS-Pride]

Why would Axl even care? Bands don't make shit on record sales.. Its all merch and touring.

[codenameninja]

The idea is ok, i still like to own physical media and like the art work that comes with it (assuming its any good). Having said that, compact discs have impacted my views slightly, as vinyl records really felt good to own ?

[BLS-Pride]

They would still print it on CDs and what not. They wouldnt just let it be on the net.

[stvyrayvhn]

Guns N' Roses make a lot of money off of their albums as well as touring and merchandising. 

[BLS-Pride]

Not as much as you think.. Thats not where the money is when your in a band.

[pasnow]

THis threads title is completely misleading. The CD will be marketed & sold!!

[Minneapolisnewsman]

THis threads title is completely misleading. The CD will be marketed & sold!!

How is this mis-leading.  Universal is most likely going to put their whole catalog online for free.  Read the article.  It is a very revolutionary move in the music industry.  Of course, CD will be packaged and sold--most likely though, with mult-media content to make it valuable and worthy of purchase (this would apply to most major artist releases).

[WARose]

Not as much as you think.. Thats not where the money is when your in a band.

bands who aren`t touring unfortunately aren`t making money either

i guess axl`s making tons of money from record sales.... but maybe even more from merch and touring...

[Neemo]

Not as much as you think.. Thats not where the money is when your in a band.

bands who aren`t touring unfortunately aren`t making money either

i guess axl`s making tons of money from record sales.... but maybe even more from merch and touring...

he prolly has a shit load of investments too i highly doubt all his $$$ is from record sales but i bet a good portion is and i doubt S&D would bother suing if it wasn't much money

[BLS-Pride]

Not as much as you think.. Thats not where the money is when your in a band.

bands who aren`t touring unfortunately aren`t making money either

i guess axl`s making tons of money from record sales.... but maybe even more from merch and touring...

You get the point. The main bulk of money doesn't come from record sales. Ask any band ont he road and they will tell you that record sales isnt where the money is.