[filk] Re: Music police -- myth or monster?

From: A. Prather

> These last few e-mails bring up a point, however. The point is that the
> fewer corporations there are who own radio stations, the fewer different
> playlists there will be. I'm not advocating that coporations give up their
> right to play what they want on the stations they own. But it behooves us
> to investigate using the Internet as a medium for getting our music and
> message out there if avenues no longer exist through the mainstream media.
> Technology has made it more than ever possible for small-time musicians to
> get their stuff out there--and we should be smarter about taking advantage
> of that fact.
>
> Anne

Agreed. We do need to keep watch. But a temporary warning, not ban, of some songs, for a specific purpose inherently short lived, by a single organization, seems to earn nothing more than a quick once-over to ensure that it is harmless.

However, it _definitely_ needs the once-over, and possibly a future review.

Filksinger Received on 09/20/01