http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/155 Exploring Chaos in Digital Music Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:32:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/155#comment-3759 maths Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:22:01 +0000 http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/155#comment-3759 George, I assume you are referring to my comment on Qtrax and Baidu Certainly I can understand the logic of your question. The key assumption in your statement is "will get paid from the revenue" Baidu has screwed enough labels and partners out there in the market and there are lessons to be learned from others' mistakes. Sometimes, when a child is told not to touch a hot kettle,he will still want to touch it. Adults on the other hand would wisely heed the advice.Accepting payments for the sake of expediency from dubious companies carries repercussions in the long term - haven't we learnt anything from the Wall Street fiasco? Western companies who are unfamiliar with the Chinese market would do well if only they could do better research on the ground instead of making naive decisions and hastily choosing dubious partners. George,
I assume you are referring to my comment on Qtrax and Baidu
Certainly I can understand the logic of your question. The key assumption in your statement is “will get paid from the revenue”
Baidu has screwed enough labels and partners out there in the market and there are lessons to be learned from others’ mistakes. Sometimes, when a child is told not to touch a hot kettle,he will still want to touch it. Adults on the other hand would wisely heed the advice.Accepting payments for the sake of expediency from dubious companies carries repercussions in the long term - haven’t we learnt anything from the Wall Street fiasco?
Western companies who are unfamiliar with the Chinese market would do well if only they could do better research on the ground instead of making naive decisions and hastily choosing dubious partners.

]]> http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/155#comment-3751 george masterson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:34:52 +0000 http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/155#comment-3751 Why would one ,I question, be against Baidu partnering with any legal music service (qtrax or any other legal service)where artists and copyrights holders will get paid from the revenue? Why would one ,I question, be against Baidu partnering with any legal music service (qtrax or any other legal service)where artists and copyrights holders will get paid from the revenue?

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