Comments on: Hello MUDDA

Hello MUDDA

eustacescrubb — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:39:40 -0800

Hello, MUDDA. "The relationship of artist to the business has most often been one of contract and servitude. We believe the way forward must be a partnership in which the artist can take a much bigger role in how their creations are sold, but also have the chance to stand at the front of the queue when payments are made instead of the traditional position of being paid long after everyone else." - Peter Gabriel

By: eustacescrubb

eustacescrubb — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:46:30 -0800

Of course, if this service is Windows/IE only like PG's other download service, that'd be very, very uncool.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:39:34 -0800

First link I clicked demanded MSIE. I left the site.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 03:54:24 -0800

There are only 4 links on the entire site, and none of them demanded I use Internet Explorer instead of Mozilla, fff. Which link are you referring to? And it's not a "service" it's a union calling for greater rights for musicians. I imagine everything's up for grabs as regards the means and tools of distribution. And there's no suggestion there should be only one way of doing things. This is about creating a movement, not a distribution platform.

By: Ayn Marx

Ayn Marx — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:24:20 -0800

"... downloading artists" I thought it was the *listener* who did the downloading. What is the artist downloading? Nice idea (though harldy novel), but stupid acronym.

By: eustacescrubb

eustacescrubb — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:04:28 -0800

Yeah, dumb acronym. And the idea isn't novel, but to have someone like Peter Gabriel fronting the organization gives the idea some clout it would otherwise not have.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:41:03 -0800

I clicked the "Virgin" link. It borked. I thought it was going to be a link from the Gabriel-approved site to a MUDDA-approved site.

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:16:05 -0800

So third click then...

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 05:31:04 -0800

Well, yah, I suppose. First click that held promise of functionality instead of verbiage.