Record Companies Pissed Off At BBC

July 13th, 2005 · No Comments

Ludwig von Beethoven

It seems that the recent special on Beethoven in which the BBC let you download his work for free didn’t go down well with certain record companies:

In fact, since they included an introductory explanation before each symphony, even those familiar with the music could learn something as well, adding to their overall appreciation for classical music. All of that, you would think, should be applauded by the industry — as it should only help to drive more interest in the often ignored area of the music world. Not so. GeekNewsCentral points out that classical record label execs are positively livid about such impudence. Proving just how little he’s thought through this issue, the head of one label explains: “There is the obvious issue that it is devaluing the perceived value of music. You are also leading the public to think that it is fine to download and own these files for nothing.”

Bunch of fools. It seems that free music shouldn’t be free at all. Makes sense to me…..

BTW The said mp3s can be downloaded from here