On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Online distribution doesn't favor having a lot of
middle men,
certainly not a lot of _profitable_ middlemen...
I've yet to see much evidence of that. Online distribution seems to love
middle men as much as any other distribution, and obviously _profitable_
middlemen are the ones providing the greatest benefit. (According to
Wikipedia, "iTunes accounts for 70% of worldwide online digital music
sales".
That said, online distribution seems to love *different* middle men. That
perhaps is more the problem ASCAP is having.