[WikiEN-l] Music fans choose Wikipedia over MySpace

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Mar 24 17:31:42 UTC 2008


Steve Summit wrote:
> Fortunately someone else (also from the music industry, no less)
> got it right:
>
> 	"(Wikipedia is) rooted in fact. It's not promotional.
> 	Especially these days when the internet is full of  
> 	artists trying to essentially ram their message down
> 	your throat, I think a fan is a lot more receptive
> 	to a simple, no-hype approach."
This is an interesting comment.  Could it lead to a response from the 
music industry about our use of album covers.  That has been a thorny 
issue for a long time.  An understanding with the music industry could 
more easily put that issue to bed.

Ec



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