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May 10, 2005
Did Frank Zappa Invent Music Downloading in 1983?
Posted by Ernest Miller
Legendary musician Frank Zappa wrote an extremely interesting article on home taping back in 1983 (A Proposal for a System to Replace Ordinary Record Merchandising):
Every major record company has vaults full of (and perpetual rights to) great recording by major artists in many categories which might still provide enjoyment to music consumers if they were made available in the right way. MUSIC CONSUMERS LIKE TO CONSUME MUSIC . . . NOT PIECES OF VINYL WRAPPED IN PIECES OF CARDBOARD. [emphasis in original]
Read the whole thing. Very cool.
via MeFi
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1. tuur demeester on May 11, 2005 6:15 AM writes...
Thanks for reminding us about the visionary genius
of Frank Zappa!
If I may, some more quotes from wikiquote:
Zappa on legislation (~censorship)
"A lot of things wrong with society today are directly attributable to the fact that the people who make the laws are sexually maladjusted."
Zappa on education
"It pays to make the U.S. school system a crock of shit because the dumber the people are that come out, the easier it is to draft them, make them into docile consumers, or, you know, mongo employees."
"Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts."
how about changing 'library' for 'internet'?
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