The Swedish Model of Music Distribution
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“We in the music industry have shown ourselves unable to follow in this change. Some of us have even waged war against those the music is recorded for – the listeners. The rift between producers and consumers has never been bigger.”

“…We don’t want to have appeals against laws or pirates.”

“…It is impossible to say yes or no to file sharing. It is something that exists and can’t be removed. Get started and put the energy towards driving the development instead of trying to slow it down.”

“…We believe in music and welcome every new way to spread it. That increases our audience which in the end makes it both easier for us and our artists to get compensation for committed work and increases the possibility to further spread more of the music we like. “

August 15th, 2008