[geeks] Fwd: from Silicon news

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:48:29AM -0400, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> I'd love to start a non-profit record label whose sole job was to 
> promote artists.  We'd have a CD-Press and a recording studio, and the 
> only rights we'd have to their music was the right to defend it against 
> being stolen by the big five.  We would only collect fees for production 
> and overhead and very close to the margin.  Our sole job would be to 
> flatten the market.  Our motto could be a very Austin Powers... "Oh 
> Behave..."

You need a distribution chanel.  

Also, why be non-profit?  As long as you are carefull who the shareholders 
are, then you aren't being forced to exploit people for your profit, and if 
you are going to so much work, shouldn't there be profit?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd