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I wrote this article with iTunes humming in the background, shuffling random tracks from my collection. And just as I got to the end it surprised me by playing Bowie's A Better Future, the refrain to which is "I demand a better future or I might just stop needing you".
I could not have put it more clearly myself. If we do not get a better future from the record companies then we will stop needing them and the stars they promote.
Bowie should realise that he cannot demand ownership of every piece of work that is based on or inspired by his music, and the record industry should realise that it cannot sue its audience into submission.
Just a thought.
Posted by Casper at May 5, 2004 07:46 PM