tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post6561406894036930379..comments2023-11-05T12:18:27.222+00:00Comments on Labour And Capital: EMI and the Long TailTom Powdrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511483398745094803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post-30159470906806884922008-01-16T21:59:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:59:00.000+00:00It's a strange move, but everything you read about...It's a strange move, but everything you read about EMI at the moment seems to be bad news of one kind or another (like Robbie Williams withdrawing his labour!).<BR/><BR/>Maybe Guy Hands is content with EMI becoming the Wal-Mart of musicTom Powdrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511483398745094803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073991368963140015.post-81695320873350948962008-01-16T00:13:00.000+00:002008-01-16T00:13:00.000+00:00Absolutely right. Very short-sighted of EMI. Loo...Absolutely right. Very short-sighted of EMI. Look at the graphs and you see that the long tail has greater value than the, um, short body?<BR/><BR/>That was already the case with sites like Amazon. If I felt a sudden need for anything a little obscure I knew it would be on Amazon but not in my local HMV.<BR/><BR/>With the move to more downloading its even more profitable as there is no need to keep any physical stock of old Sensational Alex Harvey Band LPs just on the off-chance that someone might buy one and carry the risk of being stuck with it for longer.<BR/><BR/>Someone buying up the rights to those 14,000 artists' music could make a killing if they are prepared to wait.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968060576359193611noreply@blogger.com