From: RZA (Wu-Tang Clan)
Re: World Domination

Not a bad view. Yet don’t overlook that all the above could be by design. Music cost to makes so it should have a turn around. Even a corner beggar with a guitar or voice makes coins and dollars with his music. Music being free on the internet is a subtle way of stealing from the artistic community. Music is free to be herd by any one but recorded music done by a recording artist should have a point of compensation from the listener of the recorded product. Especially if the product becomes part of the listeners possession such as in his I pod or laptop etc.

The main thing I think we all are over looking is the fact that black music has been the victim of robbery for decades and according to the artist of the 60’s we just started getting our due in the 90’s with the emergence of hip hop and rnb. Now the hip hop generation is on the brink of extinction. Yet these internet free sites such as napster myspace and you tube just to name a few has sold for billions of dollars. I once read that the music industry was a 4 to 6 billion dollar a year industry and that money was spread out across many labels publishers and artist. Now that money has been put into the hands of just a few individuals who figured a way to get the product to the public for free yet the banks reward them for stealing our culture with supreme wealth. I mean how is napster one moment a guy who just wanted to do something for free end up with nearly a billion dollars. All the music he stole probably produced that much in royalties or pub. Yet the artist got nothing. Same for you tube. I have seen my song l a rhumba get nearly 5 million views yet I haven’t received a dime for it because you tube suppose to be a free domain yet it sells for a billion. Now many artist who were feeding their families off music now must tour more or find ways for income when the thieves walk away with wealth.

This is just some more food for thought. Peace.

Original article: World Domination