It’s the same speech. McGuinness is still talking about blockbuster artists whose CD sales fund large rosters. He is a bit like the protectionist senators in US Congress. Music is now a free commodity and artists still have plenty of opportunity to make decent money outside of record sales, but Paul doesn’t seem too happy about this.
You can read the speech in its entirety here.
–Archie Hamilton, Split Works’ Managing Director
Blogging live from the Music Matters Asia conference in Hong Kong