The Dream was over a while back when digital music and Internet got popular. Apple iTunes store kind of brought it back except Apple as the dreamer not Record Labels.
The Dream being control over distribution. Selling over and over the same product. Selling lots crap (most songs on album) on the backs of 1 or 2 hits. Being the gatekeeper between artists and their fans. Near monopolistic control over supply and demand. All of it, a cash fucking cow.
Over, for the Record Labels. Although they're doing a damn good job at legislating their dream into law. Their government mandated welfare will live on similar to but more insidious than farm/corn lobbies subsidy program. And just like corn subsidy it(warping of copyright) will fuck the rest of us for decades.
The Dream being control over distribution. Selling over and over the same product. Selling lots crap (most songs on album) on the backs of 1 or 2 hits. Being the gatekeeper between artists and their fans. Near monopolistic control over supply and demand. All of it, a cash fucking cow.
Over, for the Record Labels. Although they're doing a damn good job at legislating their dream into law. Their government mandated welfare will live on similar to but more insidious than farm/corn lobbies subsidy program. And just like corn subsidy it(warping of copyright) will fuck the rest of us for decades.