I`m leaving this now as it`s really not going anywhere.

I hope that things can be worked out by sensible people within the industry.

ill await to see this change and its effects...i for one think itll damage the sales but then again i could see this as a good thing, folk wont be in it for the money....., then only folk with the passion will do it, maybe less release but higher quality.
I hate it when I see statements like this.
I think most of the money motives have gone from techno, I doubt there are many people in it purely for the money, if you wann make money, then do house.
However artists are allowed to be recompensated for their work, and if you expect quality techno to go on being made to allow you to play records, when the artists recieve no recompense, then you are under an illusion.
The person that sells the vinyl at the shop gets paid, the person you buy your petrol from to drive your car to the record shop, gets paid, the postman who delivers the records to the shop gets paid.
Why shouldn`t the artist get something for the work he or she is making that gives these other people their jobs.



Regardless of the argument, that shouldn`t even be an argument, but more of a discussion to solve the problem.
Change is coming, and if not coming, it is most definitely needed.
The whole system is creaking now.
We currently sit in a state of limbo.
Vinyl`s future is uncertian.
No one really knows which format will be the dominant one in the future, and most people won`t even discuss it.
So currently we sit in this kind of wierd situation, where all the distributers and labels, are kind of scrabbling and shuffling on this sinking ship, to get to the highest point, no one has an idea about what to do, no one is even bailing any water out, and some people have their eyes closed and deny even the excistance of the approaching water.

Will things settle down to a reduced level and just stay that way?
Will there be a second dance explosion?
Will people suddenly reject all the new technology and go back to vinyl?
Will the market finally crash and only those who have jumped to the awaiting speedboat survive?

Who knows, but things need to be acknowledged for us to even begin to move ahead.