A perfect picture of seller-centric myopia
August 14th, 2009
Doc Searls has circulated a brilliant picture of some clever people’s view of the music industry. You can see it at http://www.sloaneandco.com/images/universe_of_music.jpg.
In case you didn’t notice, just one music industry player is missing. Can you guess which?
Alan Mitchell
Ha! Me of course. The punter…
Consumers are one step removed. They’d be another bubble beyond “Distributors & Retailers”, funneling into the BPI/Record Companies. In fact, to the music industry, pretty much any of the end bubbles are customers…
It’s amusing to think that everything the “music industry” does is wrong, but in reality, here it’s your lack of understanding of: a) what they do, and b) what this image represents which is at fault here…