"Every Home Is Wired":
2 -- The Progressive Rock Subculture and the Net
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Few Prog labels have been more outspoken about their ideological opposition to the music industry than Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile (DGM) Records. Fripp writes that "the history of the music industry is a history of exploitation and theft", and believes that "any culture whose artists are directed or controlled by commercial interests is in mortal danger" ("Discipline" 9); he therefore describes DGM's business aims thus: Bit 35
The first aim of DGM is to help music come into the world which would otherwise be unlikely to do so, or under conditions prejudicial to the music and/or musicians.
The second aim of DGM is to operate in the market place, while being free of the values of the market place.
The third aim of DGM is to help the artists and staff of DGM achieve what they wish for themselves.
The fourth aim of DGM is to find its audience.
The fifth aim of DGM is to be a model of ethical business in an industry founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fuelled by greed.

("Discipline" 9)

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