http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,332184,00.html
The Guardian
Martin Kettle in Washington
Thursday June 15, 2000
American symphony orchestras and musicians' representatives have
signed a historic agreement to make the internet their primary
distribution medium for live and recorded concert performances of
classical music, opera and ballet.
The agreement, which follows a year of negotiations between more
than 70 of America's most famous orchestras and the musicians' union,
recognises that the era of commercially recorded discs could be
ending. The web is now poised to become the main source for privately
purchased orchestral music.
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James Kearney
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