In the midst of all the talk about DRM-free music, Fred Wilson tackles another major issue in the music industry: how scalpers have taken over online concert ticket sales.
The music business is so screwed up. They overcharge for music and undercharge for tickets. They handicap the sale of online music (the future) to protect the CD (the past). Thank god some artists have rejected the whole music business and are going it alone. That’s our way out of this mess for sure.
For the last 10 years I have been part of the digital media revolution as a 