Posted by
EFuller on Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:09:06 AM
Elton John recently declared his desire to close down the internet. Sure, he is a multimillionaire musician who detests illegal downloading of his songs. And yes, his latest album had very anemic sales. But these are not the stated reasons.
Sir Elton is concerned with the way the web is used in the making of music. He wants to close it to encourage art. "I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span," he says.
As my daughter says, "Shut down the web. Maybe there'd be no Elton John music. Maybe no Elton John 'art.'"
Hmmm... to paraphrase another Brit, imagine...