Deja Vu?

I am concerned over the digital music services recent implementations of various regulations concerning content on their stores. Part of the reason this model and format worked so well was because it kicked mud in the faces of all the brick and mortar music distributors who only catered to the top 5% of music and artists. This format made it possible for artists and startup indie labels to capitalize on all their promotion on social networking sites like MySpace and turn these fans into consumers and so much more. Now it seems that the digital music distributors are now becoming as selective as the major labels have and making it difficult for grass roots labels and new artists to blossom and build a following by imposing strict regulations such as a quota of downloads or sales and number of releases in order to continue to have them carry your content.

Don't know about you, but hard drives are cheap, space is not an issue, and it takes time to develop a following. Maybe I'm jumping the gun, but this all sounds too familiar. New labels like fine wines, take time to reach their peak. Don't kill music before it's time.