Pete Townshend expressed his disappointment with iTunes

LONDON - Reported by The Guardian, Thursday (03/11/2011), Townshend said, Apple should provide more financial and creative support for emerging artists. He also compares, music publisher with the banking industry.

Rock band The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend expressed his disappointment with iTunes. According to him, Apple's online music store it as 'digital vampire'.

"Is it because iTunes exist in the realm of the internet, such as Facebook and Twitter so that they can not provide service access to the artists, instead of like a vampire sucking the blood of digital artists, to the great commission," said Townhend at the John Peel Lecture at Salford.

According to the most influential guitarist of rock band decade of the 1960s and 1970s, the iTunes software is fantastic. Unfortunately, only offering and distribution of royalties to the singers and bands whose work is sold.

Pete Townshend expressed his disappointment with iTunes

In addition to commenting on the iTunes service, Townshend also condemned acts of illegal downloading. According to him, if there is someone pretending to give away for free his works, he suspected there was something wrong with the moral and social justice.

He said the work of Steve Jobs, should be more supportive of artists in various ways. Such as providing free computer and provide input on the five hundred artists, he felt worthy and can help them on marketing, and distribution of copyright.