luke
07-17-2003, 02:09 AM
"The RIAA is the trade group for the world's major record labels include AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Music, Bertelsmann AG's BMG Entertainment, EMI Group Plc EMI Recorded Music, Sony Corp.'s Sony Music and Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group."
The RIAA and its members are wrongheadedly and greedily pursuing lawsuits against "music piracy." They blame song swapping for their recent "decline in sales."
No independent group has verified such claims. In fact, the only independent study I've read says their marginal profit loss has nothing to do with mp3s and song swapping.
Could it have something to do with releasing hordes of terrible bands, charging exorbidant prices and their industry being subject to a stalling economy? No, of course not! It must the consumer's fault! Blame the consumer! It's our fault they're losing money.
This is a classic example of old, vested interests resisting change-- trying desperately to cling to their "market share" while passing on their crappy products and high prices to a consumer that doesn't really want them.
Boycott them. Buy none of their shite music. Mp3s and file swapping are the wave of the future. Ease of use, control, and low price. Consumers want this and we shouldn't settle for anything less. Certainly not being told that you MUSTspend $18 for the latest Red Hot Hackneyed Peppers album when only the single is any good and hardly worth a dollar anyway.
Boycott them until they collapse under their own dead weight. Boycott them because this act is a true form of democracy: Vote "NO" for the RIAA and its members.
Boycott them because they artificially inflate prices, spending hundreds of thousands--if not millions of dollars--for a recording that can be done for a couple thousand dollars on my friend Andy's Mac. That inflated price is passed on to the consumer, US!.
Boycott them because most artists on their labels see pennies for their art and blood, while execs go golfing in the Bahamas and talk about suing internet users for trying to escape their corrupt grip!
Buy small, buy direct. Many artists release their own music and sell directly from their own websites. And many let you download mp3s. Choose art.
Say NO to Big Music.
Boycott.
The RIAA and its members are wrongheadedly and greedily pursuing lawsuits against "music piracy." They blame song swapping for their recent "decline in sales."
No independent group has verified such claims. In fact, the only independent study I've read says their marginal profit loss has nothing to do with mp3s and song swapping.
Could it have something to do with releasing hordes of terrible bands, charging exorbidant prices and their industry being subject to a stalling economy? No, of course not! It must the consumer's fault! Blame the consumer! It's our fault they're losing money.
This is a classic example of old, vested interests resisting change-- trying desperately to cling to their "market share" while passing on their crappy products and high prices to a consumer that doesn't really want them.
Boycott them. Buy none of their shite music. Mp3s and file swapping are the wave of the future. Ease of use, control, and low price. Consumers want this and we shouldn't settle for anything less. Certainly not being told that you MUSTspend $18 for the latest Red Hot Hackneyed Peppers album when only the single is any good and hardly worth a dollar anyway.
Boycott them until they collapse under their own dead weight. Boycott them because this act is a true form of democracy: Vote "NO" for the RIAA and its members.
Boycott them because they artificially inflate prices, spending hundreds of thousands--if not millions of dollars--for a recording that can be done for a couple thousand dollars on my friend Andy's Mac. That inflated price is passed on to the consumer, US!.
Boycott them because most artists on their labels see pennies for their art and blood, while execs go golfing in the Bahamas and talk about suing internet users for trying to escape their corrupt grip!
Buy small, buy direct. Many artists release their own music and sell directly from their own websites. And many let you download mp3s. Choose art.
Say NO to Big Music.
Boycott.