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Down with RIAA: Tomorrow is "Bum Rush the Charts" day for iTunes shoppers
bumrushthecharts.com — An interesting experiment is taking place Thursday on iTunes. Can shoppers and followers of podsafe and independent musicians push one selected 99-cent single to the top of the "most popular" list on iTunes for one day? We'll see. The first lucky band is Black Lab, who is giving half the sale proceeds to a music charity.
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- adamh227, on 10/12/2007, -62/+72Who is Black Lab? This is really ridiculous and I'm not buying into it.
- Hipple, on 10/12/2007, -19/+44You're not "buying" into it? Pun intended?
- Legato, on 10/12/2007, -13/+55hey, its not that bad of a song, and you get some nice album art with your purchase... now i certainly see where all you anti-bum rushers are coming from. but personally i would like to see an obscure song hit the top of itunes. and the only way for that to really happen is to *gasp* all pick the same song *un-gasp*
there would be people complaining no matter who got selected and for whatever reason... - skEwb35, on 10/12/2007, -47/+17buried, VERY LAME.
- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -29/+153Fight the man today by buying all their *****. Fight corporate greed by giving them money for some indy crap band you've never heard of. When they see another band (gasp) in the top ten they will immediately think "Militant digital rights management is a bad idea, we should really lay off those poor college students." They will think twice before messing with us next time, so get out your credit cards!
- Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -34/+71this is one of the most ridiculous things i've seen in a while. if you want to "stick it to the man", don't buy "the man's" product. simple concept, really.
- JesusFaction, on 10/12/2007, -38/+65this is such a scam
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/12/2007, -13/+15I BUY music if it's good. I like to support decent artists. This is funny to me because it's like the music industry telling me to buy it which is why I started pirating in the first place.
- ybrugman, on 10/12/2007, -25/+111Dude you guys need to ***** chill. This isnt a marketing machine or any of the other *****. This is a true effort by the podcasting community to shove one to the RIAA.
The podcasting community has known about this for a while, and it has already been suggested to change the band but you guys need to understand its not about the band black lab it could be any ***** band. The whole point is to make some random PODSAFE(http://music.podshow.com/) song get to the top of the charts. To make the bastards at the RIAA realize that if they keep trying to ***** us over, we'll just listen to non RIAA music. So dont listen to this ***** that this is fake. This is an honest effort to help all of us music listeners, who dont want to be ripped off but still want to help support the artist.
Trying researching something before ***** ragging on it.
Tomorrow i will be buying mine again from the itunes i hope you'll help too - Legato, on 10/12/2007, -16/+87sweet jesus guys, they aren't part of a the RIAA so you're not giving the RIAA money.
this band has been ditched from TWO contracts and has had to FIGHT to get rights to their own music.
they are a part of iTunes which despite Steve's sentiment 'for some reason' has DRM as a blanket policy.
so stop your RIAA bitch-fest and direct your anger towards iTunes's DRM instead if you really just feel the need to moan and groan.
this is not some attempt to screw you all over, just calm down and let people spend their own money if they want too... - burtonbe, on 10/12/2007, -10/+27I'm a pretty big Black Lab fan. They had a song on the Spider Man soundtrack. Most of their stuff is really good. They are represented by BMI (I think).
The point of this project (Bum Rush) is to find a way to promote bands by way of the masses instead of the big labels choosing.
If you don't like the band, or do not wish to support them, then by all means do not participate.
http://blacklabworld.com/blw/index.html - fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -20/+5They should have given 6 - 8 weeks notice if they wanted digg users to participate. The kids need to budget for an expense like a single iTunes purchase.
- Sms4001, on 10/12/2007, -21/+9last i checked, martin luther king BOYCOTTED the system in order to get results.. he did not tell everyone to go buy as many bus tickets to a single(obscure) route as possible. he told everyone not to buy ANY routes. this is dumb.
- darkspire, on 10/12/2007, -27/+24"sweet jesus guys, they aren't part of a the RIAA so you're not giving the RIAA money."
No, you are giving Apple money via iTunes. A music purchasing program where the songs are in DRM crippleware because that's the way the major labels want it sold.
"This band has been ditched from TWO contracts and has had to FIGHT to get rights to their own music."
That's unfortunate for them, but perhaps they should get a better manager and/or read their contracts. If they've been dumped from two contracts perhaps they don't have mass appeal in the first place and trying to convince a bunch of people to support them by buying this one track is just as gimmicky as what the record labels have done over the years to promote certain artists to the fore front.
"they are a part of iTunes which despite Steve's sentiment 'for some reason' has DRM as a blanket policy."
Gee, isn't that part of the problem. The whole point of this stick it to the RIAA campaign is flawed.
"so stop your RIAA bitch-fest and direct your anger towards iTunes's DRM instead if you really just feel the need to moan and groan.
this is not some attempt to screw you all over, just calm down and let people spend their own money if they want too.."
Actually, this looks very much like every other attempt to screw people over though it may have started out with good intentions. What might make more sense is for people to call for a one day boycott of all music services that use DRM as well as a full time boycott of RIAA member companies. - shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -19/+501. Buy crappy DRM indie music on the whim of a protest.
2. ???
3. Fight the RIAA. - defectDS, on 10/12/2007, -11/+18I actually kinda like them. Very Keane-y. Now hate me for giving into the MAN.
- cwshea, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6I meant to look for a music video of theirs on YouTube, but I ended watching this instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUxaQtRmAMM - juanotejano, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4Yea guys any money you give me will also be used to stop the RIAA... I promise so let's just give all of your money to me, yes yes that's right.
- SultanTravi, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4lol
- ttntyler, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2You're all ridiculous.
Trying to "stick it to the man" is an absolute waste of time. People will continue to buy into the mainstream because anything independent usually sucks. Disagree with me, but the public speaks for themselves.
Indie music, user-created podcasts, they all suck. Period. Hate the massive conglomerates, hate the people behind them, but the products they put out are usually top-notch. - erzz, on 10/12/2007, -14/+8Call me crazy, but how exactly does lining Apple's pockets 'stick it to the man' when jobs and itunes are one of the 'men'?
Sorry but I have never, and will never buy a ***** quality tune from that godforsaken DRM infested ***** called itunes, let alone a tune from a band I couldn't care less for. - peazley, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19not sure who this black lab band is... but girl in the video, I'd rush her bum.
- Ender2007, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Yeah, this is great. This story comes up about once a month or so. I think that it's not very effective so I'm burying it. Besides, how can a ton of people buying a song from a specific band help prove to the RIAA that we don't like them?
Total crap... - dggeek, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7This song is off of Black Lab's newest album. Unfortunately they have sold albums both under RIAA and not, and this album is not listed on http://www.riaaradar.com/ so it's hard to tell whether you will be giving the RIAA money by purchasing this song.
It sounds like a promotional stunt for their new album to me. - cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Oh please. I'm all up for hating the RIAA and whatnot, but lets get this straight..
"We don't need big record labels to tell us what music is good. We can do that ourselves." - quote from the vid.
So in an act to show our independent thinking, we are to instead listen to these guys and buy this song because they told us to.
This is why people aren't buying this, because they are acting the same way as the so called enemy that they are fighting against. - catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8I would consider it if they gave all the money to charity. The truth is, if they go to #1, music labels will just think its a popular band and try to sign them..and they probably will. Giving only half of the money to charity screams scam to me.
- cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Well yea thats another thing, there is no legal contract or anything saying that 50% of the cash is going to charity, just the standard iTunes store ToS and a blog saying it will. If I wanted to buy this song, and found out that 50% of my money will be given to charity, then great. 2 birds, 1 stone, but I'm not being a sheep, I'm not going to buy something because I was told to, not from the record labels, and certainly not from a blog.
But you are buying this song because you are told to, and have nothing but a blog to say the money is going to charity. I'm sorry, but I spend my money on artists that I like. - Guard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@darkspire
There was a boycott I believe... It was suppost to last a month. Not many people paid attention to it.
And its hard to avoid DRM cripplewear if you're going to buy your music anymore. My gf bought music before that was DRM locked to windows media player, no advertisements of it either, the music just won't play in any other player. - drunkturkey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6If you really want to "stick it to the man" then iTunes is not the venue for that. Instead, go to a place like emusic.com which has a ton of indy bands, plus a number of mainstream groups, all DRM free. Yes, you can play these on your iPod, or ANY other digital media player for that matter.
Getting a single band that's not represented by the RIAA to the top of an iTunes chart really won't do anything. Nor will getting one of these bands to the top of an emusic chart, napster chart, or whatever.
If you really want to stick it to the RIAA and the big record companies, Don't buy ANY music from an RIAA band or a DRM protected site for a month. It's not that hard... and the music will still be there after that month is up if you still really need it. - randf, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1wait a minute...what if this is just the RIAA fooling everyone into buying this so-called "indie" song? first this band was on contract and then off contract? sounds like the perfect "fake" background to make them seem sympathetic.
don't you see? it's all a big conspiracy...someone get me a truth-er and some tinfoil...i need to think about this so-called plan - StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19A few misunderstandings about this:
1) THE IDEA IS NOT TO STICK IT TO DRM. That's another fight for another day. This promo is to make the RIAA realize that podcasting and independents have gained enough steam to make an impact on sales, and shake up their perception of the market.
2) THIS ALBUM IS NOT PART OF THE RIAA. You won't be supporting the people you're sticking it to; podcasters aren't quite that dumb.
3) YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THE SONG. There's no song everyone likes, but we need to agree on one song. Black Lab was chosen because they'd previously been rejected by RIAA labels on multiple occasions.
4) BLACK LAB ISNT TRYING TO GET SIGNED AGAIN. - haveacigar, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Why dont you pick a song everybody likes.. like a Michel Jackson song..
Thriller? - macmcrae, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2This is the most lame marketing ploy ever devised.
If you really want to stick it to the man, don't ever use itunes to buy music again.
Or better yet make your own music and release it for free. - libertao, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3In other news, we're organizing a massive protest of paypal, so everyone please paypal $1 to my email address!
- macmcrae, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Bwahahah "I can afford a dollar".
Morons!!!!!!!! You deserve to be manipulated and teabagged by the man's little brother.
There is a sucker born every minute and 5 moron diggers for them to crap on. - VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1@burtonbe:
"They had a song on the Spider Man soundtrack. Most of their stuff is really good. They are represented by BMI (I think)."
Ha, "independant," my ass. - Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3What's iTunes?
Oh, I remember, it's the modern day equivalent of AOL that people incessantly install on their computers, and takes over half the OS, but people use anyway because they are too lazy (not stupid, mind you, just lazy) to use the alternatives. - Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2This is the most Bizarro idea I ever heard of.
File under "Manipulative and Lame".
- goldfenix, on 10/12/2007, -15/+32It seems ironic to me that we must spend money to "stick it to the man."
- thecosas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39choosing where and what you buy is the best way to "stick it to the man"
http://amiestreet.com/
http://emusic.com/
http://www.audiolunchbox.com/
http://www.bleep.com/
http://www.livedownloads.com/
http://www.magnatune.com/
http://www.garageband.com/
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php
http://calabashmusic.com/
http://www.mp3tunes.com/store.php
-http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/guide/ - kcpwnsgman, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2*****
- kcpwnsgman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1(it seems my previous comment didn't stick. Digg? Broken?)
basically I love emusic, they had a 50 free tracks thing playing in movie theaters, I went there, downloaded 50, canceled the rest of the 14 week trial, since then, I have been back many times, they really know how to get you...
http://www.emusic.com/movie - Tishiablo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0well.. I WOULD spend money on it, but I only have 70 cents in my paypal so nope
- eridius, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Why is it ironic that you must spend money to get something done? Refusing to spend money isn't "sticking it" to anyone. All you're telling the RIAA that way is that you're cheap. Spending money on non-RIAA music, on the other hand, tells them that you're perfectly willing to spend money on music, just not on their crap. But the only way to get them to notice is to get a piece of non-RIAA music high on the charts, which means everybody buying the same piece of music.
Yeah yeah, you may think it's stupid to be told that you have to buy a particular piece of music in order to get the point across that people can choose their own music, but the alternative is for the RIAA to not even notice. And hey, it's only $0.99. The rest of your money you can spend on whatever music you want. - Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Wrong.
Choosing what NOT to buy is the way to "stick it to the man".
Not buying anything at all from iTunes is the way to "stick it to the man".
- thecosas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39choosing where and what you buy is the best way to "stick it to the man"
- phantomsnow, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29I clicked the link. Saw unattractive text asking me to buy things. I clicked X.
- VRFour, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Did you not see the attractive chick asking you to buy things? That's the only thing that kept me on that page.
- javier182gt, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4It makes me want to bum rush(enter somewhere suddenly: to enter a place suddenly and sometimes forcibly) something but it is not the music. Same here, VR4.... it was like her lips were moving but no words were coming out. I seriously do not think it will succeed, especially when people have to buy something.
- dmitriyvoz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0The author has mentioned very much a vital topic today. It seems to me that the problematics of this clause enables to reflect and draw conclusions. You can as to look sites in Russian which mention this theme: http://www.rolid.org http://www.se-ua.com
- linx05, on 10/12/2007, -15/+6Black Lab are the best! Have a listen to their songs on their website. Good on them for going #1!
www.blacklabworld.com- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2edit: oops
- Judge373, on 10/12/2007, -9/+16Guys, money is the only power that "the man" or the RIAA understands. I'm doing this because it's, to me, a real, tangible way to actually do something about the music industry. Plus, in sampling the song, it sounds decent enough to be a part of my library.
Money talks. ***** walks.- RooDoG, on 10/12/2007, -11/+13and its only 99 Cents, so it not like they are asking you to fork over one weeks pay
- ImTheDarkcyde, on 10/12/2007, -9/+14"and its only 99 Cents, so it not like they are asking you to fork over one weeks pay"
then buy one for me, because that's a dollar i'd much rather spend on a dr. pepper than a futile protest
i mean, honestly, if it was some sort of fluke where an unknown hit number 1, then that'd be fine, but since its obviously an organized "attack" who do you think is going to last longer, sooner or later you're going to get sick of saying "its only a dollar" and stop buying crappy unknown music
why not donate your dollar to a worthy cause, i can think of about a billion people who don't have clean water to drink, and i'm betting they don't even know what drm is - hdtvdust, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4If you think this will do ANYTHING to the music industry, you deserve to lose money. Seriously...let's suspend all reality and pretend that this band will be #1 tomorrow. Do you think that ANYONE will think that that is natural? When they drop back down to #32,042 the next day, it will be meaningless.
- Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Somewhere, Steve Jobs is giggling like a little girl.
- jdavid, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11real way to stick it to the man, is to by drm music, yeah, fight the riaa.
i hear (amy or something)...street.com has non drm music from indy artists.- thecosas, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5http://amiestreet.com/welcome
- versapak, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6How is paying for a music d/l sticking it to the RIAA?
Seems to me that sticking it to the RIAA would be going the route that actually keeps them from getting my money.- gharding, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Do you NOT understand what an indie band is?
- age2gold, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19"we are going to take an indie podsafe music artist to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street. The track we've chosen is "Mine Again" by the band Black Lab. A band that was dropped from not just one, but two major record labels (Geffen and Sony/Epic) and in the process forced them to fight to get their own music back. We picked them because making them number one, even for just one day, will remind the RIAA record labels of what they turned their backs on - and who they ignore at their peril."
Take from it what you will... - ensane, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I would be more impressed by their stunt if all the proceeds for the sale of the song that day goes to a music charity...
- miyamotofreak, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4I believe the proceeds are.
- jaydj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16only half
- et_nyc, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9Yet another marketing machine run amok. Sadly, all the kiddies will buy into it. Well done guys.
- FresnoRog, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12I bought it because I decided to buck the trend that was bucking the trend that was fighting the RIAA.
- mrch0mp3rs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15i just downloaded it off of kazaa, 'cause I'm a pirate. Eyepatch and peg leg. Yarrr!
- Spikito, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6tell me again how this is going to bring down the RIAA. last time i checked, you dont bring someone down by giving them money and supporting their products(DRM).
- FresnoRog, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2True; vaginal pears bring someone down much more effectively.
- Judge373, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26This band is a non-RIAA band, that's how. It's a band without any big label support, therefore, non-RIAA. RTA.
- Nysul, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8Sorry, I don't waste money on DRM content.
- optimus_maximus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+81. download
2. burn on a CD
3. reimport as an MP3
The song rocks. I'm glad I bought it. - Wootery, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@optimus
Don't be an idiot.
There are always ways around DRM - that doesn't make it acceptable.
- optimus_maximus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+81. download
- brianbennett, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8How about a membership drive for allofmp3.com instead?
- svartgotik, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2No need for a membership drive, i just want to add to my goddamned balance again without having to learn how to speak Russian.
- olik, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Here here. I would use some of the itunes credit I still have from Christmas two years ago, but I uninstalled iTunes and I don't want it back.
- ilgaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't advertise those crooks, they are NOT paying a cent to artists. They are abusing broadcast license which will be future problem for real radios.
- bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10I think its a brilliant idea. What better way to show the RIAA the power of their opposers by pushing an obscure song to the top of the charts on iTunes? They're sure to take notice. Boycotting certainly makes them push their "P2P hurting sales" story alot harder, so why not do something that everyone can see for sure?
- KingHenry, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7iTunes is definitely something that people will see.
- KingHenry, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19To be honest, I just bought it because I'd like to see if it can make it into the Top Ten. Could it possibly beat Beyonce and Nelly Furtado?!
- goldfenix, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5At precisely the moment that I read your comment I have finally realized that I have lost touch with modern music, as I have no idea who Beyonce or Nelly Furtado is.
I guess I shall crawl back into my hole to listen to my "old" bands like Barenaked Ladies, Collective Soul and Queens of the Stone Age. - fxmcleod, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Yeah me too. I really no longer care if its a conspiracy. I'd rather see if we can actually do it
- fxmcleod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Actually, i thought it was interesting if you take a look at the top albums. Modest Mouse, and arcade fire are 1 and 7. And if you're saying they're not indie are you sure you're not just saying that cuz they've become so popular?
- hdtvdust, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0goldfenix...your attempts to mock modern music would work a WHOLE lot better if the bands you listed as your favorites weren't so lame.
- goldfenix, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5At precisely the moment that I read your comment I have finally realized that I have lost touch with modern music, as I have no idea who Beyonce or Nelly Furtado is.
- gafasiesornivek, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3I've seen boatloads of crap in my day but this has to be the biggest steamer piled with crap that I have ever seen. Stick it to the RIAA by buying their music?
- Legato, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7so in your world does the RIAA get money from all music bought and sold?... even if the music is produced under a non-RIAA label...?
- theHuman, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Protest DRM by buying DRM'd music???
Am I the only one that fails to see the big difference between iTunes and the record companies? Yes I know I know jobs made a silly blog post about how he hated DRM so much but come on, lets see some proof. Why not unDRM all their non-RIAA contracted music *cough* Black Lab *cough* ?
Mabey then this might not be completely pointless- Legato, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5if you were to read the article you would quickly realize that no part of this is in opposition to DRM...
and no, Black Lab can't un-DRM their music, as iTunes has a blanket DRM policy. - bodger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2They could release on Amie Street...
- Legato, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5if you were to read the article you would quickly realize that no part of this is in opposition to DRM...
- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Buy music at iTunes? Hahaha. Good one!
- eurokc98, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Ive listened to Black Lab for years, from the looks of the replies I must be the only one.
- Frozo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5OK, so they go #1 for a day. THe RIAA will also see that you (most likely) purchased more RIAA songs than non-RIAA songs in the past and will realize that you are just blowing smoke. They have and will continue to take your money. Its sorta like all those anti-fur people wearing leather shoes. I realy dont see this making any impact, UNFORTUNATELY.
- Prod_Deity, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3If it was BLACK LABel Society, then I'd consider...... I'm not gonna give my $ to a band I personally don't know of. Sorry.
- doswarrior, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2.dv
- DeathfireD, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Id like to bum rush the girl in the video.
- optimus_maximus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2yeah, she'll be mine again after I ***** the RIAA first
- freetron, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1If you're going to throw your money away on this, at least choose a song and a band that has a profound meaning to you; a band/singer/group whose ideals truly mirror the DYI mentality so many of you "fans" crave sends a stronger, more meaningful message.
- ph1ltr, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I've got a FAR better idea than this. Why doesn't everyone pay me to buy my music instead? I'm a far worthier cause because I haven't had the benefits of getting my music on a variety of film and TV soundtracks and I produce stuff which isn't turgid, derivative rock rubbish. I'll donate THREE QUARTERS of the profits to charity and keep the rest for myself.
This is a big con and someone's gonna make a load of money out of it. All this is proving to the RIAA is what a bunch of mindless sheep everyone is (which is exactly why an organisation like that can continue to exist in the first place)
People seem to be of the attitude that "it's only 99c", but remember if a million gullible people round the world have that attitude then someone's just made $1m!!! - Erfman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Digg, then do it, or Digg not and be passive.
- iPhrankie, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1The chick in the video just called all of us "the little people". Nice...
- hdtvdust, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1The funny thing is how this will hjave just the OPPOSITE effect than what you morons doing this think.
When their sales do not go up significantly, it will prove just how delusional you are and how hte current business model IS working for them. - anthonyl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7 Yes do your part stick it to the RIAA.!
http://www.thepiratebay.org/ - hdtvdust, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3I have an idea. Let's show those bastards at Honda, Chevy, Lexus, etc. that they are not the only cars in town. Everyone buy a Kia on March 26.
- Alucardbsm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Bum rush the RIAA by buying DRM infested music? I thought that's what they're pushing.
- zephc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2What, no jokes about wanting to rushing her bum? Jeez, guys.
- CrazyBot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Can't really blame them for trying...they figured by the comments here on Digg
People were really like sheep and would by anything as long as a girl + Apple was supporting it.
Guess there are real people on Digg with brains..........who would have thought it - kikuchiyo11, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Wasn't this posted like three weeks ago (oh yes it was: http://www.digg.com/music/Bum_Rush_The_Charts_take_over_iTunes_3_22_07)? It seemed like spam then and it seems like spam now.
Dugg down. Please stop treating me like an idiot. I will now never buy anything by this band, because they feel like tricking me into purchasing their music to "stick it to the RIAA."
Charity doesn't matter as they're trying to buy publicity. - CrimsonBlur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I get iTunes gift certificates constantly, so I didn't hesitate to purchase the song. To be honest I was surprised to find that Black Lab is a really freaking good band! Mine Again is actually a really good song. Definitely not disappointed in the purchase. Who knew that I would actually one day be thanking Digg, of all places, for pointing me in the right direction? And for a good cause too no less ;)
I see now from a comment above mine that these guys may be "scamming" Digg... oh well, the song is still good. Though if this is true I may not purchase any more of their music because of it. Talk about bad marketing decision... - darksyde, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I guess the only kind of "sticking it to the man" I plan on doing is to not buy anything from an RIAA label or through iTunes. Neither of them truly get it, and probably never will. Besides, it's not like I'm missing much.
- theokandroid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Yeah, why are we buying a lame ass song. I say we all go and buy "Survivalism" by Nine Inch Nails.
- cutlass91, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Do you really think that this band would have gotten dropped from two contracts if they didn't sound like every other whiny emo/indie band out there???
There's a reason we have the RIAA, it's to stop crap music like black lab from reaching my ears. Just let them do their job. I buy CDs when the whole album rocks. black lab makes me want to slit my wrists and put black eyeliner on like those crazy hipster emo kids - mjhamilton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If the band donates the money to a purchase a WMRIAAD (Weapon of Mass RIAA Destruction), I'll buy it a hundred times over. The song wouldn't even have to be good, it could be terrible in fact, it could be country-western and I would still support it. Other than that I don't care.
- SoloMalee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Jeez you guys...if you don't like it, don't do it.
It isn't about DRM, it isn't about Black Lab, it isn't 100% about the RIAA. It is about how the Music Industry treats podcasters as criminals for publicising popular music FOR FREE and with a personal passion. Thats why the Podsafe Music Network appeared (incidentally without DRM).
If this initiative is successful, it could form one small step to opening up the Music Industry, and ultimately bringing about an opening of the stupid DRM practices that we have to suffer because of the Big Music industry.
I've bought it, I actually like it (lucky me).
Oh, and by the way, a substantial portion of the song's cost is directly contributed to supporting College Scholarships for US kids. So all you whining US kids even get the last laugh on me because I just funded an education for you!
Just go and buy it for gods sake! - Screamager, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4I´d be willing to bring a non-signed artist to a no1 position as a form of protest, however this is iTunes. I don't own an iPod (happy with my iRiver H120) and refuse to install iTunes on my computer. Without iTunes installed I cant even pay for the file, if there was, however, a way for me to pay for the file without iTunes I would get a DRMed file which I would be unable to listen to even once. Nice idea, but its horribly flawed asking RIAA protesters to buy a song on a site that only sells DRMed music, you should have thought this out more, if you are an iTunes buyer what the hell are you doing protesting DRM or RIAA ?
- igdrasa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If they were really trying to stick it to the man, would they be aiming for number one on btjunkie.org?
- ohmar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Great marketing plan by Black Lab! Convince everyone that buying their song is sticking it to the RIAA. It gives people an output for their anger and makes a little purse on the side. Not too bad of an idea. Hey, send money to my paypal account and show ebay that you really dont like all the scammers on their website.
- IceBurrg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5OK, I was skeptical too. At least, until I listened to the track on their myspace page. I don't care if this is a scam, the track is worth 99 cents.
- RevMark, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2They basically, lost the entire independant Christian and most of the Conservative music community soley based on the ablum art for this album from Black Lab. As a minister I cant have this half naked woman (althought a drowing) in my iTunes library. But on priciple I am going to purhcase this song theu the affiliate link to support this cause to stick it to the RIAA. But in the future, please be more considerate when choosing a poster band.
Thank you
RevMark- tsaxer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5So you never go to museums? Not much of a fan of Michelangelo? Nudity don't equal sex, and even at that, the bible doesn't condemn sex per se. By the way, you could always delete the artwork if it's keeping you up at night...
- DrGee2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Maybe Stryper would have been a better choice.
I am glad to see a man of God ,"stick it to the Man"
- Accutron, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Shut up and show us your boobs. No one cares about this ***** band. No wonder they got dropped from two record labels.
- spotmonk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Release it without DRM and we'll push it to the most popular spot on ITunes.
granted.. then I'll probably just download the entire album for free somewhere else.
But I'll pay to promote music without DRM.
Even if it's not the best. - brian6String, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2So, instead of "big media" telling me what songs are good & I should buy, I have a web site, fronted by an 18 year old QT tell me? And so, that will show "big media" I can make up my own mind and that I'm not a hapless lemming following whatever trend someone is setting?
To me, if this succeeds it proves just the opposite--that consumers will fall for almost anything if there is a "buzz".... - sambearpoet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I did it, and I enjoyed it, AND I'd do it again. Best $1 I spent in a while.
- TechCF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Well, OK. I'll buy it with my two coke-coins itunes redemtion offer
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