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- 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!
- 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... - 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... - 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/ - 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.
- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -19/+501. Buy crappy DRM indie music on the whim of a protest.
2. ???
3. Fight the RIAA. - JesusFaction, on 10/12/2007, -38/+65this is such a scam
- Hipple, on 10/12/2007, -19/+44You're not "buying" into it? Pun intended?
- 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.
- phantomsnow, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29I clicked the link. Saw unattractive text asking me to buy things. I clicked X.
- 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 - 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, -15/+32It seems ironic to me that we must spend money to "stick it to the man."
- 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.
- 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... - peazley, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19not sure who this black lab band is... but girl in the video, I'd rush her bum.
- 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. - jaydj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16only half
- 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... - joshua5, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19This sounds like a good idea at first but only at first. For the concept to work the band should be giving ALL the proceeds to charity, not try to justify why they deserve it. Hypothetically, if the whole thing actually worked and this band became #1 on iTunes, got interviewed, had national exposure, people actually liked their music, what would happen? They'd sign a recording contract and boom they're apart of the RIAA. Hypocrites.
Its a nice idea but the way its being executed is so shady, full of huge holes, and extremely retarded. - adamh227, on 10/12/2007, -62/+72Who is Black Lab? This is really ridiculous and I'm not buying into 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?
- gharding, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Do you NOT understand what an indie band is?
- devzer0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Incredible. Some well-meaning individuals band together wanting to give the collective bird to the RIAA. All you idiots can see is "conspiracy", "scam", and "retardedness". Meanwhile every other article on Digg is about how much you hate the RIAA. Maybe you have a better idea, but this idea isn't bad. They're just trying to send a message. If you agree with that message -- that we the people are the ones with the power, not the attorneys running the music labels -- then consider spending 5 minutes and 99 cents.
All the asshats yelling "*****" and "conspiracy" remind me of where Digg got its reputation as a Special Home for the Retarded and Infantile.
By the way, the hot chick in the video is Natali Del Conte, and she hosts the Textra video podcast. You might want to check it out. - mrch0mp3rs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15i just downloaded it off of kazaa, 'cause I'm a pirate. Eyepatch and peg leg. Yarrr!
- DeathfireD, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Id like to bum rush the girl in the video.
- parkylondon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Black Lab are NOT signed to a label. They used to be and had a huge fight with the labels to get their music back. It is for that reason that Black Lab were chosen.
The point in using a large, mainstream, music delivery channel (iTunes) was to maximise the chance of getting notice. iTunes may have DRM embedded in its very soul (and I think it sucks they can't let CC or freeware tracks through without adding it) but iTunes reports to the "charts" so it's important to take advantage of that fact. If we can get enough people to buy or gift the track to someone else then it'll chart and send a message to BigMedia about how podcasting and podcasters can move the market.
BRTC is all about podcasting and getting BigMedia to sit up and take notice of the power of podcasting. It's not necessarily about "sticking it to the man" although that would be nice.
Black Lab are giving half their income to the charitable cause behind this. I think that's commendable. They didn't have to.
I fully support BRTC and will be buying the track as soon as I get home this evening. The people behind this are honest, decent, hardworking people. There is no hidden agenda. There is no scam.
At the end of the day if you don't agree with it don't do it. Nobody is forcing you.
Paul Parkinson
Editor, Podcast User Magazine - eliot2000, on 10/12/2007, -16/+24You don't get it. Buying this band's music shows the RIAA we mean business. Incidentally- the next day everyone is supposed to go to my blog and click every single ad.
- 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. - defectDS, on 10/12/2007, -11/+18I actually kinda like them. Very Keane-y. Now hate me for giving into the MAN.
- gregbd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Fantastic song! Love it and lets support the movement.
- dulfun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I just discovered a band i really like. I do think it's a good cause.
1) its an indy band.
2) its the first try. if this succeeds don't you think the riaa will be a little concerned that their media channels have been circumvented?
3) if this works, other indy bands may see it as proof that you can market through the internet without the help of big media.
4) it gives apple more leverage. Who is the only company that can actually effect some change in the industry. How many other companies, if they were in apple's situation, would be calling for the end of drm? did the record shops say not to drm'd cd's? isn't MS kicking back cash to the label for zune players? who else would go out on a limb like that? hate apple if you want, but id rather them at the top than anyone else.
5) it gives indy bands a little more leverage against big media.
6) this isn't the end play, it's one step on the road to bringing down traditional channels.
Every cause starts with just a few steps. There is ALWAYS something wrong with every movement or action. If you wait for the perfect play (free, no drm, from X company) you'll never get critical mass to send a message. Many battles, one war. - mattson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Good luck, I just checked ITunes and it isn't even in the top 100 yet.
- 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
- civperc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Awesome, we should create more initiatives like this!
- 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! - 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?
- 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. - aaronmclay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I dugg this and I paid for the song. My sister is being sued by the RIAA for file sharing. 1 song. That's what the suit says. She's a nervous wreck and has had to enter therapy - BECAUSE. Once the suit entered court certain facts (like where she lives) were made public. For some reason, an ex-boyfriend found (we leave in Texas she's in the North East) and beat her up .
I'll do anything to stick it to the RIAA which includes buying other peoples products. Just because they don't get a sale from me isn't enough. There are enough idiots in the world to keep buying their music so someone needs to introduce non-riaa music. - djsputnik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7just spent my $.99.
- 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.
- WaynePhilips, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5People are always going to complain. If you don't like this promotion don't bother with it. Most of the haters just want to hear themselves talk. Why do you take the time if it is such a stunt. If it works you are on record saying it was a scam. When you jump on the band wagon later, you will be a flip flopper. "I hated it before I liked it."
- 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.
- Flyinace2000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Not a bad song. 99 cents well spent.
- inactive, 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 - GLSmyth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This means nothing to the music monopoly - they'd just as soon install a root kit on their customer's computers.
This is about getting exposure for independent artists to people who have no clue outside of what the radio allows them to hear. - Erfman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Digg, then do it, or Digg not and be passive.
- 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?
- scottc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Good song. I didn't think I would ever have a reason to buy from itunes, but I did buy this one for the campaign. It's probably not good enough to keep yet another music player installed on my computer, though. Can itunes songs be played with anything other than the itunes software?
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