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macbookformeNov 24, 2010
Fuc* that RIAA!
Closed AccountNov 25, 2010
What a lame piece of PCMag. Stupid s**t like this does not urt the RIAA. They never "blamed" them for piracy. They simply said that tell people the alternatives was not something they should do. And given the RIAA's stance, they are right.
Articles like this are like that bitch who claimed the the TSA snatched her kid and ate it for dinner in front of her when in reality all they did was move them about 2 feet apart. Exaggerating does OT help the cause.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountNov 25, 2010
You sure used a lot of words to say nothing of consequence fella. I thought I'd at least show you one person who dug your stupid f**king ass down.
canyoucountNov 25, 2010
Wow, -22 comment diggs on a comment and you weren't even insulting Digg or other Diggers.. that's gotta be a record! :D
(For the record, I dugg up your comment, because I value dissenting opinions!)
JamSquadNov 25, 2010
Haha upvote because your handle is canyoucount. (and because you value dissenting opinions!)
canyoucountNov 26, 2010
Technically speaking, my handle is :
"CanYouCOUNT(*)"
It is both a reference to the scene in "The Warriors" where Cyrus asks the assembled gang multitudes whether they can.. err.. dig(g) it.. and a nerdy DBA inside joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSN2kAo-y40
Can you count????? SUCKAS!!!!
Closed AccountNov 26, 2010
I value intelligence as well. +1 to you. -1 to him. He acts as if stupidity were a virtue.
pinkfish411Nov 25, 2010
Who cares whether they're right or not "given the RIAA's stance." Given an idiot's stance, 2 + 2 might equal 6.13, but no one cares about an idiots stance on math. No one should care about the RIAA's stance on this issue, either. They seem to be making it clear that they want to stifle the free flow of information, so I don't give damn about what's right or wrong from their perspective.
bleueNov 25, 2010
Umm, from the RIAA letter: 'Both articles are nothing more than a roadmap for continued music piracy.' Also: 'when you offer a list of alternative P2P sites to LimeWire – and include more of the serial offenders -- PC Magazine is slyly encouraging people to steal more music' Also: 'In fact, legitimate download services, who have developed business models based on a respect for copyright and have entered into mutually beneficial arrangements with the music industry are undoubtedly outraged by your feeble attempt to undercut their ability to compete in the legal marketplace.' Also: 'Unfortunately, it is clear that the rule of law was an afterthought [for your magazine].'
Hmm, I think i'm quoting about a quarter of the letter there, all directly accusing PCmag of supporting or enabling or promoting piracy.
Anyway... cheers!
crapolatimeNov 25, 2010
The RIAA. Another business that wants a bailout from the Republicans, for a failed business model in the modern world.
Ask the RIAA, how much money actually makes it back to the performers.... The answer? Not much if at all.
bdbrNov 25, 2010
Umm...Obama picked *five* RIAA lawyers to the Justice Department and supports the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Just Google Obama RIAA to see the connections.
16x9Nov 25, 2010
I'm an Obama supporter on many issues but on this matter he is 100% wrong.
pethanksNov 25, 2010
Music piracy is really a headache. i don't know how to the government solve it.
kerwinsteNov 25, 2010
That makes no sense whatsoever.
elmuerte17Nov 25, 2010
Most things the RIAA does make no sense whatsoever.
nullalityNov 25, 2010
lol @ u
the4thaggieNov 25, 2010
Don't they know that getting on the bad side of media is a death wish? A media s**t storm could ruin them.
blacklilyninjaNov 25, 2010
I'm a musician/artist/independent music producer and most of all a fan. I have boycotted RIAA sanctioned/registered music. I haven't downloaded any music illegally since lars and the gang sued Napster. Any music I had downloaded was previously purchased on cd/tapes/vinyl. I worked in a music retail outlet as well in the 80's and 90's obtaining legally well over 4000 units. Worked in college radio stations getting promotional material/swag. My collection was vast. I also have only purchased 5 songs since the Napster event and those were independent artists and very carefully chosen. The second the industry turned its back on the fans, customers and artists by blaming technology for its own failings I knew i could not support them any more. They assume every digitally shared song is a lost sale and create fictitious, astronomically high numbers of losses based on these assumptions. Created their own laws via heavy handed lobbyists and extremist politicians. Laws that do more harm than good. Laws that act like a bat being swung blindly hoping to hit a few file sharers mid swing. Laws that don't actually work.
This boycott action is a direct response to the irresponsible acts taken by the industry to punish any form of unlicensed free expression and the persons involved. This also includes the notoriously criminal way in which the industry is willing to piss on every lamp post, fire hydrant and car tire just to make the claim "this area is under our protection". The exclusion of the independent artist from the media distribution process has come to an end and the industry is still fighting it with every fibre of the industry's being.
so until you get your s**t together...
f**k you music industry.
/end annual rant
africantravelerNov 25, 2010
I recall that when I owned a health club about 15 years back I was contacted by an organization claiming to represent artists and told that I had to pasy them something like $100/year simply to play the radio in the gym. I paid it because this was cheaper than being sued, but it didn't engender anything but lasting bad feelings towards the recording industry. I would be interested in having some reporter somewhere check up on whether any of that money ever actually reached the recording artists the way the organization claimed it would.
thecollective00Nov 26, 2010
Here's an interesting opinion from David Byrne, singer for the Talking Heads
"There was another piece in the Times today about yet another 20 percent drop in CD sales. (Are they running the same news piece every 4 months?) Jeez guys, the writing's on the wall. How long do the record execs think they'll have those offices and nice parking spaces? (Well, more than half of all record A&R and other execs are gone already, so there should be plenty of parking space). They, the big 4 or 5, should give the catalogues back to the artists or their heirs as a gesture before they close the office doors, as they sure don't know how to sell music anymore. (I have Talking Heads stuff on the shelf that I can't get Warner to release.) The "industry" had a nice 50-year ride, but it's time to move on. Luckily, music remains more or less unaffected — there is a lot of great music out there. A new model will emerge that includes rather than sues its own customers, that realizes that music is not a product in the sense of being a thing — it's closer to fashion, in that for music fans it tells them and their friends who they are, what they feel passionately about and to some extent what makes life fun and interesting. It's about a sense of community — a song ties a whole invisible disparate community together. It's not about selling the (often) shattered plastic case CDs used to come in."
evildadNov 25, 2010
At the original link, be sure to read the comment by Sir_Ters. Excellent historical quotes by short-sighted people of the music industry's past.
dcjoedogv2Nov 25, 2010
This is just sad.
kirkmjohnNov 25, 2010
PCMAG.COM issued a beautifully written statement..... with an epic end: "We will continue to cover it all—as we must."
I won't say the RIAA and the rest of the music industry is greedy per say... I just think they are, as PCMAG says: "desperate" and i'll add by saying they are lazy. Their options are running out in a changing technological world and they are too lazy to adapt.
tleehorneiiiNov 25, 2010
There is much to like in the new music. I will not buy any as long as the RIAA and the DRM program continue to restrict how I can play back music that I have bought. I bought over a thousand vinyl albums from 1963 through sometime in the 1980s when I switched over to CDs. When DRM started restricting my ability to listen to the music on the playback system of my choice I quit buying any music. There are hundreds of thousands like me. We vote quietly with our dollars. We reject DRM and any company that uses and enforces it. Unless and until DRM is dead, the music is dead to me. I will not buy DRM media.
bdbrNov 25, 2010
Where can you even buy DRMed music anymore?
It was a horrible thing and only served to penalize the buyer, which is why it's mostly dead now (for music).
atomic1fireNov 25, 2010
hold on a second.
iTunes, and amazon.com, don't have DRM anymore, at least for mp3. (Amazon get's less credit because of the kindle.)
Furthermore, I don't think there are too many DRM CD's.
If there are, you can find that info on the packaging, if I understand correctly.
bijaNov 25, 2010
Things change. Corporations who have a good business model hate that.
mikeczykNov 25, 2010
It won't be long before our computers and ipods will be scanned at borders/airports for illegal mp3s. I take my batteries out every time I travel.
warpfieldNov 25, 2010
My musician friends simply play live gigs in whatever venues they can get (usually pubs). It's not going to get them any big payoffs but it's better than nothing, and it's simply where the business has gone for 99.9% of musicians. Anyone can hear recorded material, so live music has become the scarce resource.