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sheopleherderFeb 8, 2012
RIAA boss Cary Sherman has a long way to go about learning humility. He really should have checked in with his high priced PR firm on this one. Instead of an olive branch he extends a whipping stick. So I guess this is what a collapsing industry looks like...
MrFrogyFeb 10, 2012
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bdbrFeb 9, 2012
The author notes that music sales have increased but revenues have decreased, and doesn't seem sure why. It's all revealed in the SoundScan numbers. For the past several years, digital singles have increased as album sales decreased, at a ratio of about 2.3:1. Given that RIAA label records tend to have only two or three good songs, people would just buy the good songs and skip the crap. The RIAA isn't happy about this, and is looking for someone to blame. If piracy really was the driving reason, paid digital singles wouldn't be rising that fast compared to album declines.
Its odd that people buy RIAA music even after they reveal their contempt for their customers. The best thing to do is avoid them. Its easy to find the label that a record is released on, and whether they're RIAA members or not.
Graf_OrlockFeb 9, 2012
Or just pirate the RIAA music, but attend concerts for those artists you like (so they actually see the money).
bdbrFeb 9, 2012
Then I would just contribute to their justification that piracy costs them money. I prefer to avoid them entirely. There's a lot of great music these days from other labels.
murxFeb 9, 2012
Revenue is a bad indicator for the health of an industry.
Profit is a better one:
(just example numbers, not actual numbers)
Album on CD - 10$ - production cost 9$, profit 1$ - revenue 10$
Album online - 5$ - production cost 4$, profit 1$ - revenue 5$
So half revenue but still same profit.
bdbrFeb 9, 2012
Good point. A few years ago, Rolling Stone published the distribution of costs & profits for a CD; label profit was 80 cents per CD. It has been reported elsewhere that labels average 56.6 cents per iTunes song.
Consequently, with 2.3 digital singles gained for every CD sale lost, they make (2.3*.566)-.80= 50 cents more. That's a 62.5% increase!
murxFeb 9, 2012
Well - the music industry has another twist on this story:
Sure - they make more profit with the online sales - BUT the album had 15 songs on it!
So according to MAFIAA logic they are missing 12.7 sales!
And the reason for this is piracy!
Without realizing they are the cause themselves since:
How often did people buy a full album just for 2 or 3 titles on it?
How often did the music industry intentionally just put two or three worthy titles on an album - to spread out the good stuff - so they can offer another album of the band 1/2 a year later?
For all those albums bought just for the two or three titles the consumer really wanted - all those other tracks were basically 'free give aways', just like the toys in a box of cereals, cheap crap.
But MAFIAA doesn't know much about their business - they only care about maximizing profit no matter what....the American dream and way...
neondistractionFeb 9, 2012
Man, the butthurt is strong in that op-ed piece.
Ahh, sweet sweet schadenfreude.
dustinthewind2Feb 9, 2012
They're used to getting their way. Like a spoiled child, now they're throwing a tantrum.
Graf_OrlockFeb 9, 2012
Tell it to the buggywhip cartel, Sherman.
stevanoskiFeb 9, 2012
lol
neamerjellFeb 9, 2012
The RIAA and MPAA and all the other patent trolls out there need a good whoopin'! They're all throwing tantrums like a bunch of two year olds in a grocery store checkout line...
JollyMacFeb 9, 2012
Unless we fight back with the same intensity, they may win this holy war against technology :(
mizuhochanFeb 9, 2012
The RIAA makes me laugh. I enjoyed reading this.
dotdotdotForYourLifeFeb 9, 2012
This is absolutely crazy.
shingoexFeb 9, 2012
Quite ironic, as without music piracy, I'd not have roughly half the albums I went out and PURCHASED.
urdumania1Feb 9, 2012
This is absolutely crazy.
blankmikeFeb 8, 2012
The article is basically a deconstruction of a statement given by someone by the RIAA. The over all point is this person didn't know what they were talking about. I have to agree.
However... The bills are legal not technological since they only affect people and not technology. The RIAA is a business organisation not a technological one. Not knowing something is a matter of education not technology. Essentially the RIAA is not after your MP3 players folks. They just want you to pay them more money. This isn't a technology story.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bluto36Feb 9, 2012
and by god they are going to bribe the retards in congress to make sure they can get you to pay them