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- mklopez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44"The RIAA is teetering on the edge of irrelevance, and it's our job to give it a hearty shove. They can still do a hell of a lot of damage on their way down, and that's what we need to try to stop."
Amen! - faddat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Derp! Feb 27 2007??? I haven't bought a CD since the Napster case, man.......
- iwanttodiggthis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32I am putting this on my blog.
I am putting this on Digg.
I am adding this to my Facebook profile.
I am putting this on my MySpace profile.
I AM ADDING THIS TO MY AIM PROFILE.
I AM PUTTING THIS IN MY FORUM SIGNATURE!
THE RIAA WILL NOT SURVIVE AS LONG AS I AM BOYCOTTING IT!!
Sincerely,
Cedric
PROUDLY BOYCOTTING THE RIAA SINCE FEBRUARY 27, 2007 - peterlisanti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24What's sad is we all love the music so much.
I would gladly pay (a reasonable amount) for decent quality mp3's with no DRM.
Hell, I am paying for decent quality mp3's (allofmp3.com) when I know they are readily available on bittorrent.
Wake up RIAA. The end is neigh unless you make a drastic turnaround.
If you don't, we will end you. - joshpowell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Remember to check the RIAA radar before buying CDs!
http://www.riaaradar.com/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15What's a CD?
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I hope that the spikes at the bottom of the cliff of irrelevance are sharp and jagged.
- andydumi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I agree with the above, I haven't bought a CD in 6-7 years...
Oh crap, the RIAA heard that... - MeltingIce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Great article by Gizmodo. Finally a popular and influential site is laying out everything for us to read so that more people can understand why the RIAA is so horrible.
- xuanyan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@captaineuphoria
A CD was a shiny plastic disc that contained music, back it the days before you could download music for free. - ropers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The RIAA is a RICO and that's it.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations ) - Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The end is not neigh, that would translate to an army of horses overtaking the RIAA. You're thinking of nigh, which means "near".
- R34C7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You don't have to give up music to take down the RIAA. Start buying music from independent artists, contrary to popular belief most of these bands are very good and their music is becoming available easily online.
If everyone starts buying from independent labels not supported by the RIAA, bands will stop signing contracts with the likes of Sony BMG (known for their devious spyware!). It is a good way to take a chunk of change out of their ever declining revenues. There is really no downside, it is better for bands and consumers.
VIVA LA REVOLUCION! - decipherd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5what is wrong with CD's? It's still a great, DRM free format..
- greyfade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5indeed. buy from eMusic.com and Magnatune.com! unencumbered, high-quality, legal and indie!
- Beaver6813, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I went clean a few months back.. i must say in a way it is nicer, but i've sworn to myself that i will never ever pay for anything off itunes or any other places like Virgin purely because of the ludicrous DRM. At the moment im just buying nice CD's which aren't smothered as much in DRM like their web counterparts... On another subject.. aren't RIAA employees demoralized by all of this anti-RIAA stuff yet!?
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@decipherd
I agree....
Used CD's have the same music with out the riaa tax.
Plus you own a legitimate physical copy. - spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I own an iPod. I do not buy from iTunes. I do not use iTunes. iTunes isn't even installed on my computer. I use Linux and shuffle-db to operate my iPod. Stop making all-inclusive statements.
Now, if you bought a Zune, that's another story (Universal tax and all...) - neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just doing a few searches of stuff I already own, it's scary how everything appears to have the RIAA behind it.
- bonch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5As entertainingly idealistic it is to write an anti-RIAA manifesto, it's unfortunate that most people are going to use it as another excuse to not pay artists by downloading their stuff for free. If you were really so righteous, you'd still be buying music--from indie artists.
- jguy584, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I hate to rain on your guys death-of-the-CD parade, but the fact of the matter is that 98% of the free digital music out there is absolute sh*t quality compared to CD's.
- digiroam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You know what? It's not just the RIAA attacks on individuals (grandmas and grandkids alike) but more that they refuse to change with the times. They are still trying to hold on to the old methods of music distribution. Instead of using all the many new methods of music distribution, they'd rather attack the consumer for taking advantage of it. Strong-arm business is only profitable if it is a necessity (ask the health insurance industry or even the water companies). I, being a progessively active member of this Digital Age, am distressed about this. "Music makes the world go around." whether you purchase a CD in-store, download it from where ever or sing out of key. What this organization fail to realize is that the Internet opened the music market up tremendously. There are thousands, perhaps millions, of talented musicians and artists on MySpace, YouTube, et al just waiting to be heard. Instead of doing the wise thing and taking advantage of the possibilities, they pull shady tricks trying to preserve they way they distribute music. Doing this just makes all of Digidom lash out as opposed to cooperating. I can empathize with artists who are hurting because of it, yet, how many artists under RIAA contracts are encouraging the RIAA to catch up with the times?
Honestly, if they want to target someone, get the companies to make blank media including mp3 players because without those, the RIAA would not be crying a river. Unfortunately for them, it's about 8 years too late for them because time keeps on moving into the future. - hashbrowncipher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow.
I am showing this to everyone who asks me what DRM or the RIAA is from now on.
So thoughtful...so succinct. - Xert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2But 90%+ of Gizmodo's readers already agree with us. It's preaching to the choir.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@avihappy: you choose the AllTunes method of payment and use your allofMp3 login there - then they take you to an external processing site that gives you a pin and code to use on AllOfMp3 - it works perfectly and they take all major credit cards :)
- mrbimpel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Same here. I would readily buy music online if it came without DRM
Definitely proud to be boycotting the RIAA - DeusNova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not everyone uses iTMS with their iPod. =P
- unknownunknowns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So someone on Gizmodo writes an Anti-RIAA manifesto and everyone applauds. I went to grad school for years working on an Anti-RIAA manifesto. Where's my cut?
http://www.digg.com/software/The_Control_Resistance_and_Evolution_of_Digital_Artifacts - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Allofmp3? How the hell are you refilling your balance? I don't have a JCB!
- nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One thing the RIAA does do that helps the artists is bankrolling Payola. For independent artists it's not very practical to "reward" a radio station for playing your music. Radio play drives record sales.
- EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The first person to break "DRM" of sorts was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Yes, really. Hear me out:
He first heard the song the "Miserere" in the Sistine Chapel. I'm pretty sure that's in the vatican. At the time, the vatican had a monopoly on the song - no-one could play it outside the vatican. And so, memorizing the piece, Mozart went home and made an illegal copy, writing it back down note by note. He didn't change the name, and he made it free for the entire world to hear. So there. My hero, Mozart. Y'arr. - buggles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's preaching to the choir but the more noise you make the more people are going to take notice, listen, and join in. When enough people join in, the RIAA looses money.. then they start to listen.
When the corporate world sees the affects of this level of organization, they start to think twice about screwing the public.
Today, RIAA... tomorrow OPEC! - AlKo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe there are some really good articles that have been posted on digg that tell you the best ways to support the artists you love. Heck, more than a few comments from digg users note examples of how certain artists are cutting out the middle man and selling their music themselves digitally.
My question is how effective an RIAA boycott by the diggnation is going to be. How many of us are pretty much already boycotting? ie from captaineuphoria "What's a CD?" - greyfade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OPEC can wait
- sse1281, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp
Dont buy from these guys.
At least until they stop being part of the RIAA - bobmagoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Owning an iPod does not necessarily mean that you purchase music from the iTMS. I have a filled up 30 gig iPod vid and the only songs on there from the iTMS are the free promo singles.
- iwanttodiggthis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I only use my PlayStation 3 to run Linux, something it was designed to do.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2370343858.html
Frankly, if you can find a $600 computer that can run Linux as beautifully as the PS3 *and* can play high-definition movies through a High Definition Multimedia Interface, just send me a link. Link away. - MaynardJK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Tomorrow MPAA
- MaynardJK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Whatever. DRM isn't to stop piracy. It is to force you to have to re-buy all of your music for everything you would want to play it on. Car, stereo, ipod, computer, phone etc. Piracy could stop tomorrow and the DRM along with the lawyers that they use to enforce it would still be there.
- Depthfunction, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Every month is Boycott the RIAA Month for me. I only buy music from, and support artists on, eMusic.
- deusx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@jguy584: "I hate to rain on your guys death-of-the-CD parade, but the fact of the matter is that 98% of the free digital music out there is absolute sh*t quality compared to CD's."
Hate to rain on your parade, but 98% of people don't give a sh*t about the quality compared to CDs - otherwise the free digital music out there wouldn't be so popular. It's turning out that features like cheap, available, and portable trump fidelity and quality. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, they're called the "Recording Industry Association" for a reason...
- Maxximus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Admiring my mint copy of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" purchased at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and lovingly mounted on the wall behind me, I can almost scratch and sniff the record behind the glass.
Ahhhh... Vinyl... - deusx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1bah. hate threading here.
- spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They're focusing on the music divisions of the companies, not the entirety of the companies. Some, like Sony, are so big that different parts of the company might as well be separate companies altogether (e.g. Sony Ericsson & Sony BMG)
- Fhionnlaoch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I getting more into the SACD and DVD-Audio formats because of their sound quality, personally.
Not quickly getting into, however, 'cause it's expensive and the catalogues are deficient. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005/10/oregon-riaa-victim-fights-back-sues.html
- spinur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A group of blood-thirsty animals who ignore some of the most important legal principles in our society in order to extort money out of the (legally) defenseless. Hmmmm. Remind me who the pirates are?
- iwanttodiggthis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I love the music. It is MY music. There is no way that the RIAA will take away MY right to listen to the songs that *I* love. I don't care if I have to "pirate" so-called "illegal" copies. If *I* can't play MY music, then the RIAA has stolen it. And I destroy thieves.
- hixey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hell if artists start pulling the ***** NIN is pulling on Year Zero, there will be no need for record companies anymore. Course if Year Zero happens there will be no need for anything anymore... i'll miss my car....
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