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- JohnFive, on 12/22/2007, -2/+96Crash course on the business model of the RIAA/MPAA:
Sue customers without any concrete evidence
Utilize copy protection and DRM to prevent customers from using content as they wish
Try to extend the life of copyright well beyond the life of the original creator
Claim that fair use is a bad thing or that it does not exist
Convert a civil offense into a criminal offence and use the police to enforce civil offenses
Reduce artists royalties
Demand a percentage of all monies earned by artists
Oddly enough there is nothing about adding value, improving the experience, offering choice or giving the consumer what they want (not what the studios want). When you start dismissing the needs and wants of your consumers, you headed towards extinction. - roguedragon, on 12/22/2007, -1/+28Eh, this is about par for the RIAA. They live in their own deluded world where they're god and everyone's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow ready to be exploited. I'm looking forward to the day when the RIAA files chapter 11 and shuts its doors. After that, all we'll need to do is get rid of the MPAA and straighten out the mess of copyright BS the MPAA, RIAA and big media have left for us.
- queondatavo, on 12/22/2007, -0/+26The video seems very amateurish.
- magus_melchior, on 12/22/2007, -2/+28They've all the characteristics of a spoiled child (complete with lawyers) who isn't getting his way, don't they?
- Ricochet1269, on 12/22/2007, -2/+25I really like their things to watch out for:
A compilation disc that is a consumer's dream? Gotta be pirated, RIAA would never give the consumer what they want!
Good prices? Sorry, RIAA is gorging you, good prices = Piracy, YARR!
Someone selling their CDs on a street corner? Gotta be a pirate, no artist would ever do that...
Audio quality really gets me, since they offer ringtones as an alternative...huh?
RIAA Propaganda at its' finest (worst)! - justjoehere, on 12/22/2007, -1/+17And ring tones some how sound better than the "atrocious" sounding compilation CDs?
- icepick314, on 12/22/2007, -4/+17how is digital copy "atrocious" from original CD???
i can see crappy packaging but content itself is bunches of 0s and 1s copied to another source...
they REALLY need to get with digital age and stop living in the analog era... - actorboy, on 12/22/2007, -1/+13I'm not sure what the problem is. Everything in the video relates to people mass-producing and selling knockoff CDs. I thought you guys were against people profiting off of piracy. Isn't that the pro-piracy party line? Sharing is caring, but selling is a no-no?
- Abominous, on 12/22/2007, -2/+13If the RIAA ceased to exist, I'd gladly pay for music.
Until that day, the music industry will never get a red cent off of me. - cocacola39, on 12/22/2007, -4/+14***** THE RIAA
- blindmelon1, on 12/22/2007, -0/+10They call digital copies "atrocious" yet, 99% of their cd releases are maxxed out, compressed, lifeless recordings with no dynamic range....
Maybe they should work on the quality control of their products.
Not to mention lossy files from itunes......I wont even start on that...
I would gladly purchase flac or other lossless downloads, IF they bring down the price and end their stupid "loudness wars"
Vinyl for the win - austin63, on 12/22/2007, -2/+11I love how the posted video had the oink icon next to it.
- houndeyex, on 12/22/2007, -1/+10What a bunch of *****. They've apparently never ripped a CD before. 1/6th the data and my audio somehow doesn't sound "atrocious". Take your "billions of dollars of lost profit" and cry me a river. Start paying your artists what they deserve, stop suing your consumers, and while you're at it, try not using ***** PowerPoint to pull in your sliding bullet points.
- pr0gr4mm3r, on 12/22/2007, -0/+8Maybe it was pirated?
- IllBeBack, on 12/22/2007, -1/+8But if it's on iTunes for $12.99 and on Amazon.com for the full CD for $9.99, I find it really hard to buy it from iTunes when I can have an original copy in 2 days with Prime shipping.
- 0ceanic, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7link to cited video fta:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f09_1198188234 - inactive, on 12/22/2007, -0/+6meh, i think apple should treat people that buy music a little better, let them have their drm free 320kbps music at least... i used to buy albums like at $19 dollars an album.. but they were somewhat worth it cause music albums were great back in the 90's, you could listen to a whole album and not have but 1 or 2 bad songs..
- hammerpants, on 12/22/2007, -4/+102 out of 3 ain't bad. Say what you want about Apple, but they have made music cheaper, for those of us who still pay for music. I know, it's DRM and all, but $10 for an album that I don't have to drive all around town for isn't bad.
- arplayer2k, on 12/22/2007, -1/+7I think you forgot that they are basically misusing the right of "copyright" itself for personal gain *$$$*
However, it would be even cooler if artists went the way of Radiohead (yes, I know that it is easier for a larger more established band to submit free content) or 50 Cent (stating that file-sharing doesn't really hurt the artist, its more of a push for them to adapt) and just ***** the record industries, then we as the consumers ***** them, so they are getting ***** from both sides, then ultimately their profits will reach a new low aka they get ***** in the butt, which will be a win-win-win for the consumer and a loose-loose-take it up the but for the RIAA. - moocow1452, on 12/22/2007, -0/+5Oh, that was hysterical. I've seen better effects at 3am featuring The Hypersonic Chopper.
- supermanred, on 12/22/2007, -1/+6Most digital releases are poorer sound quality than their analog counterparts.
To this date the best sounding and best range of frequency music format is vinyl (records).
Most digital conversions altogether remove frequencies that the human ear can't hear to decrease file size. What they don't tell you is that all of those sounds that are removed do bounce off the environment and their echos become audible to the human ear. Headphones and iPod you might not notice, but play an mp3 loud in your house and then play the same song from a vinyl record and you will notice the difference.
But I wouldn't call it "atrocious", just worse quality. - Ratteler, on 12/22/2007, -0/+5Well Bin Laden's best efforts killed about 3500 people. The RIAA's terrorism is making the entire nation of 350 million loose faith in their courts, their legislators, and Law in general.
By the math... the RIAA is far worse than Al Quida, and it's supporters should be considered as bad, if not worse, than any Muslim extremist. - merdiesel, on 12/22/2007, -0/+5Usually atrocious?..
lol, FLAC ftw. - JigsawX, on 12/22/2007, -1/+5There is a writers strike you know;).Maybe they got the kid from down the street to do it :).
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -1/+5he never even mentioned the artists....
- spillz, on 12/22/2007, -1/+5What Part? The Part Where Every Single Word Is Capitalized To Represent The Amount Of Idiocy Rampant In The Industry?
- garionw, on 12/22/2007, -1/+5I don't even live in the US and I'm sick of these guys
- rapier8, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4well, i did watch it after all. Just pirate it yourself and don't support people trying to profit off other peoples' work.
- Ghoztt, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4Get ready for Snow Crash, 1984.
- bjornski, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4They didn't want to go to a big production company to put together a "professional" product, and have it marketed for them.
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4And then we'll ***** them again, just to be safe.
- Onni, on 12/22/2007, -2/+6Just remember when you go shopping this holiday season, only pirates would create “compilation CDs that could only exist in the dreams of a music fan," and sell them at "prices that are extremely low."
Wait a minute... - Linua, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4lol ringtone = quality now? I personally can't stand the attention seekers with their loud ass music every time it rings.... it gets old very quick. No one cares about your music except yourself, quit bragging that you have a cell phone, congratulations, now quit annoying others already!
- mablco, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4the white house does this too.
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -0/+4well at lest the Bin laden video has less propaganda and more facts in it.
- amoirae, on 12/22/2007, -1/+5Why does everyone claim to hate *****?
We know men love them - mousky, on 12/22/2007, -1/+4Not only are they dismissing the needs and wants of their customers, they are dismissing the needs and wants of their artists (and their directors, their producers, their writers, etc).
- JoeVet, on 12/23/2007, -0/+3I'll care about them when they care about their customers. Any money diverted from the RIAA is money that won't be used against kids and grandmothers in their grotesque David vs multinational corporation lawsuits.
- TriTech, on 12/22/2007, -0/+3Drive them out. Stop buying CDs.
- technoredneck, on 12/22/2007, -0/+3Didn't ya hear? It's called "news" nowadays.
- bdbr, on 12/22/2007, -0/+3You do realize there are a hell of a lot of labels that are not RIAA members, don't you? Just check riaaradar.com before you buy. Personally I check it before I even bother listening to an album. The world of RIAA music is one of which I'm blissfully unaware.
Oh, and by the way check the ratings from critics (I usually use metacritic.com). The best albums almost always come from non-RIAA labels, so avoiding the RIAA will generally lead you to better music.
(note: I have no association with above-referenced websites; they're just tools I use to discover music) - Acadie, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2Thats just funny.
- nigdef, on 12/22/2007, -1/+3a few years ago one of the trashy daytime consumer shows did a piece on cd piracy and as it was live they showed there self up a belter
they played the original release and then the pirate and the illegal copy sounded 100 times better as whoever ripped it then tweaked the audio and the guy doing the piece admitted so live on air needless to say uk telly now pretty much keeps it's distance when doing piracy stuff. except when they call us terrorist's and drug dealer's as everyone who pirates are major crime kingpins so axxo must be like gotti's grandson. - betasp, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2This is not unique to the RIAA. Drug companies and other consumer good companies have done this for years. Don't give the RIAA credit for coming up with this. They are not that creative.
- jgzman, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2I concur. Go pirate it yourself.
- lengau, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2I'm so tempted to get some of my musically talented friends together (I'm not musically talented) and get them to sell CDs on the street corner...
- smotpoker1, on 12/23/2007, -0/+2***** the riaa
- ryantrask, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2"Prices that are extremely low indicate the CD is pirated." Wouldn't want people to pay too little for the new Nickelback album I guess??
- PopcornDave, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2People watch commercials?
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