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- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -3/+22Poor Kanye West instead of getting that 100-yard long swimming pool made of 24K Gold he is only going to be able to afford the 99-yard long swimming pool encrusted 24K Gold.
He will not be able to add another Bentley to his collection like he does every Friday, now he is going to have to do it every eight days.
it is sad people. imma computer....stop all the downloading. - inactive, on 01/20/2009, -0/+17Me and a couple of friends have the ultimate solution to end piracy of music in the U.S. and keep the pirates and the RIAA happy but we will not share it with the world because we have concluded that we cannot profit from it.
So screw it. - BradOFarrell, on 01/20/2009, -3/+15"...that has so decimated its business..."
Decimated? So, it's only destroyed 10% of it's business? Things are looking pretty good for the music industry! - blitzkriegpunk, on 01/20/2009, -0/+7G.I. JOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
- multiformat, on 01/20/2009, -1/+8Music executives really don't understand the intertubes.
- MAARRS, on 01/20/2009, -0/+6Destroy all Music Companies. Conglomerates are good for nothing.
Let them run out there own clock. Soon no one will even remember WHY we engaged them in talks. We only need them to continue to create corporate music whores : Madonna, Britney, jonas Hannah, etc. Kids in their teens are learning to piss on that contrived ***** and turn to individual artist sites and completely bypass these dinosaurs and their attempts to control usage.
Leave it to the audience and the artists to figure out the rate of exchange. We don't need Warner/Sony/et al. to get involved. Why is this the only place where America doesn't approve of a free-market system?
Run out the Clock! - potsthedog, on 01/20/2009, -1/+7It's not an incorrect usage, it's a contemporary one. While yes, originally it did mean to kill every tenth man in a lot, the dictionary definition has been extended to include reference to the "destruction of a large portion of". Evolution of language, people.
- billraydrums, on 01/20/2009, -0/+5The music industry can't let go of the old ideals that have run themselves into the ground.
Really, all that big music had to hold over the artists' heads was this simple thing called "distribution". Distro was tantamount to the success of an artist "back in the day". Nowadays, an artist can feasibly record a tune on their home computer, add musical elements such as bass, guitar, drums, etc...and in less than 24 hours, have a song out, up on the website, and selling copies. Oh and did I mention that the artist keeps 100% of their take?
Until big music gets a clue, their path is a constant 90ยบ downward slope. The lawsuits by the RIAA is indicative of their desperation to save their failed business model. A business model that puts the creators of the product in last place for the rewards. On average, an artist gets about $.50-$1.00 per CD sale. That's after the label, the lawyers, accountants, janitors, etc. scrape their fee off the top.
I'd rather give my music away for free than to put some corporate stooge's children through college with my creativity. - h3ndrix, on 01/20/2009, -1/+5Wow, 12 diggs in one minute--nice.
http://digg.com/users/bamafun/history/diggs - grungegbunny, on 01/21/2009, -0/+4It's time we cut out the middle man of music anyways. Let the artists make the music and let the fans listen to it. Artists can make money by concerts, memorabilia, etc.
- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -2/+6Wait...wut? Did we suddenly jump in the Way Back Machine? The music industry should embrace the internet? Really?
- Endit, on 01/20/2009, -0/+4Maybe they would sell more if their stuff stuff sounded better on the technical side. Stop the bs "loudness war" and overly compressed CDs (but don't forget about files either). Current music "standards" are a joke.
- pwdrskier, on 01/20/2009, -0/+4torrentz forever
- s10stealth, on 01/20/2009, -1/+5If you can see it or hear it, it can be copied.
Quit making the media more expensive by TRYING to stop the copies. - inactive, on 01/20/2009, -1/+5Seriously who even listens to big label music anymore? It all sucks anyways.
- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -3/+7Personally, I hope they don't embrace it, and get crushed under the weight of it when more and more people go online for music and stop buying their music and start pirating it.
That will teach them for trying to throw 12 year-olds in jail for torrents - ***** *****. - rblancarte, on 01/20/2009, -0/+4Gee, welcome to 10 years ago, music industry. People have been saying this for years.
- roctimo, on 01/20/2009, -3/+6Maybe I'm alone on this, but I would spend up to $45.00 a month on top of my ISP fees if I could download any TV Show, Movie, or Song I wanted legally and at a really fast speed and keep the file forever. If there was some chance in hell that all the major corporations could come to agreements and clear the red tape, that's a lot of steady revenue that could be made. And then maybe charge a few bucks extra per shot to download a special pay per view event, or have Platinum memberships which are a little more expensive.
I just want what I want when I want it. Right now, that makes me a criminal. i don't think it has to be that way. - u8myfoood, on 01/20/2009, -1/+4They are all retards, most of the CEO's know nothing about computers, nor the internet and still believe in the scaring tactic. The suing tactic is dying, it has been exposed to the public that most of these lawsuits are ***** and none of the money actually go back to the musicians rather into the pockets of the lawyers. The most stupid thing they do is tell users to remove music videos/content containing the music from the site, right there is a ton of free advertisement. I guess there is no way to progress into the future if you are still going to live under a stone for the rest of your life.
***** all the companies that make up the RIAA! - celebscreen, on 01/20/2009, -0/+3The music industry: "***** the consumers! they're downloading illegally instead of buying the crap we sell"
The people: "***** the music industry: they try to put laws to stop piracy instead of finding real solutions"
The musicians: "eeeeh... does anyone care about us?" - thelastcivilian, on 01/20/2009, -3/+6I'll take the music, but hold the industry. Thanks.
Oh, and the IFPI and RIAA can go ***** themselves - I ain't gettin' my dick anywhere near 'em. - casbar, on 01/20/2009, -1/+4It's not time yet. Let's let the RIAA fry for another decade. Get your music the way you have become accustomed to getting it over the last 5+ years. Eventually the industry will come around but WE will be responsible for changing it - and changing it right. Or better yet, find a way to buy your music direct from artists.. it should be the wave of the future.
- joshwehatetech, on 01/20/2009, -0/+3We are getting there. I have a Zune *you can stop laughing now* and make use of the monthly all you can eat feature they have and it works very well and the selection while not 100% has been around 90% so far. Netflix is slowing pushing toward more streaming options and you can get just about anything via mail and a lot of TV shows are online (a more centralized solution with everything would be nice though) or available after the fact on Netflix if you can wait for the DVD releases.
Sooner or later you will be able to pay a monthly fee to get access to just about everything and then they will have fun trying to figure out how to make *more* money. - moouers, on 01/20/2009, -0/+3Help computer.
- roctimo, on 01/20/2009, -0/+2Well you can have it free. Right now. Except it's illegal. So, hence my post about a possible legal way to do it.
- Liverpools9, on 01/20/2009, -1/+3The music industry killed itself, selling over-priced crap in pretty packages. You almost have to illegally download music to wade through the garbage and find the good stuff.
Its on the backs of the same file sharers that the music industry is rebounding. We find the music we like, and then go pay for the songs we want in the highest quality.
It's just a shame that in either incarnation, physical or digital, the artists are still getting the shaft! - theDarkGamer, on 01/20/2009, -0/+2What if they helped customers access their music, rather than keep it from them with copyright laws and litigiousness?
- Urrelles, on 01/20/2009, -0/+2They are urged to embrace the internet? More like they have no choice, or they will die in a hailstorm of lawsuites. Their "War on College Students" won't last long without a huge backlash that will utterly destroy them.
Eventually a large powerful group of people will be at the Supreme court fighting the MIAA & RIAA's mafia style, shackdown, tactics that are destroying college students before they can even start their lives. - zbeast, on 01/20/2009, -0/+2The internet didn't destroy the music industry technology did.
The writing had long been on the wall. They tried to stop tape recorders, dat drive, cd and dvd burner.
They even tried to collect fee's on all recording media. In the end the tech that is needed to save and transfer
music just got too cheep and ubiquitous for them to block. - forthex, on 01/20/2009, -0/+2WILL THE TWO OF YOU JUST ***** ALREADY?
THE WHOLE WORLD IS REALLY GETTING TIRED OF THIS, "OH, WE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER" NONSENSE, C'MON! - kuzotz, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1JApan's music industry has evolved to combat illegal downloading.
what they do is allow its customers to rent albums, and its really cheap usually only 100 yen. Which is around a dollar.
Then you can burn them(its legal) and well give it back to the store the next day.
This is what I am currently doing right now. Its faster than downloading, and possibly better.
The western world is interesting now that I am thinking about it. RIAA demands the customers to obey them without questions instead of changing to the customer's needs and wants which is how supply and demand work, and the method of supply has changed and the demand responded but the supply side of RIAA is still having problems wanting to adjust to this. - flangepiece, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Irregardless of what you say, I definately disagree.
- crispa1970, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1yep, they'll also embrace it until they've scammed every bit of money they can from it
- sk33lz, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1and only around 200 in 24 hours...wtf
- TheVirus, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Buried due to power user.
- killahwhale, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1There is so much the music industry does not do to embrace the internet. You may never stop "pirated" music, but you CAN use the internet as a huge outlet for not only marketing, but selling your product. It's 2009. Except the problem that originated almost 10 years ago. This war on pirated music is about as successful on the war on drugs. As a music business/industry major, and also have worked for absolutepunk.net and thedailychorus.com, doing news and interviews and being involved in the music scene, this problem will never go away. The more the industry keeps pushing away these big media outlets, the more money they will loose.
- 3Den, on 01/20/2009, -2/+3The thing is - they haven't offered any reasonable compromises either.
They ask the lawmakers to crack down on the pirates, while themselves not advancing their own business.
I can go online and in seconds find whatever music I want, in a portable format, and listen to it where I want. The cost of distribution approaches zero.
The recording industry has not used this to their advantage - they have barely even tried.
When they let me go, commercially, and easily, and without hassle, get all the music I want to listen to, in a convenient, portable way - they'll have something they can sell me, and that I can get behind my representatives making laws about. - TheMachine1, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1Internet porn has lame music I suggest the music industry start scoring some porn with quality music.
- yocouchdigga, on 01/20/2009, -1/+2there's no way to fight it but they could make money off ad revenue if they established a service site or something? Bah, ***** 'em anyway...
- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -1/+2oh they'll embrace it.. embrace it till it don't run no more..
- cubicledrone, on 01/20/2009, -0/+0Apple has no problem making money with music.
- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -2/+2What I want to know is what model does it take to please the would-be piraters.
With Rhapsody you can download all the music you want for 15 a month, albeit it deletes itself if you cancel the service
Or you can "purchase" a song off Itunes for 99 cents. What is the middleground that would please people to not say "***** the RIAA, i'm going to the pirate bay!" - thePTS, on 01/20/2009, -2/+2"*SO* decimated." That's at least 20%.
- inactive, on 01/20/2009, -3/+3No. I want it free.
- charlesgoodall, on 01/21/2009, -0/+0The headline shocked me out of present time and into the 1990's. Still haven't resolved their marketing and distribution problems? I believe that the internet has boosted the presence of recordiing artists considerably. Downloading introduces music to new ears. Really the record business was so fat for so long that the new streamlined world must give them diet shudders. Publishers should concentrate on developing and selling their wealth of legacy recordings with top-grade engineering and packaging for the boomers and collectors at full price and introduce new acts via inexpensive or free downloads to develop new and exciting markets. And while they are at it, stamp the digital, recordings for sale as downloads so that their long-time customers can get a definitive recording without the waste and stupidity of yet another disposable medium. Like software. Choices! And stop complaining.
- OwlFlavored, on 01/21/2009, -1/+1The other side to the "99-yard long swimming pool" argument is that while Kanye certainly doesn't need more money, there are unsigned newbies who have the talent but are having a hard time. Kanye has the 99 foot pool, they have the 99 cent menu at McDonald's. Just because some people are loaded, selfish *****, don't write off everyone involved in the same vocation.
- crispa1970, on 01/20/2009, -0/+0I agree. Gone are the days of being forced to buy an album with 1-2 decent songs and 12-15 ***** songs. We *should* be able to buy only the songs we like, paying for only the songs we like, if the music biz is gonna stay in biz.
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