Good, I hope they implode under their own hedonistic hubris. By Catherine on 10/03/2007 07:07:00 AM
Check out who's losing money over their settlement lawsuits:The RIAA's four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the music industry millions of dollars and is a big money-loser for the record labels.
Well, good, I hope they've sued themselves out of business. There were at least 25 kids from UMass served with papers citing filesharing violations, but what I don't think the RIAA realizes is that if they made the product affordable, accessible, and widely available (like, say, for DOWNLOAD) their problem would go away. As it is, I will never, EVER buy another CD again. And I didn't even get sued.
I wonder why they think the iTunes Music Store phenomenon has taken off so well. I bought John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Live Peace In Toronto for $7.99 on iTunes, where it's something like $17.99 in Strawberrie's or Newbury Comics. Could it be, perhaps, that people are willing to spend their money if it's a matter of instant gratification? Spending less? Having a huge variety of individual songs, import singles, and rare B-sides at your fingertips? It's baffling, really, I can't understand why record sales are down.
Oh, yeah, and FUCK YOU RIAA.
For more information, check out:
The RIAA vs. John Doe: a layperson's guide to filesharing lawsuits
Recording Industry vs. The People
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