Politics: RIAA Sues You
RIAA has announced lawsuits against another pile of music sharing services as well as some power-downloaders, while announcing an amnesty program for individuals who download music.
I've said before and I'll say again: lower prices, diversify the acts that get a chance to make music and cut out the monkey-see monkey-do signing of copycat artists and you'll sell records. Until then, each of these labels is making the downloaders into heroes while alienating future music buyers.
In a related note, the local record chain in DC is closing down, because retailers get screwed by the pricepoint on cds so badly that they cannot compete against the massive chains. Combine that with a little regular small business mismanagement, and you're out of business. Now where am I going to get the new Frank Black album tomorrow?
RIAA has announced lawsuits against another pile of music sharing services as well as some power-downloaders, while announcing an amnesty program for individuals who download music.
I've said before and I'll say again: lower prices, diversify the acts that get a chance to make music and cut out the monkey-see monkey-do signing of copycat artists and you'll sell records. Until then, each of these labels is making the downloaders into heroes while alienating future music buyers.
In a related note, the local record chain in DC is closing down, because retailers get screwed by the pricepoint on cds so badly that they cannot compete against the massive chains. Combine that with a little regular small business mismanagement, and you're out of business. Now where am I going to get the new Frank Black album tomorrow?
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