Or listen to indie or better yet, switch your all your spending on entertainment from music to DVD's, video games or something else. It's payback time for the record industry.
How many people that illegally download a song or two from the same CD would have bought the entire album had they not been able to download them? I think that 10% would be a generous estimate.
How many people that do nothing but download "pirated" music had bought even 5% of what they download? Zero, or near enough?
The music industry is using file sharing systems as a scapegoat for declining profits. The real culprit is the music industry itself. I don't think there is a time period where the music industry has produced such a massive amount of crap. The state of music from 1998-present is in terrible shape.
So quality is consistently in the sewer. Add that they severely overcharge for CD's and you have declining sales with or without rampant piracy.
The sooner the music label realize it and change it then sooner they will start earning a growth in sales.
They have no right to profit or growth. They must earn it, and thus far this century they have not.
I am so sick and tired of hearing that piracy affects profits. Get this, people are sick and tired of buying the same content in different formats. People are sick and tired of crappy "artists" who are actually nothing more than dancing monkeys for the organ grinder who is known as the recording industry.
Piracy is NOT the problem. The problem is that the dinosaur business model is crumbling and it is about time that it did.
While I doubt the public cares either way, this is just what the artists need: more of their life controlled by these leaches. As if getting ripped off on ownership rights, sales figures and royalty payments weren't enough, now they can get screwed on promotions, personal appearances and concert revenues! Hooray! Then again, this probably frees artists like Brittney Spears for even more focus on the important things in life like panty-less appearances, headshaving and yet another round of re-hab! Good times.
I kind of doubt many new artists care about this and are eager to sign up. Yet another sign of desperation in the ranks of the RIAA - they know their better days are behind them and they're trying desperately to prop up their dying regime - ever vigilant for yet another opportunity to stick it to somebody. Thank Lucifer they've got those congressmen squarely in their pockets or they'd really be in trouble!
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How many people that do nothing but download "pirated" music had bought even 5% of what they download? Zero, or near enough?
The music industry is using file sharing systems as a scapegoat for declining profits. The real culprit is the music industry itself. I don't think there is a time period where the music industry has produced such a massive amount of crap. The state of music from 1998-present is in terrible shape.
So quality is consistently in the sewer. Add that they severely overcharge for CD's and you have declining sales with or without rampant piracy.
The sooner the music label realize it and change it then sooner they will start earning a growth in sales.
They have no right to profit or growth. They must earn it, and thus far this century they have not.
This title should read how can they continue to make more PROFIT. They are still making a killing.
Piracy is NOT the problem. The problem is that the dinosaur business model is crumbling and it is about time that it did.
Computers and the internet has changed all that.
Distribution is easy, fast, and almost cost-free.
The members of the RIAA have been in the business of distributing recordings of music or printed copies of music.
They are no longer needed to print and distribute the media.
Like the blacksmith, they are an anachronism.
Musical artists would be better off without being indentured servants of the record companies.
Then again, this probably frees artists like Brittney Spears for even more focus on the important things in life like panty-less appearances, headshaving and yet another round of re-hab! Good times.
I kind of doubt many new artists care about this and are eager to sign up. Yet another sign of desperation in the ranks of the RIAA - they know their better days are behind them and they're trying desperately to prop up their dying regime - ever vigilant for yet another opportunity to stick it to somebody. Thank Lucifer they've got those congressmen squarely in their pockets or they'd really be in trouble!