Comments on: Who else is laughing at the music industry?

Warner Music Group has seen the light and is now glorifying iTunes as the savior to music. Is anyone else laughing as much as Don Reisinger?

[Frelo]

Voluntary payments for used CDs

Not withstanding the huge download market, there is also a large market for used CDs on the net. None of this revenue can get to the artists. Several years ago, there was a site called FairTunes where people could pay for the music they downloaded. It seemed like a good idea, but has since disappeared.
I recently bought a used copy of a fantastic album. I had the option of buying it new or used. I opted for the used one, not only because it was cheaper, but also for environmental reasons. I would like to contribute to the artists so they can make a decent living too. I am sure there must be like-minded people out there with the same dilemma. Where can we contribute to the artists to make sure it gets to the right place?

[sadchild]

bronfman killing yet another company

first he killed seagrams, wiping them off the map. now he's killing warner music. making all the wrong moves as usual.

PLUS his own kids download music illegally. i don't see them being taken to court.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bronfman%2C_Jr.

[digitboy-201514575024412298112]

DRM killed the music industry

I tried DRM. I subscribe to Yahoo Music, Rhaphsody and Emusic.

Emusic is lovely DRM-free music. I can listen to it everywhere, on my PCs at home and at work and in my portable players... all 3 of them! The songs are always there, never expire, and I don't have to concern myself with anything other than enjoying the music.

I have never shared or otherwise duplicated for anyone else a single song I have downloaded from Emusic. Why would I even bother?

Yahoo and Rhaphsody are a scam, plain and simple. My player (only ONE allowed, thanks!) needs to be re-connected on a seemingly random basis to update licenses of the songs I've downloaded, otherwise they DON'T PLAY.

Even then, I have now lost about 20% of the songs on my player because they are "no longer eligible for relicensing". What a crock! I ALREADY PAID FOR THEM!

Or, sometimes the relicensing process doesn't work... and Yahoo Music tries (and fails) to walk me through a process of uninstalling the application and SEVERAL MICROSOFT HOT FIXES to get it to work again... after several days of effort.

THIS is the online convenience these services promised us? They should be prosecuted for selling a fraudulent product. And the RIAA should be sued for extortion.

I have NO SYMPATHY for the fragile economic condition of the record companies. They have wasted my time and my money. They should have offered online selection and convenience when their customers demanded it. They didn't, someone else did, end of story. That's business. Now quit whining and just GO AWAY!

[rdupuy11]

It's radio

The internet didn't teach people music is free, Radio did.
The fact that music has been free for about 80 years, has kind of engrained this notion in people's minds.

How did musician make money during this 80 year period of free music? Well, Radio didn't sound quite as good what you could buy in the store, and making mix tapes from the radio takes effort.

So for a convenience, and to get the best quality you could buy an album.

The same is quite true now...you never know what Kazaa will give you..especially as the record companies can and do seed bad versions of songs.

So you still get the convenience and quality when you go to iTunes and pay .99cents for a song. And that isn't bad, when you consider no inventory, no trucks to haul plastic records around to 'record stores'...its all there for profit.

So great news...except the record industry didn't get it....as you stated they really forced the market into piracy, and they railed against the only company, Apple, that was getting it.

Artists can make money, from these convenience fees...and from live performances, endorsements, commercials, and fan memoriabilia...t-shirts, posters, etc....in other words, the same way that they have been making money all along.

[er3s]

Yes, the music industry doesn't get it. Does that surprise you? It takes a rampid increase in either piracy or the utter failure of physical media for them to take notice. People are tired of being told what to do and when to do it, and they have voted with their money.

I would personally rather have a CD and album artwork for a musician than a download, but that is the price you pay. Only problem, backing up your music, but hey, why do that when you can just download it again.