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Fallout from the Internet Debacle

Posted by michael on from the stay-under-cover-until-the-debris-stops-falling dept.

gatesh8r writes "This article off of Janis Ian's site lashes out at the RIAA for "wanting to control everything that the consumer will purchase" and then proposes some mild and thoughtful solutions to the problem. Nice to see an artist write up something like this." This is her follow-up to her earlier piece.

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  1. More strong artists by TibbonZero · · Score: 4, Informative

    Artists like Janis (who I happen to have ran into in Maryland), are just what the industry needs. If more artists weren't as concerned with making 11 million that year instead of 10 million, then we would be in alot better shape. You know what artists used to make their money off of? Touring, and making music compelling enough to buy.
    I am not for stealing of music, I am the industry as a Producer/Engineer, and realize that people need to make money, but the RIAA, and MPAA are just getting out of hand. The only way that this will be solved is either
    a) a Boycott on buying music, buying movies (or renting them), for a period of time (The NoBuy Winter?) or
    b) The artists AND record companies and film companies (often the same thing), going against the MPAA and RIAA (most likely only the Arists would do this, as the record companies support the MPAA and RIAA most of the time)...

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    Tibbon
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  2. Berman wants r00t...not while I'm around! by MsGeek · · Score: 4, Informative
    Ms. Ian strikes again with a great idea. Put all the out-of-print music on an industry-built website and use micropayments for downloading! Great freakin' idea. Considering that a lot of people search P2P sites for music that is out of print or otherwise unavailable, this is great.

    I found out something interesting this weekend: Representative Howard Berman is indeed my representative. (He doesn't represent me or my views but that's just my dumb luck for living in this part of the San Fernando Valley...) Anyway, he will be holding a Town Hall meeting HERE:

    Thursday, August 8th, at 6pm
    At Sepulveda Middle School Auditorium
    At the corner of Plummer and Sepulveda.
    Anyway, if anybody lives in the East San Fernando Valley, this would be the opportunity to confront Berman over his MPAA/RIAA hax0r bill.
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    Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.