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Napster Not To Blame

Posted by Hemos on from the killing-the-messenger dept.

enjo13 writes "Slate is running an article on the music industries recent troubles. It articulates exactly what Slashdot has preached all along.. that the Music industry is suffering at its own hands and has no one to blame but itself. All I have to say is... finally." There's actually been a number of pieces like this, but I think this one says it best.

7 of 616 comments (clear)

  1. The problem is... by thelinuxking · · Score: 3, Funny

    Napster and its successors are obviously not the problem...its just like the article says...its those damn cassette tapes! Ban them!

  2. It's not just the music industry by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like Ford is getting into the act.

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  3. Re:Like DUH! by flewp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, really. And Duh! According to the current poll it's the screaming dancing guy from MS. Sheesh.

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  4. Re:Color me unimpressed by rmohr02 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Let me know when it shows up in...USA Today
    Ok.
  5. Re:What is this slate.msn.com? by gilroy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Blockquoth the poster:

    irrespectful of the fact that we ARE IN A RECESSION, it will be the music-swappers' faults this happened. Just like it was cassette tapes back in the day, right?

    I don't think the RIAA goes far enough. I blame cassette tapes for

    the 1979 oil crisis

    the hostage crisis in Iran

    the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    and El Nino

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  6. Re:BS Fan and Proud to Admit it by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    And its fun to watch her videos.

    You seem to have misspelled cleavage.

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  7. Re:silliness by InadequateCamel · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are benefits to owning a properly-mastered CD. No matter what people say, CD-R's aren't as durable. Plus, I really enjoy buying the case for the artwork and music info. A 48 CD case full of black-Sharpie-on-white-Verbatim CD's gets on my nerves after a while.

    Finally, I too have bought CD's from artists I would not have before. But I have also NOT purchased albums from artists because they sucked much harder than I thought they would. And I have 20 or 30 friends in the same boat.