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State of Online Music: RIAA's Efforts Paying Off
melquiades writes "The NYT (regreq) has a new article about online music, suggesting that the recording industry's war against P2P is paying off: pay-to-download services are rising in popularity. "Largely because of tough actions by the record companies to combat free music sites through the courts, legislation and even through techno-guerrilla tactics, there is a noticeable change of sentiment in a small segment of the downloading cognoscenti. Though their numbers are low, many are the early adapters who spot a trend first." Though the article falls into the common fallacy of equating P2P with illegal copying -- I'm one of the numerous artists who wants people to download my music for free -- it sums up the state of affairs well, particularly in this quote from online music consultant Michael Haile: "Record labels know what consumers want. We all do. They want a Napster you pay for. We all know that. But why would the labels want that at all? Making CD's is like printing money.""
Because they are downloading a lot more pirated porn, thank God for cable.
Je t'aime Stéphanie
Nobody downloads music off of the internet illegally anymore. Please move on.
"And who exactly are these "early adapters (sic) (double sic)" who want to pay to share files? Isn't this the way the Mafia does business? "Sure, you can bring in as many caes (regular sic) of liquor (vomit sic)/kilos of coke (hyper sic)/hookers (itchy sic) that you want, Vinnie. Just make sure Uncle Don gets his share, you know what I'm sayin' (dead sic)?""
Any sufficiently well-organized Government is indistinguishable from bullshit.
When Bill Clinton indicated that the average income of families in Arkansas went up 100% while he was governor. I specifically recall Perot stating, "Now see here, if you make 1 penny in a day, and then make 2 pennies the next day, that's 100% growth. But you still can't buy a cow patty in a Texas dairy farm for 2 cents." Yes folks, that right.. we now have 2, count em, 2 people using the Pay-Napster service! We have doubled our market share!
I was in the studio a couple years ago when Noam Chomsky was recording his latest album. He and Cornell West had a little "talking" rap going on.
Me, I sat off to one side just digging the shit out of it -- these two aged hippies just bopping and rapping like there was no tomorrow.
I stayed late -- long after the session had ended. Noam and West were talking about what it means to be a "radical Christian." West (you'll remember) always refers to himself as a radical Christian. He derives his basic spiritual vibe from Chekhov, Hegel, and Miles Davis.
But Chomsky was tired. He didn't feel much like sparring. He sorta stayed in the corner of the room, his feet up on a ratty sofa, and wondered whether or not there was any Chivas in the little bottle the soundman kept underneath the console.
"No Chivas, Noam," said the soundman.
West laughed at that. "Chivas? You're shitting me."
"Not me, Cornell," said Noam.
"Damn. If you want some badass Hegelian synthesis, I advise Jack, man. Jack D. all the way."
Noam said he hadn't had a shot of Jack Daniels since the march on the Pentagon. Then he laughed and remembered how he and Norman Mailer and Allen Ginsburg sat out on the Washington Mall, burning incense, and screaming "Howl" at the top of their lungs.
Man oh man. I'll never forget that recording session with Noam and Cornell.
Damn.
Dude, that was the point :-)
"OMFG!" implies that it's a complete shock to me. "OMFG!" is my way of using sarcasm(n). It was meant to imply that the the 16 yr old girls who apparently run the RIAA these days have just, like, totally figured out the obvious.
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
:wq
great music has to come from a passionate and difficult place inside
That's true for a first album, mabe, but after that you're so wrong. Great music comes from writing about how hard it is to write music when the record producers are scammin ya and how that Other Major Artist is stealin ya rhyes and how you hate being compared to Britney and how you don't care if your fans don't understand.
Hey, if it works for everyone else, maybe it'll work for you...