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Indies Blossoming Despite RIAA

Posted by michael on from the mammals-keep-eating-our-reptilian-eggs dept.

Shadow Wrought writes "We have all read the numerous RIAA articles on Slashdot, not to mention scores of other articles that discuss the industry's purported demise. An article at the Christian Science Monitor calls this assumption into question by pointing to the success that Indie Labels are beginning to enjoy. An interesting read and one that provides pretty good support against the RIAA's argument that a quartet of college students is responsible for their troubles."

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  1. Re:I dislike the RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > should he be held responsible for committing some (perhaps new variety of) theft?

    Yes, and it's not a new variety of anything. It's the same bootlegging and piracy that's been going on forever, it's just easier now, and morons keep yammering about how they have the rights to do so.

    Too many geeks feel entitled to see the next Star Wars or Matrix without paying, or get the next BlinkyBlonk album for free in Ogg fucking vorbis. They ruined the party for everyone. The **AA wouldnt be clamping down so hard on their rights if people werent so eager to violate them.

    So now some more yap yap blah blah about how they should do business and what a song is worth from some douchebag in the bleachers.

    I just love reading all the posts that say "They should be downloaded for 4 cents a song!". I mean it isn't your fucking call, it's not your product. It's like saying Ford should charge 30 dollars for a F150. Bah. Fuck these unemployed open-source everything-for-free idiots.

  2. Re:I dislike the RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the fuck should I pay to see shit like the new Star Wars movies?

  3. Re:I dislike the RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the fuck should you see shit like the new Star Wars movies at all? Let's kiss Hollywood et al good-bye and have our own art. Not everything has to be glitzy and overproduced. A lot of crap is going on in the copyright/IP/security/... dept., but I do believe part of the solution is to ween ourselves off this 'it exists so I gotta have it' mentality.

  4. Re:I dislike the RIAA by lommer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Q: what is the fucking difference between an audio CDR and a data CDR?!

    A: NONE!

    just another example of how legislators have their heads up their asses.